Is Prayer a means to achieve our desires ?
Is Prayer a means to help others ?
What is Prayer ?
Let me ask myself, an individual, however rich may be, can he live alone in a desert with his wealth. A rich fellow needs more assistance of others than a poor fellow. Whether rich or poor, all beings have to be associated with each other to help each other.
If one agree with this point, its common sense to thank a fellow, for his association and help. Help may be a simple smile, a simple idea. A simple suggestion, some times transform one's life.
Remember your association with beings from the moment you wake up from your bed. Didn't you felt yourself to thank all these people ?
Remember the warmth of bright sun rays on the way to your morning walk. How did you felt ?
Without food stuff, which mother earth delivers on cultivation, do you think you can survive ?
Observe cyclic nature of seasons for uniformity of its services throughout the universe.
Mother Nature provides us the essentials to live. Didn't you felt yourself to thank Nature for these gifts?
But reality is we can't thank everyone for everything. Such is the intensity of our association with the environment.
Super natural power, whatever you term it as, may be GOD, Allah, Jesus, Ram, Krishna, Shiva... if you believe that HE is behind the creation of everything that we see and believe in, i feel Prayer is the way to thank that ONE SOURCE.
Remember, Prayer is not begging. Don't beg before HIM for your wishes. Because we know not, what is good for us. Remember, if you ask HIM for your wishes, it means you don't have faith in HIM, in HIS plan for your welfare. And its not a Prayer.
Dear Friend, Prayer should make you realize your Goal, accept your current situation and confirm yourself that the only way to reach your goal is to be in HIS remembrance.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
It's a Wonderful Life
Life is meant to be lived - says Eleanor Roosevelt.
In thirst for money, power, position, social status, being slaves of desires, we forgot our own life basics. Suicide is the worst thing , a man can ever attempt for. I felt very bad, when i heard people committing suicides for lose of job in recession, for being bankrupt. For all those people, i pray. But, to the rest, who were at the same frequency, i would like to remind that it's ultimate foolishness to measure your life with your bank balance and social status.
Life means neither success nor failure. It doesn't end when you are met with failure. Life is an unique opportunity bestowed by HIM to experience yourSELF and understand who you are, why you are here. Life gives you the environment to acquire necessary knowledge and to apply it to become what HE wants us to become. In this process, some circumstances may pain you, appear to be uncomfortable, destructive, but you should have faith in HIM, answering yourself that after all HE knows, the eternal helper and should have guts to say yourself that Anything happens is for my own good. Believe me, with this notion, feeling HIS presence in your HEART, you will get necessary strength to face the situation.
A few days back, i happened to watch a movie named 'It's a Wonderful Life'. Its a 1946 film about an angel-in-training who gives a despondent man a look at what the world would be like if he had never been born. This film is worth watching.
After watching this film, i felt my soul being strengthen more and heard my self saying - You are a unique design of GOD. Without You, All those for whom you care, would have missed your support. Without you, this Nature would have faced difficulty in organizing its tasks, as no one could do them as perfect as you do. Without your knowledge, some people who took you as an inspiration, would have lose their insight of their goal, without you. You are specious like a pearl, in HIS necklace. At last, my inner SELF, deep-rooted its understanding, in its grandest glory, whisphers - "Without You, this world loses it totality and no one can ever replace you".
More information on this film can be browsed @ WIKI
Whenever anyone felt themselves at trouble in this worldly life, this movie has the potential to boost their spirits.
Dear Friend, nothing in universe exists on it's own. Everything, Everyone are connected with each other, through their inner self. Each decision taken by everyone of us in one way or other affects others. The power of choice is given to you. Be vigilant to chose.If you chose HIM, He waits for you, through eternal, otherwise world waits for you.
In thirst for money, power, position, social status, being slaves of desires, we forgot our own life basics. Suicide is the worst thing , a man can ever attempt for. I felt very bad, when i heard people committing suicides for lose of job in recession, for being bankrupt. For all those people, i pray. But, to the rest, who were at the same frequency, i would like to remind that it's ultimate foolishness to measure your life with your bank balance and social status.
Life means neither success nor failure. It doesn't end when you are met with failure. Life is an unique opportunity bestowed by HIM to experience yourSELF and understand who you are, why you are here. Life gives you the environment to acquire necessary knowledge and to apply it to become what HE wants us to become. In this process, some circumstances may pain you, appear to be uncomfortable, destructive, but you should have faith in HIM, answering yourself that after all HE knows, the eternal helper and should have guts to say yourself that Anything happens is for my own good. Believe me, with this notion, feeling HIS presence in your HEART, you will get necessary strength to face the situation.
A few days back, i happened to watch a movie named 'It's a Wonderful Life'. Its a 1946 film about an angel-in-training who gives a despondent man a look at what the world would be like if he had never been born. This film is worth watching.
After watching this film, i felt my soul being strengthen more and heard my self saying - You are a unique design of GOD. Without You, All those for whom you care, would have missed your support. Without you, this Nature would have faced difficulty in organizing its tasks, as no one could do them as perfect as you do. Without your knowledge, some people who took you as an inspiration, would have lose their insight of their goal, without you. You are specious like a pearl, in HIS necklace. At last, my inner SELF, deep-rooted its understanding, in its grandest glory, whisphers - "Without You, this world loses it totality and no one can ever replace you".
More information on this film can be browsed @ WIKI
Whenever anyone felt themselves at trouble in this worldly life, this movie has the potential to boost their spirits.
Dear Friend, nothing in universe exists on it's own. Everything, Everyone are connected with each other, through their inner self. Each decision taken by everyone of us in one way or other affects others. The power of choice is given to you. Be vigilant to chose.If you chose HIM, He waits for you, through eternal, otherwise world waits for you.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
My Feelings on Book-Reading
Ever since my childhood, i often amazed at the true meaning of a simple sentence. Consider for instance an age old wisdom 'Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man' - by Swami Vivekananda. Each one understands its meaning to the level of their capacity. Here by capacity, i mean the related information, with which one is equipped with. Such age old wisdom's reveal the state at which we are in at that moment. Some books i read many times. Each time i read, i understand it more consicely than before. Such books, i guess may be written by authors out of their feelings and experiences. Until, your frequency of feelings match with them or until you undergo similar type of experience, its exact real meaning may not be revealed to you.
Books written out of feelings, i consider them to be descended from above, in sanskrit we call it as Shruti - That which is heard. I say so, because feelings are the highest form with which GOD communicates with us. I feel Vedas, Bhagawadgeeta, Khuran, Bible comes under this category.
Books written out of experiences, i consider them to be manifestations of the knowledge learnt through their worldly actions, in sanskrit,we call it as Smriti - That which is remembered; the tradition. Every action is once a thought. Thought is the next form of communication through which GOD communicates with us. I feel all auto-biographies and books written on every topic which mind can think of, comes under this category.
I feel from bottom of my heart, communication from GOD, through thought, can easily be broken down by man's will power and so we find some books which are worth nothing in terms of its usage. Instead, if read may spoil your mindset. We have to be very cautious in reading those books. I say so, beacause, every sentence you understood, makes an impression and if repeated forms as samskara and waits for its experience in the form of worldy actions. If you chose to read a topic which builds your character and strengthens your insight, you evolve as HE wants you to be. If you chose to read a topic which is worth nothing, which you feel is bad, you further power the bad habits present in you and distance yourself from the source. I admit that this choice depends on the samskaras with which you are equipped with, but one can use the ultimate tool, the Will Power which GOD bestowed upon us.
Of all species, GOD presented Will Power only to human beings. This Will power, if utilized efficiently in a positive manner can lead you to the divinity and the same Will Power , if utilized in a negative manner can obstruct you to reach the divinity, the ultimate source itself.
Dear Friends, Be cautious in selecting the book to read. Once appropriate selection, read it, understand the content, enjoy author's feelings and thoughts, try to digest within and bravely step ahead in utilizing the knowledge learnt by experencing it in your day-to-day life.
Books written out of feelings, i consider them to be descended from above, in sanskrit we call it as Shruti - That which is heard. I say so, because feelings are the highest form with which GOD communicates with us. I feel Vedas, Bhagawadgeeta, Khuran, Bible comes under this category.
Books written out of experiences, i consider them to be manifestations of the knowledge learnt through their worldly actions, in sanskrit,we call it as Smriti - That which is remembered; the tradition. Every action is once a thought. Thought is the next form of communication through which GOD communicates with us. I feel all auto-biographies and books written on every topic which mind can think of, comes under this category.
I feel from bottom of my heart, communication from GOD, through thought, can easily be broken down by man's will power and so we find some books which are worth nothing in terms of its usage. Instead, if read may spoil your mindset. We have to be very cautious in reading those books. I say so, beacause, every sentence you understood, makes an impression and if repeated forms as samskara and waits for its experience in the form of worldy actions. If you chose to read a topic which builds your character and strengthens your insight, you evolve as HE wants you to be. If you chose to read a topic which is worth nothing, which you feel is bad, you further power the bad habits present in you and distance yourself from the source. I admit that this choice depends on the samskaras with which you are equipped with, but one can use the ultimate tool, the Will Power which GOD bestowed upon us.
Of all species, GOD presented Will Power only to human beings. This Will power, if utilized efficiently in a positive manner can lead you to the divinity and the same Will Power , if utilized in a negative manner can obstruct you to reach the divinity, the ultimate source itself.
Dear Friends, Be cautious in selecting the book to read. Once appropriate selection, read it, understand the content, enjoy author's feelings and thoughts, try to digest within and bravely step ahead in utilizing the knowledge learnt by experencing it in your day-to-day life.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Spirituality and Science
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind - says Albert Einstein. This age old wisdom always made me to think and one fine day my heart felt its true meaning.
In my Childhood, I believed naturally when my GrandMother said that a word spelled by Rishis is bound to occur . She said that its because of their thought power as a result of their saintliness.But as time passed, my intellectuality questioned me, the logical reason for its possibility and concluded that its a mere farce.Now as further time passed, as I began to understand the correlation between scentific knowledge and spirituality, belief and reason, faith and concluded result, i am bound to agree my Grand Mothers fact.
I can give a practically proved fact : With development of Science, Videogames were developed, wherein users can play with their thought power. Just search in Google you will find many research papers in this context. A research paper can be accessed at http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/cig08/Proceedings/papers/8069.pdf. In this research it has been proved that : "The participants played the video game by using their thoughts only with up to 80% accuracy over controlling the target."
Here i would like to point out that my Grand Mothers fact is re-believed by me as science proved me by logical reasoning with a concluded result.
Science is based on data, then proceeds with logical reasoning developing suitable theories and concludes on an assumed result. And this result may change in future.But i am afraid that with Science, a lot of natural maxims may not be proved. Even if it can be proved, one should have enough intellectuality to understand it. For suppose, if Einstein comes down and explains to Bhanu about a newly discovered theory, can i understand it at that hour. Frequency of intellectuality should match between both.
At this point if i see the alternative of intellectuality, Spirituality reminds me of Faith . Faith can be defined as believing in assumed-impossible things. For Spirituality, one needs faith to believe. But one needs a capable GURU to guide you, otherwise you are bound to lose the goal.
Should i now conclude myself that Spirituality is far beyond Science ?
Not at all, Blind Faith is a Superstition and misguides the chosen path to reach the goal. The best example is - In ancient times, Christianity taught from its sacred scriptures that the Earth was the center of the Universe. It was believed as such until the 16th century , when Polish astronomer Copernicus developed a model that placed the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
From this history, we should come to a conclusion that both Science and Spirituality are essential. Without either of the one, its not fruitful.
Swami Vivekananda says - "The sages are often ignorant of physical science, because they read the wrong book—the book within; and the scientists are too often ignorant of religion, because they too read the wrong book—the book outside"
He further says : "In Buddha we had the great, universal heart and infinite patience, making religion practical and bringing it to everyone’s door. In Shankaracharya we saw tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything. We want today that bright sun of intellectuality joined with the heart of Buddha, the wonderful infinite heart of love and mercy. This union will give us the highest philosophy. Science and religion will meet and shake hands. Poetry and philosophy will become friends.What! Those giants of old, the ancient Rishis, who never walked but strode, of whom if you were to think but for a moment you would shrivel up into a moth, they sir, had time--and you have no time! "
Dear Friend, "Mind Thinks. Heart Feels. Every action is once a Thought. If one allows this Thought to be filtered by the Heart, so that your intuition capacity is felt by you with no logical reason, then one's action will always be Perfect"
I conclude, hoping reader will think about the above thought, feels in his heart, its effectiveness and wills to apply it in his day-to-day life.
In my Childhood, I believed naturally when my GrandMother said that a word spelled by Rishis is bound to occur . She said that its because of their thought power as a result of their saintliness.But as time passed, my intellectuality questioned me, the logical reason for its possibility and concluded that its a mere farce.Now as further time passed, as I began to understand the correlation between scentific knowledge and spirituality, belief and reason, faith and concluded result, i am bound to agree my Grand Mothers fact.
I can give a practically proved fact : With development of Science, Videogames were developed, wherein users can play with their thought power. Just search in Google you will find many research papers in this context. A research paper can be accessed at http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/cig08/Proceedings/papers/8069.pdf. In this research it has been proved that : "The participants played the video game by using their thoughts only with up to 80% accuracy over controlling the target."
Here i would like to point out that my Grand Mothers fact is re-believed by me as science proved me by logical reasoning with a concluded result.
Science is based on data, then proceeds with logical reasoning developing suitable theories and concludes on an assumed result. And this result may change in future.But i am afraid that with Science, a lot of natural maxims may not be proved. Even if it can be proved, one should have enough intellectuality to understand it. For suppose, if Einstein comes down and explains to Bhanu about a newly discovered theory, can i understand it at that hour. Frequency of intellectuality should match between both.
At this point if i see the alternative of intellectuality, Spirituality reminds me of Faith . Faith can be defined as believing in assumed-impossible things. For Spirituality, one needs faith to believe. But one needs a capable GURU to guide you, otherwise you are bound to lose the goal.
Should i now conclude myself that Spirituality is far beyond Science ?
Not at all, Blind Faith is a Superstition and misguides the chosen path to reach the goal. The best example is - In ancient times, Christianity taught from its sacred scriptures that the Earth was the center of the Universe. It was believed as such until the 16th century , when Polish astronomer Copernicus developed a model that placed the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
From this history, we should come to a conclusion that both Science and Spirituality are essential. Without either of the one, its not fruitful.
Swami Vivekananda says - "The sages are often ignorant of physical science, because they read the wrong book—the book within; and the scientists are too often ignorant of religion, because they too read the wrong book—the book outside"
He further says : "In Buddha we had the great, universal heart and infinite patience, making religion practical and bringing it to everyone’s door. In Shankaracharya we saw tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything. We want today that bright sun of intellectuality joined with the heart of Buddha, the wonderful infinite heart of love and mercy. This union will give us the highest philosophy. Science and religion will meet and shake hands. Poetry and philosophy will become friends.What! Those giants of old, the ancient Rishis, who never walked but strode, of whom if you were to think but for a moment you would shrivel up into a moth, they sir, had time--and you have no time! "
Dear Friend, "Mind Thinks. Heart Feels. Every action is once a Thought. If one allows this Thought to be filtered by the Heart, so that your intuition capacity is felt by you with no logical reason, then one's action will always be Perfect"
I conclude, hoping reader will think about the above thought, feels in his heart, its effectiveness and wills to apply it in his day-to-day life.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Peaks and Valleys
"Be Plain and Simple to be identical with Nature". This is an age old wisdom. Many People heard this. A few knew its true meaning. Having known, a very few lion-hearted, practically enjoyed its beauty.
This weekend i was fortunate enough to go through the book "Peaks and Valleys' by Dr.Spencer Johnson. Author illustrates in his usual story-teller-way, about 'Making Good and Bad Times Work For You- At Work and In Life'. In tune with Nature, author blossoms a point that Peaks are like Success, Valleys are like Failures and Plateaus are like Moments of rest in one's life.
Keys Principles shared are :
1. Make Reality Your Friend
2. Find and Use the Good Hidden In a Bad Time
3. Appreciate and Manage Your Good Times
4. Follow Your Sensible Vision
5. Share it With Others
I feel author successfully brought home the following points in the best understandable manner :
1. Truly Understanding a Sentence
2. Hidden Values of Miseries and Pains in Life
3. Problems arised by Ego at Good and Bad Times and ways to cope up with.
4. Wisdom in practical application of the Knowledge learnt.
For more information on the book, follow the link http://www.peaksandvalleysthebook.com/
People often stops at learning phase. Be Lion-Hearted. Step-ahead for practical application of the knowledge learnt. Then one will be amazed to see One's inner Strength and Confidence. I feel this is all Wisdom is about.
So friends..Read..Enjoy..Digest.
This weekend i was fortunate enough to go through the book "Peaks and Valleys' by Dr.Spencer Johnson. Author illustrates in his usual story-teller-way, about 'Making Good and Bad Times Work For You- At Work and In Life'. In tune with Nature, author blossoms a point that Peaks are like Success, Valleys are like Failures and Plateaus are like Moments of rest in one's life.
Keys Principles shared are :
1. Make Reality Your Friend
2. Find and Use the Good Hidden In a Bad Time
3. Appreciate and Manage Your Good Times
4. Follow Your Sensible Vision
5. Share it With Others
I feel author successfully brought home the following points in the best understandable manner :
1. Truly Understanding a Sentence
2. Hidden Values of Miseries and Pains in Life
3. Problems arised by Ego at Good and Bad Times and ways to cope up with.
4. Wisdom in practical application of the Knowledge learnt.
For more information on the book, follow the link http://www.peaksandvalleysthebook.com/
People often stops at learning phase. Be Lion-Hearted. Step-ahead for practical application of the knowledge learnt. Then one will be amazed to see One's inner Strength and Confidence. I feel this is all Wisdom is about.
So friends..Read..Enjoy..Digest.
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