Week 2 - Day 4
Once the President went to the jail and called four different prisoners and asked them if they had any issues. Prisoner number 1 said, "We don't get Bajra Roti in our lunch and I expect that". Prisoner number 2 said, "There are too many mosquitoes in the jail and I definitely want a mosquito net for protection". Prisoner number 3 said, "I have heard that I will be transferred from barrack number three to barrack number four. I want to be in barrack number three only as I am more used to this". Prisoner number 4 said, " Before coming to the jail I had my own goodwill in the society and I was in a big post. I might have come to the jail for whatever reason, but I am not being treated as per my post and my goodwill. I want to be treated right".
The first prisoner only had an expectation of what he required, second prisoner was insistent about what he wanted, third prisoner had an attachment towards the barrack and the fourth prisoner had ego problem.
There are four things:
1. Expectation(अपेक्षा)
2. Insistent(आग्रह)
3. Attachment(आसक्ति)
4. Ego(अहंकार)
If we notice that there is no peace in our life and there is a lot of struggle, then the reason for it would be one of the above.
Today we are going to discuss Communication of Life.
First let us understand the meaning of communication.
If ash falls in milk, there is struggle. If water falls in oil, there is connection, if sugar falls in milk, relationship is born.
So there are three things to keep in mind:
Struggle(संघर्ष)
Connection(संपर्क)
Relations(संभंध)
In business, how are our relations with everyone - with our customers, with our employee's, and with our parents and society. What is our relation like? Is it a relation with struggle, connection or good relation?
We have to focus on four things:
1. Social Life: What is our social life? What is our connection with the society? What is our biggest contribution of society towards us? It is that, society has kept us in limit and reminded about our principles. Society has taught us civility. What is our tuning with the society? As our wealth increases, our communication with the society starts ending.
A man came to meet Gurudev. He said he had killed 17 people. He said that there was a society of criminals where he stayed. They had a rule that if they killed any man, they would meet his wife the same day and promise that they would give her monthly Rs 3000/- until she got married again. It was their responsibility to take care of these women. Their rule was that they would not touch any woman. Society has taught us what kind of food to eat, what to drink and what type of clothes to wear. The parents who are insistent that their kids follow the morals and culture are sad today as this generation is not ready to listen to their parents. Today's generation want to go their own way. So what is our social life like?
2. Family Life: Is there any communication left with our family - with parents, husband, wife, daughter-in-law, son etc? We simply say that there is a generation gap. Generation gap will always be there between a father and his son. They cannot be of the same age for sure. There is no communication at all! What is our family life like? A son feels good to sit and talk to his friend rather than his father. Facebook has become such an addiction that no one has time for their family members.
Why is there such an environment in our family? There is no love between anyone. We need heart for communication and not intelligence. It might happen that our thoughts might not be alike but there has to be communication. Have we ever seen parallel rail tracks meet? But the rail tracks are always together and they help a train reach its destination.
The center of both Ramayana and Mahabharata is family. What is our family life? If we have ten minutes in the evening after all work is done, why don't we have the heart to sit with our family members. What do we wish - Do we want to achieve something good or become good?
" In Life's Journey, what we have achieved is not important but what we have become is important"
Once the President went to the jail and called four different prisoners and asked them if they had any issues. Prisoner number 1 said, "We don't get Bajra Roti in our lunch and I expect that". Prisoner number 2 said, "There are too many mosquitoes in the jail and I definitely want a mosquito net for protection". Prisoner number 3 said, "I have heard that I will be transferred from barrack number three to barrack number four. I want to be in barrack number three only as I am more used to this". Prisoner number 4 said, " Before coming to the jail I had my own goodwill in the society and I was in a big post. I might have come to the jail for whatever reason, but I am not being treated as per my post and my goodwill. I want to be treated right".
The first prisoner only had an expectation of what he required, second prisoner was insistent about what he wanted, third prisoner had an attachment towards the barrack and the fourth prisoner had ego problem.
There are four things:
1. Expectation(अपेक्षा)
2. Insistent(आग्रह)
3. Attachment(आसक्ति)
4. Ego(अहंकार)
If we notice that there is no peace in our life and there is a lot of struggle, then the reason for it would be one of the above.
Today we are going to discuss Communication of Life.
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| Communication |
If ash falls in milk, there is struggle. If water falls in oil, there is connection, if sugar falls in milk, relationship is born.
So there are three things to keep in mind:
Struggle(संघर्ष)
Connection(संपर्क)
Relations(संभंध)
In business, how are our relations with everyone - with our customers, with our employee's, and with our parents and society. What is our relation like? Is it a relation with struggle, connection or good relation?
We have to focus on four things:
1. Social Life: What is our social life? What is our connection with the society? What is our biggest contribution of society towards us? It is that, society has kept us in limit and reminded about our principles. Society has taught us civility. What is our tuning with the society? As our wealth increases, our communication with the society starts ending.
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| Social Life |
A man came to meet Gurudev. He said he had killed 17 people. He said that there was a society of criminals where he stayed. They had a rule that if they killed any man, they would meet his wife the same day and promise that they would give her monthly Rs 3000/- until she got married again. It was their responsibility to take care of these women. Their rule was that they would not touch any woman. Society has taught us what kind of food to eat, what to drink and what type of clothes to wear. The parents who are insistent that their kids follow the morals and culture are sad today as this generation is not ready to listen to their parents. Today's generation want to go their own way. So what is our social life like?
2. Family Life: Is there any communication left with our family - with parents, husband, wife, daughter-in-law, son etc? We simply say that there is a generation gap. Generation gap will always be there between a father and his son. They cannot be of the same age for sure. There is no communication at all! What is our family life like? A son feels good to sit and talk to his friend rather than his father. Facebook has become such an addiction that no one has time for their family members.
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| Happy Family |
Why is there such an environment in our family? There is no love between anyone. We need heart for communication and not intelligence. It might happen that our thoughts might not be alike but there has to be communication. Have we ever seen parallel rail tracks meet? But the rail tracks are always together and they help a train reach its destination.
The center of both Ramayana and Mahabharata is family. What is our family life? If we have ten minutes in the evening after all work is done, why don't we have the heart to sit with our family members. What do we wish - Do we want to achieve something good or become good?
" In Life's Journey, what we have achieved is not important but what we have become is important"
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