If the fragrance of he flowers is supplied by the plant, aren’t the thorns also nourished by the same plant? The same sap is providing fragrance to the rose as well as sustaining the thorns. And thorns alone provide protection to the roses. This is the pristine Intelligence of the Creator at play. Don’t ruin your life by complaining at every high and small thing, thereby destroying your religious merit. Whenever there is pain in your life, be sure that your mind is giving some judgment that is at odds with the Divine Law. This alone leads to pains, troubles and escapism.
Let all your edeavours be for the sake of the Lord’s pleasure. If you dress up in order to lure someone to something, you are bound to get pain from that person, for you are in effect, doing that to the indwelling Lord in the form of that person. When God is Omnipresent and is abiding in every being, wherever and whatever and whatever you are doing, you are doing it to the Lord Himself. Until and unless this view of life is perfected, one continues to be kicked around. If you make friends with someone having great wealth, power of riches hoping that he would help you in a time of need, you are bound to come to grief in the end. The greatness of the great owes itself to the supreme Great. If you conduct yourself towards the great man knowing him to be a spark of the Supreme Great, all his wealth, power, riches and if you disregard the Lord dwelling in him and try to win his favour through flattery, he will ditch you.
You can’t possibly catch the drumbeat, whatever you may do; but if you catch hold of drummer, you automatically exercise control over the drumbeat as well. Similarly, one who catches hold of the Origin will gain control over both the Cause and its Effect. The Supreme Lord is the Origin of all. If your mind gets established in the Lord, all causes and their effects will automatically turn favourable to you. Whether one is a theist or an atheist, this divine rule is equally applicable to all. Regardless of one believing in God. Or not, event if unknowingly one happens to turn inward and attain unity with the indwelling Lord, or conducts oneself in tune with Vedantic principlesw driven by perception of divine Omnipresence, or a penchant for social service, or respect for Truth and righteousness, or one’s intrinsic nature, one attains success in life. One may swear by dharma; but if his conduct is not in tune with Vedantic principles, he will continue to be miserable. Howsoever religious one may profess to be, if he doesn’t bring Vedanta into practice, freedom will elude him. One the other hand, one may look to be irreligious; nevertheless if he follows the tenets of Vedanta, he will be successful, he will rule over one and all. One may not believe in any deity, god, religion or sect; but if one is true to oneself; nurtures no ill will towards anyone; keeps the senses under control; possesses a serene mind and remains ever cheerful, he is a true devotee of the Lord. Devotion as such, is not necessarily reflected in one going to a temple or mosque and importuning the deities. The closer and truer is your relationship with the Indwelling Lord, one more pious and virtuous your life and the greater is your devotion to the Lord. If you distance yourself from the Lord within breaking your bonds with Him, if there is duplicity in your dealings, the rules of ‘Cause and Effect’ will work against you. –Translated excerpts from ‘Jivan Vikas’- a book published by the ashram.
Let all your edeavours be for the sake of the Lord’s pleasure. If you dress up in order to lure someone to something, you are bound to get pain from that person, for you are in effect, doing that to the indwelling Lord in the form of that person. When God is Omnipresent and is abiding in every being, wherever and whatever and whatever you are doing, you are doing it to the Lord Himself. Until and unless this view of life is perfected, one continues to be kicked around. If you make friends with someone having great wealth, power of riches hoping that he would help you in a time of need, you are bound to come to grief in the end. The greatness of the great owes itself to the supreme Great. If you conduct yourself towards the great man knowing him to be a spark of the Supreme Great, all his wealth, power, riches and if you disregard the Lord dwelling in him and try to win his favour through flattery, he will ditch you.
You can’t possibly catch the drumbeat, whatever you may do; but if you catch hold of drummer, you automatically exercise control over the drumbeat as well. Similarly, one who catches hold of the Origin will gain control over both the Cause and its Effect. The Supreme Lord is the Origin of all. If your mind gets established in the Lord, all causes and their effects will automatically turn favourable to you. Whether one is a theist or an atheist, this divine rule is equally applicable to all. Regardless of one believing in God. Or not, event if unknowingly one happens to turn inward and attain unity with the indwelling Lord, or conducts oneself in tune with Vedantic principlesw driven by perception of divine Omnipresence, or a penchant for social service, or respect for Truth and righteousness, or one’s intrinsic nature, one attains success in life. One may swear by dharma; but if his conduct is not in tune with Vedantic principles, he will continue to be miserable. Howsoever religious one may profess to be, if he doesn’t bring Vedanta into practice, freedom will elude him. One the other hand, one may look to be irreligious; nevertheless if he follows the tenets of Vedanta, he will be successful, he will rule over one and all. One may not believe in any deity, god, religion or sect; but if one is true to oneself; nurtures no ill will towards anyone; keeps the senses under control; possesses a serene mind and remains ever cheerful, he is a true devotee of the Lord. Devotion as such, is not necessarily reflected in one going to a temple or mosque and importuning the deities. The closer and truer is your relationship with the Indwelling Lord, one more pious and virtuous your life and the greater is your devotion to the Lord. If you distance yourself from the Lord within breaking your bonds with Him, if there is duplicity in your dealings, the rules of ‘Cause and Effect’ will work against you. –Translated excerpts from ‘Jivan Vikas’- a book published by the ashram.
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