NPL - Day 22
Stop your thoughts, but be awake, and you will experience the great ocean of peace beyond the mind. We have to be on the alert to recognize our prime at whatever time of our life it may occur.
There was a new Singer with lots of expectations. He was about to sing for the first time in front of 1000's of audience and he started singing. He sang once and when he was about to finish the song, the audience started shouting "once more". He sang the same song thrice on audience demand. Now he got impatient why the audience wanted to listen to the same song and liked it so much, as he had four more songs to sing. The reply from the audience was that only when he sings the first song properly he can move on to the next song.
Similarly, in life, until we live our life properly, karma in existence (कर्म सत्ता) would say Once More. Dogs and donkeys also open their eyes, but as we are Human's, opening of the inner sight is very important.
If we want to Be Awake in the right meaning, there are four things to implement in life:
1. Importance of Place:
It is important to keep in mind what type of environment we are in when we do something right or wrong.
We might go to theaters, beer bar, hotels, clubs and something wrong might be done, but atleast when we are in holy places, we must avoid doing wrong. Our inner conscience has to remind us that we are in a holy place and stop us from doing wrong. When we visit someone's house as guests, we have to remember where we are and act accordingly.
For eg, A 26 year old pregnant woman expired and she was being cremated. The whole family was in grief and sorrow. Their tears would not stop. In a corner there were around 10-15 people who were commenting and laughing about Share market on their mobiles. They did not even think in which place they are at that moment. Where have the sentiments gone from our heart? Humanity has ended! Where are we heading towards?
So in case any we feel like doing wrong, at least we should remember in what type of premises we are. Like, if we feel like criticizing anyone, we should remember the place. We have to switch the mobiles or keep them in silent mode in the grave yard or holy places, so we can express our sentiments for the other person and pray silently.We do evil in evil places, but why evil in holy places?
There was a Trustee who went to the temple to worship God. He had removed his sandals outside. When he came back he did not find his sandals. He then found one of the workers there had worn his sandals. The Trustee then thought about the premises(holy place) he was in, went to the worker and said, " Friend, these are my slippers. I have worn them for 5 years. You are working in the temple and I am the trustee here. For whatever reason you could have stolen my slippers but I just want you to come along with me to the market. I will buy you new slippers as there is no use in wearing the old slippers.
In case we were in such situation, what would our reaction be?
So in which place we are, we have to remember the requirement of the place and we should know what we can do in this place.
2. Importance of Time:
Three things in life that once gone, never come back: Time, Words and Opportunity. Always to remember to slow down in life; live, breathe and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget anything that has the least place within your heart. Importance of time and duty is different during childhood, young age and old age. Even the Sun remembers its duty. It is extremely hot in the afternoon The Sun cools down in the morning during sunrise and in the evening after sunset. Likewise, once man has crossed the age of 50, he has to relax. We keep going on and don't take the name of stopping somewhere.
A 26 year old man was hospitalized and was in his last stages. Acharyaji was asked to come and utter the name of God so that he can die in peace. When Acharyaji stepped into the hospital room, the man's 23 year old wife was sitting beside him. As soon as she saw Acharyaji, she aggressively said," Acharyaji, you have come so that my husband can die in peace. But what about me? This man has ruined my life and he has no rights to do it. I have a one year old kid as well. My husband has been eating tobacco since 5 years and now he has cancer. He will die but what about me and my kid?" She asked Acharyaji to spread to all the people who take tobacco," If you are consuming tobacco, don't marry as you do not have any rights to spoil someone's life". The man held Acharyaji's hand and said," It is my mistake that I was consuming tobacco. I cannot even ask sorry at this stage for what I have done."
This man did not understand the importance of his time and duty.
So for all the youngsters, just one message, " Stop consuming tobacco and drugs, stop smoking and drinking as your life is just not yours, there are others also who are dependent on you."
3. Importance of Duty:
"Duty is worship"
Duty is the most sublime word in our language. We have to do our duty in all things. We cannot do more. We should never wish to do less.True happiness is to understand our duties towards God and Man; to enjoy the present. without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears. but to rest satisfies with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient. Every duty is great, great, because it tries our principles; great, because for the time it tries our loyalty to conscience, and our energy and will.
We might know the importance of place and time, but if we don't recognize our duties, it is of no use.
Today, a son has forgotten his duty. He does not have 15 minutes for his father because he is too busy. Have we forgotten our duty as a son, daughter, wife, husband, daughter in law? What is our mentality in this field? For eg, A man was on his way to the temple. A poor lady met him outside and said that his daughter is getting married and she does not have anything to give.It would be great if he could give at least 2 saree's for her daughter. The man first worshiped God and then asked the lady to come along with him to his house. The man called his wife, narrated the poor woman's story and asked his wife to give 2 saree's. She gave the poor woman 20 new saree's and also some gold ornaments. The man saw his wife's generosity and told that he will take the entire responsibility of the poor woman's daughter's wedding.
This is called duty towards family, society and nation!
A man who refuses a duty, is not punished, but forsaken, and he will never know love or honor or happiness again.
4. Importance of our Nature:
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit". Law of nature is that, water flows down and fire goes up.First me make our habits, then habits make us. Lets check on our habits and see what are the habits for which we would never compromise in life, no matter what. There is little voice from the inside that keeps reminding what we should be doing. It does not depend on place, time or duty but our habits. When do you feel, " I will fall down or die, but I will never compromise on this." It could be that we cannot be without donating or helping the needy, or getting up without praying to God. Everyone's nature is different.
A man who stood for elections, was going on a Buffalo so that his photo comes in the Newspaper. Police asked him, " Where is your helmet?" The man replied," This is a four wheeler!"
This is to show what kind of nature we have. Knowing the importance of our nature will keep us in our limits.
So lets understand the importance of place while doing something wrong, understand the importance of time and duty towards everyone and understand the importance of our nature.
Don't wait until everything is right, it will never be perfect, there will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what, get started now, with each step you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self confident and more successful in life.
Awake, Arise and Stop Not till the goal is reached!
Stop your thoughts, but be awake, and you will experience the great ocean of peace beyond the mind. We have to be on the alert to recognize our prime at whatever time of our life it may occur.
There was a new Singer with lots of expectations. He was about to sing for the first time in front of 1000's of audience and he started singing. He sang once and when he was about to finish the song, the audience started shouting "once more". He sang the same song thrice on audience demand. Now he got impatient why the audience wanted to listen to the same song and liked it so much, as he had four more songs to sing. The reply from the audience was that only when he sings the first song properly he can move on to the next song.
Similarly, in life, until we live our life properly, karma in existence (कर्म सत्ता) would say Once More. Dogs and donkeys also open their eyes, but as we are Human's, opening of the inner sight is very important.
If we want to Be Awake in the right meaning, there are four things to implement in life:
1. Importance of Place:
It is important to keep in mind what type of environment we are in when we do something right or wrong.
We might go to theaters, beer bar, hotels, clubs and something wrong might be done, but atleast when we are in holy places, we must avoid doing wrong. Our inner conscience has to remind us that we are in a holy place and stop us from doing wrong. When we visit someone's house as guests, we have to remember where we are and act accordingly.
For eg, A 26 year old pregnant woman expired and she was being cremated. The whole family was in grief and sorrow. Their tears would not stop. In a corner there were around 10-15 people who were commenting and laughing about Share market on their mobiles. They did not even think in which place they are at that moment. Where have the sentiments gone from our heart? Humanity has ended! Where are we heading towards?
So in case any we feel like doing wrong, at least we should remember in what type of premises we are. Like, if we feel like criticizing anyone, we should remember the place. We have to switch the mobiles or keep them in silent mode in the grave yard or holy places, so we can express our sentiments for the other person and pray silently.We do evil in evil places, but why evil in holy places?
There was a Trustee who went to the temple to worship God. He had removed his sandals outside. When he came back he did not find his sandals. He then found one of the workers there had worn his sandals. The Trustee then thought about the premises(holy place) he was in, went to the worker and said, " Friend, these are my slippers. I have worn them for 5 years. You are working in the temple and I am the trustee here. For whatever reason you could have stolen my slippers but I just want you to come along with me to the market. I will buy you new slippers as there is no use in wearing the old slippers.
In case we were in such situation, what would our reaction be?
So in which place we are, we have to remember the requirement of the place and we should know what we can do in this place.
2. Importance of Time:
Three things in life that once gone, never come back: Time, Words and Opportunity. Always to remember to slow down in life; live, breathe and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget anything that has the least place within your heart. Importance of time and duty is different during childhood, young age and old age. Even the Sun remembers its duty. It is extremely hot in the afternoon The Sun cools down in the morning during sunrise and in the evening after sunset. Likewise, once man has crossed the age of 50, he has to relax. We keep going on and don't take the name of stopping somewhere.
A 26 year old man was hospitalized and was in his last stages. Acharyaji was asked to come and utter the name of God so that he can die in peace. When Acharyaji stepped into the hospital room, the man's 23 year old wife was sitting beside him. As soon as she saw Acharyaji, she aggressively said," Acharyaji, you have come so that my husband can die in peace. But what about me? This man has ruined my life and he has no rights to do it. I have a one year old kid as well. My husband has been eating tobacco since 5 years and now he has cancer. He will die but what about me and my kid?" She asked Acharyaji to spread to all the people who take tobacco," If you are consuming tobacco, don't marry as you do not have any rights to spoil someone's life". The man held Acharyaji's hand and said," It is my mistake that I was consuming tobacco. I cannot even ask sorry at this stage for what I have done."
This man did not understand the importance of his time and duty.
So for all the youngsters, just one message, " Stop consuming tobacco and drugs, stop smoking and drinking as your life is just not yours, there are others also who are dependent on you."
3. Importance of Duty:
"Duty is worship"
Duty is the most sublime word in our language. We have to do our duty in all things. We cannot do more. We should never wish to do less.True happiness is to understand our duties towards God and Man; to enjoy the present. without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears. but to rest satisfies with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient. Every duty is great, great, because it tries our principles; great, because for the time it tries our loyalty to conscience, and our energy and will.
We might know the importance of place and time, but if we don't recognize our duties, it is of no use.
Today, a son has forgotten his duty. He does not have 15 minutes for his father because he is too busy. Have we forgotten our duty as a son, daughter, wife, husband, daughter in law? What is our mentality in this field? For eg, A man was on his way to the temple. A poor lady met him outside and said that his daughter is getting married and she does not have anything to give.It would be great if he could give at least 2 saree's for her daughter. The man first worshiped God and then asked the lady to come along with him to his house. The man called his wife, narrated the poor woman's story and asked his wife to give 2 saree's. She gave the poor woman 20 new saree's and also some gold ornaments. The man saw his wife's generosity and told that he will take the entire responsibility of the poor woman's daughter's wedding.
This is called duty towards family, society and nation!
A man who refuses a duty, is not punished, but forsaken, and he will never know love or honor or happiness again.
4. Importance of our Nature:
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit". Law of nature is that, water flows down and fire goes up.First me make our habits, then habits make us. Lets check on our habits and see what are the habits for which we would never compromise in life, no matter what. There is little voice from the inside that keeps reminding what we should be doing. It does not depend on place, time or duty but our habits. When do you feel, " I will fall down or die, but I will never compromise on this." It could be that we cannot be without donating or helping the needy, or getting up without praying to God. Everyone's nature is different.
A man who stood for elections, was going on a Buffalo so that his photo comes in the Newspaper. Police asked him, " Where is your helmet?" The man replied," This is a four wheeler!"
This is to show what kind of nature we have. Knowing the importance of our nature will keep us in our limits.
So lets understand the importance of place while doing something wrong, understand the importance of time and duty towards everyone and understand the importance of our nature.
Don't wait until everything is right, it will never be perfect, there will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what, get started now, with each step you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self confident and more successful in life.
Awake, Arise and Stop Not till the goal is reached!
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