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Eternal values
By self-dedication one obtains consecration, by consecration one obtains grain; by grace, one obtains faith and faith is Truth obtained.
He who is wearied of much walking has a grandeur,
thus we have heard. The best man, if he sits idle in the society of men, becomes
a sinner Indra surely is his friend of him who keeps moving. Therefore move on
and on! The feet of the wanderer are like the flowers in full blossom his soul
is growing and reaping the fruit, and all his sins are destroyed to the ground by
his fatigues in wandering. Therefore wander!
The fortune of him who is sitting sits, it rises
when he rises. It sleeps when he sleeps: it moves when he moves. Therefore move
forward!
The fortune of him who is sitting sits it rises when he rises, it sleeps when he sleeps, it moves when he moves. Therefore move forward!
The Kali is lying, the Dvapara is sitting the Treta is standing and the
krta or Satya is to commence walking. Therefore move on move on!
Speak the truth Practice righteousness Make no mistake about the study. There should
be no inadvertence about truth. There should be no deviation from righteous
activity. Do not be careless about studying. Let your mother be a goddess unto
you. Let your father be a god into you. Let your teacher be a god unto you, let
your guest be a god unto you. Those acts that are irreproachable alone are to
be performed and not those that are to their contrary those actions of ours
that are commendable are to be followed by you, not the others. The offering should
not be with dishonour. The offering should be according to one’s prosperity. the
offering should be with humility. The offering should be with respectful fear.
The offering should be with friendly modesty.
Decoding divine energies and their working
By Anandmurti Gurumaa
There is a famous Sanskrit aphorism registered in the Puranas: Yat Pindhe Tat Brahmande. It can be interpreted as, ‘All that is outside you is within you.’
‘Durg’ means the ‘fort’, and Durga is the one that resides inside this
fort. On the micro level, our body is like a durg, a fortress. And in this
body, the Shakti – the energy that dwells – is called Durga. The entire
creation is also a durg, albeit on the macrocosmic level. And the Shakti making
the universe work is Durga.
Unaware of many facets and limited by our sphere of knowledge, when we
start giving meaning to the things around us, the interpretations turn out
rather diminutive.
In the simplest terms, Shakti is the power that creates. You put a tiny
seed in the earth, and that seed becomes a sapling in six to eight weeks. In
another one to two years, it turns into a full-fledged dense tree. From where
did it all begin? A tiny seed. And Shakti is that intelligence that made that
seed sprout and grow up into a full-bloomed tree.
So, constricting Durga to a fixed Swarup, or specific gestures, is a
pretty naive understanding of a much bigger phenomenon. Durga is not merely a
murti. She is that intelligence which changes a drop of semen into a living,
pulsating human being. And the amazing thing is if the nose of the father is
long, so is the sons’. Even the colour of parents is imbibed by their
offspring. Congenital ailments are passed on. Who is relaying this information?
Just x and y chromosomes? Or is there something more than that?
Even if one tries to understand the marvels and complexity of the human
body medically, the intellect is bound to go crazy. For instance, if we flatten
the lung tissues and spread them out on the ground, they will take up the size
of a tennis court. The weight of your brain is roughly between 1.25 to 1.50 kg,
and yet it houses trillions of neurons. The nervous system laid across your
body is a bigger network than any LAN network in the world. It is so intricate
that even an attempt to replicate a single organ is going to be a mammoth task.
This body is that factory in which you put milk, veggies and other
consumables, but only blood is manufactured. How? Can a factory put up outside
ever accomplish a feat as marvellous as this? Do we even stand a chance to
develop such a level of intelligence? The answer is no. This very intelligence
with which the consumed meal is being converted into the blood is Shakti.
So, Durga is not just a murti or piece of the picture that gets worn out
after a few years, and you get another one. These are mere symbolism created by
our sagacious rishis to make the people understand the energies that are making
this samsara work. And the nine sacred nights of Shakti worshipping, honouring,
remembering and re-energising our system with that divine power and
intelligence – that’s Navratri.
IF HE EXIST
I drive joy there was a doctor in
Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God.
Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued
that he was wasting 7 precious minutes on something, which he had been misled
into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that
I am wasting 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting
your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why
should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-
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