Are we really Educated?

                                                                            Day 1

Are we really Educated?

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"

There were two friends. One was wealthy and the other intelligent. One friend said the other that he is wealthy and hence can do anything in the world. The other friend argued and said that an intelligent man can do everything in the world. Finally, the case was taken to the King to solve who was right. Even the King was not able to decide who was more powerful. He wrote a letter to another King to solve the problem. The other King sentenced both to death. Both were surprised. They were kept in a dungeon. The next day when the King came, one man said that he wants to die first and the other also said he wants to die first. The King was surprised. One of them then asked the King," Why did our King send a letter to you and asked you to take a decision? The astrologer has actually informed our King that if they put anyone of us to death, his whole kingdom will get destroyed and hence he has asked you to take a decision." The King then thought for a while and said that he will forgive both and both can go to their hometown.

Hunger ends when we get food, Thirst ends when we get water, Tiredness ends when we get a car, Eye vision becomes clear when we wear spectacles. Likewise, what is the result of education? 90% of students think that they are involved in education but not really interested in it. Without interest what is the use of involvement. Students are forced to go to school as they are not interested. In any field, if we are not interested we try to leave the place as soon as possible. Why are teachers and principal not able to create the interest in students? Why has this happened?

The schools in villages have great slogans written on their school walls compared to the schools in cities.

Are we interested in Education? 

Education can absolve or free us from wrong, makes us satisfied and also make us a devotee of our Parents and teachers.

The result of Education is that it can absolve us from the following three things:

1. Deformation (विकृति):

"An educational system isn't worth a great deal if it teaches young people how to make a living but doesn't teach them how to make a life." 

Education brings us on track and absolve us from malformation. There are two types of mind: one is Exceptional mind and the other is Pure mind. These challenge deformation. How much does a small child today obey his parents or teachers? In earlier days, students used to wait for the teacher to come and teach. Everyone was very happy and interested to learn new things. We learn Mathematics, Science, Geography, History in school, but is there any subject that teaches us how to save ourselves from deformation?

2. Amusement (विलास):
Parents, teachers and principal are responsible for the behavior of their kids and students. It is the responsibility of the Parents to check on the culture of the school before their admission. Which is considered  as the top school? Where the education is good or moral is good? We consider the schools that have highest fees as the best school. What is our priority -  Education or Moral? Good morals are very important for everyone in life.

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”

3. Addiction (व्यसन):
The management and staff is not satisfied with what the current situation is? Do we want to see our children educated or do we want him to have good morals? Today no one can stop a student from doing wrong. They cannot be punished in school. Would we be happy if the teacher hits our children for their mistake?

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” 

Education also gives us Satisfaction. We have to save our Culture, Nature and Future and it is the responsibility of Education to save these three. A well cultured person will be satisfied with whatever he has in his life and will never take the wrong track to achieve his goals.

Education will also make us devoted to our Parents, Teachers, Country, Society and People. A mother can only be a mother to one or two kids, but a teacher gets an opportunity to be a mother to thousands of children.

Do we have all of these qualities in us? Are we really Educated? Let us think about it and make a change!

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." 

Wealth of Wisdom - Day 5

                                                       Week 2 - Day 5

There were two son's of a man who stayed in the same family. One son has such a good life that we cannot express in words and the other had such a worst life. There was such a big difference between both the brothers who stayed in the same family. A journalist too the interview of the brother who had a very bad life and asked, "Why is your life so bad?" . The son replied,"I am experiencing what my father has experienced in his life. I drink, smoke, get angry, beat my wife". The journalist then asked the other brother the secret to his good life. He replied," It was due to his father". The journalist was shocked that one brother blamed his father for his bad life and the other gave credit to his father for his good life. The brother who had a good life said that his father used to drink, beat his mother, consumed tobacco and lost all money in business. He had kept his father's life in front of his eyes and the results of what his father had done and made his life better. He did not take the path his father had taken and hence had a good life.

Today we are going to discuss the Community of Life and the following points are worth thinking about and community of life means:

1. SPACE:
In which phase of life do we want to be?
 a. Progress Phase(विकास)
 b. Rest Phase(विश्राम) or
 c. Destruction Phase(विनाश)

In this worldly life, there are many things we need to do. We have to do business to progress in life and that is Progress phase. In spiritual life, when we go the temple and saints, we are in the Rest phase. When anything disturbs us in our life we are in the destruction phase. Which is more attractive to us?

In which of these phases do we like to be longer - Progress phase, Rest phase or Destruction phase? Which one do we pray for? Which one gives us more happiness? Do we like to sit and watch TV, play games, go to disco, hotels, clubs etc. These are all the destruction phase. Do we like to sit with friends who talk wrong or with Saints who talk good and pure? When do we feel light? Where do we want to go? Community of life is what decision do we want to take for our life? Which path do we want to choose for ourselves? Where are we? A saint's life is pure because of the Rest Phase. There is nothing to hear, do or see wrong.
We are actually more towards destruction phase as we feel that gives us happiness. A smoker knows that smoking can affect his health but he still smokes as he feels good for time being. A person who drinks wine also knows it is bad for health but still drinks. This is all self destruction. Can we give time to temple as much as time we give for TV?  Let us observe ourselves and choose the right for ourselves.

2. LITERATURE:

"We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion"

What is our mentality in the field of literature. What is the standard of the newspapers, magazines, books that are lying on our table? What is the first impression of the guests who visit our house - do they think that we have such good morals and culture?

The day Bhagat Singh was about to be hanged to death, he was reading a book. The jailor asked what he was reading and that it was time for his death. Bhagat Singh replied that," Sir, I am reading a book on our country and only two pages are left. Let me finish this and then I am ready to die".
So what kind of Literature do our family members read? We just have mobiles and TV.  We read all kinds of books but don't read literature on purity! The biggest strength of a Saint's life is Literature. We are never interested to read these kind of books. Today, magazines with vulgar supplementary are a part of our literature.

A lady once decided to commit suicide as her husband was in some trouble and everything had ended. She wrote a suicide note. She went to her friend's house to give the note so that her friend and give it to her husband after her death. Her friend was having a bath and it was taking some time. In the mean while the lady found the book,"Muskaan Bhari Mrutyu" by Acharayaji. After reading few pages of the book, she dropped her suicide plan and decided that she will face any difficult situation but will not commit suicide. Her friend then came and asked her the reason she had come. The lady replied that she had just come to meet her and left. A good book saved a life!

"The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation"

3. PERSON:

What type of person do we like to sit with? What is our company like? What type of friends do we have and like to have? Do we like a person who speaks about donation or about making money? What is our inner attraction towards? Would a beggar like to be friends with a beggar or a rich man?
We should never be friends with people who break our relations and our family, who give us wrong ideas and thoughts. We have to leave anything that disturbs our peace, purity and happiness.

"You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him"


4. THOUGHTS:

What type of thoughts give us happiness? We are independent to choose our thoughts and what we think. There are no restrictions in what we would like to think.The one who resides near a gutter can never get the fragrance of a rose! Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves"


Let's be alert and change our lives!

Wealth of Wisdom - Day 4

                                                             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.

Communication

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.

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.

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"

Wealth of Wisdom - Day 3

                                                            Week 2 - Day 3

A man was in trouble. He had problems in business and family life. He decided to end his life the next day. He then decided that the next day even if one man smiles at him, he will drop his plan to suicide. What will our reaction be if we see a stranger in sorrow with a sad face? Would we smile at him or just neglect him?

“There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.”

What is our contribution of life? Suppose we are walking bare feet and there is a person going in the car, we ask him to drop us where ever he is going and he might refuse to drop us. Suppose we are walking bare feet and a person going in the car agrees to drop us and we refuse to accept his kindness, which is more sorrowful?

If we are alone in sorrow, we might be able to bear it, but if we are alone in happiness, we will not be able to bear it and we will definitely get disturbed that there is no one to share our happiness.
So how ready are we to share our happiness with everyone?

There are four types of wealth in life that we need to focus on:

1. Fortune Wealth(भाग्यालक्ष्मी): 

"We make our own fortunes and we call them fate"

Fortune is that which we get by luck or fate. A man who is born in a rich family from birth is because of his fortune, luck or fate. His manliness is nil in this case. A man born in a poor family from birth is also because of his fate or luck. We have eyes to see, ear to hear and tongue to speak from birth and some people are born blind, deaf and dumb from birth. This is also due to fate.

    "Each man is the architect of his own fate"

2. Holy Wealth(पुन्यलक्ष्मी):

This is a fortune that we get due to our good deeds. The wealth that we got due to our good deeds is again used in good deeds. This is due to our own holy nature or our good deeds in our previous life. In business, if we are going very good, is it because of our own intelligence or due to our good deeds? 1% it is due to our own intelligence and 99% it is due to our good deeds. If our good deeds don't back us in the time we require   help, we are in crisis. An educated person is hunting for jobs in comparison to the one who is uneducated. Why? Because of lack of holiness. Do we use the things that we have got due to our good deeds in a good way or bad way? So what is the contribution of our life? How ready are we to give and share? An abundant river is ready to give anytime. A pond is ready to give water but we have to go to it to get water. A tree is ready to give it fruits to anyone who comes to it. What is our mentality in this field of contribution? What is our goodwill? Are we ready for donation? Why are we not ready to give? No one is with the one who does not contribute.

"Not having anything with us is alright in comparison to not having anybody with us"

3. Sin Wealth(पापलक्ष्मी):
 In this case, the wealth would have come from the wrong way and would be used to do only wrong. If the wealth that we have is used for mobiles, TV, Flat, car and for all luxuries but not for any good work is due to our sins. What is our wealth being used for? Do we donate as much as we spend for our own luxuries?  
For eg, In Surat, a woman met Guruji and said that her Son always keeps donating. She was appreciating her Son for his good deeds. The Son then replied, "Guruji, it is all because of the good culture that my family taught me from my childhood".

Have we give our children such knowledge?

“The virtues of donations are great because it helps the needy and at the same time it gives an opportunity to the donor to give the surplus to the people in need. It helps the needy to sustain himself. ”

Here is another story. A man was going to the temple in winter. It was very cold. He saw a beggar shivering in the cold and the beggar did not have any cloth on his body. He went home and asked his mother for clothes to help the beggar. The mother took out her Son's expensive shirt and asked the boy to give it to the beggar. The Son said, "Mother, you are so great. You are giving such an expensive shirt to the beggar". The mother replied,"If you want to donate, donate good things". The boy then went to the beggar and gave the shirt. The beggar was surprised to see the boy giving him such an expensive shirt so that he can protect himself from the cold. The beggar said," Sir, you are so kind to give me such an expensive shirt. But there is another beggar who lives nearby and he has no clothes at all. I request you to please give the shirt to him".
Even a beggar has such a character! Where are we? What is our contribution towards life? We spend money for watching movies in a theater but when the time comes to give a beggar even Rs 2/- we doubt him! This is our mentality!

4. Cursed Wealth(शापित लक्ष्मी):
This type of wealth is always stored. It is never used for any work and is just stored. This type of wealth is called Cursed Wealth.

"Crisis is born when wealth is stored,

 Crisis ends when wealth flows"

We keep increasing our wealth and keep it in fixed deposit. What is the use of such wealth? Lets bring the change by giving and donating.

Let us all move towards contribution. Lets donate, be happy and lets other live happily! Lets contribute when ever we get an opportunity to do so. This is the wealth of wisdom

Wealth of Wisdom - Day 2

                                                           Week 2 - Day

 Bhartruhari was once sitting in a cave in the jungle. There was a diamond in the cave. A horse rider was going that way and he saw the diamond. He thought, ‘"If it was a diamond, it should be very costly and I could have many things I desire. He stepped down to pick up the diamond and another horse rider came that way and saw the diamond. Both were Rajputs and so took out the sword to fight for the diamond. Bhartruhari was seeing this scene and thought that even he was a King once upon a time, but left all the riches and came to the jungle. Bhartruhari saw that both Rajputs were fighting for the diamond and both cut off each other’s head. The diamond was there and both left the world.

" Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are"

We know what our center of life should be. Now we should know what is the character of our life. First let us understand the definition of character. In education field, character is when the student does not copy in the exams. In the same way in different fields, there is a different definition of character. In business life, definition of character is that we should not lie. In business field there are three things that we require  - 

Bypass, Speed breaker and Break.

    1.Bypass:  In business life, we need bypass. Bypass means no violence in business life and have no hatred feeling towards anyone. Water’s character is to flow but when stored in the freezer it becomes solid. Anger in business life is alright. The feeling of anger comes and goes off. But if we store the anger in our heart it turns into a hatred feeling. Are we ready not to have jealous or hatred feeling towards the person who has to return us our money from the past few years?  Are we ready not to have hatred feeling towards the one who is doing better than us in business? Are we ready not to bring them down in any way? This is the character in business life bypass. Jealousy brings hatred and hatred brings violence. 

Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but Jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time”

Jealousy, Hatred, Violence are three things we should never have in business life. Are we ready not to be jealous against our own brother if he is doing better in business than us? What is our mentality? It is like covering a rotten wood with sun mike. Where are we in the field of wealth of wisdom? 

"Jealousy is a vessel filled with acid. The vessel filled with it will definitely burn"

Likewise, the person towards whom we have a jealous feeling might not be affected, but we will definitely burn in the desire of jealousy. Our love, friendship, peace, satisfaction will all burn in the desire of jealousy. 

If we would like to have peace in life, we have to learn to be happy with what we have. 

                          "If you don't have what you like, like what you have"

FD      2. Break: We have to apply break in our life where we see that our health, happiness and family are at risk. We have to stop when we know that our health is at risk, inner happiness is ending, and love towards our family is not there anymore. 

OnA 32 year old man was sitting near Gurudev. A politician had come to meet Gurudev. Gurudev then sent the man to the politician to collect some documents. The politician then offered the man Rs 2 Crores per year if he would work with him. The man then asked the politician," If I agree to work with you, would my happiness remain steady, would I be able to eat my food on time, would I be able to get the good sleep that I get now and would I be able to spend time with my family". The politician said he cannot guarantee all of this as he has to work day and night. The boy then disagreed to work with the politician. He left the huge amount of money for his inner peace and family. Are we ready to apply such breaks in our life too? What is the logic of running behind money all the time? Inner Peace, love and good health is the real happiness in life. 


3.        3. Speed Breaker: We say that we are running behind money for our family. But did we ever ask our family if they would want to be with us in the next birth also? There will be one time where there will be no point of return. What have we achieved in life? A speed breaker is there to lessen the speed of the vehicle. Similarly in life, we have to put a speed breaker in life when we feel that we don't have time to do good things. We have to reduce the speed with which we are running behind money and have no time for ourselves. We have to take out time to talk to our loved ones. It is important that people love us more than know us. 


                                                   "Anything in excess is poison"

        If we apply these three things in life, we can improve our life vastly. Where money has become top priority, relationships have definitely ended. 


   


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Wealth of Wisdom

                                                                 Week 2

“A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it"

Once God announced to the whole world that he would distribute everything - health, wealth, power and success for free. On hearing this, there was a huge crowd waiting to receive all of this for free and God distributed everything for free. There was one thing that God put down and no one picked it up. It could have happened that no one noticed it. God then tried to hide it under his feet. One person who was near God noticed this and when everyone left, he asked God, " God, You have distributed whatever you had. But I noticed you hiding something under your feet. What was it?" . God replied," I gave health, wealth, success, fame and power, which you can get from anywhere, but there is one thing for which you have to come to me. That is Peace of Mind".

"Inner peace creates outer peace"

What is the Center of our Life?

Our goal in life is to gain success, wealth and power. The whole world needs comfort and luxuries in life and for this we need wealth. What is the definition of Happiness? We are all in this world to attain happiness and to lead a good life. But what is real happiness? Does it lie only in worldly comfort? We all know what we can buy with money like Diamonds, Mercedez Car and many more things, but do we know what we cannot get even after giving Crores of money? We all are here to attain happiness but our mentality has become such that we feel that there is no happiness without money. Can we guarantee that these four things have increased in our life after gaining wealth:

1. Love and Friendship towards all
2. Enjoyment
3. Peace
4. Satisfaction

Tree of Wealth

If none of these have increased in our life then are we ready to change the center of our life? Actually, whatever love, friendship, enjoyment, peace and satisfaction have all ended because of wealth. Wealth has created doubt for our own brother. It has brought hatred and fights among all. When wealth has brought all these then why are we running behind money? We can never quench our thirst with water from the ocean. You keep feeling thirsty even after drinking the ocean water. In that case, we would not drink the ocean water anymore and drink the water that will quench our thirst. In the same way even after knowing the cons of running behind wealth, why are we not ready to stop?

In life, we give the Power of Attorney to the person we trust and give them the freedom to decide. Likewise, God has given the Power of Attorney to Satguru, a true Guru. Instead of making wealth the center of life, if we make peace of mind as the center of our life, we will have love, peace, fun and satisfaction. Who is there to stop us from taking the reverse and changing our life for good. 
To find God, we have to leave wealth. It is important to have Love, Enjoyment, Peace and Satisfaction as the center of our life instead of Wealth, and then we will see the difference. Wealth has to be on the second position as wealth disturbs our peace of mind. 


Our ancestors might not have had the wealth that we have but they definitely had peace and satisfaction. Our requirement has not increased but our desire has increased. Requirement is without which we cannot live, like food, water etc and Desire is mobile, luxuries, bungalow and car. It is good to secure our future but we should know our limit. It is not good to spoil our present thinking of our future. We don't even know what shape the water in our hand will take when poured down. When we are satisfied today, then how can we be satisfied tomorrow. It is true that we cannot live without money and money is necessary in our day to day life, but we should not live for money. 

"You can live with money, not for money"

We can carry enough luggage in a truck or train but it is limited in a flight. Human life is similar to a Plane. The more the luggage, the more discomfort while travelling. The person who has less luggage is tension free and easily de-boards the train. When the station of death will come, it will be difficult for those who will have a lot of luggage. A Saint's life has peace, enjoyment, love, friendship and satisfaction. So are we ready to change the center of our life?

"Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none"

What is the goal of a mother when she gives her baby a glass of almond milk? She wants her baby to be healthy, fit and fine. The milk also looked very tasty to drink. But in case, the baby becomes ill after drinking the milk, she would stop giving the milk to her baby and give something else that is good for her baby's health. Similarly what is the result after achieving lots of wealth, even though the goal of attaining wealth was right

We have to keep a deadline in our life and lets make peace and happiness our center of life.  

Ram Hi Aaram Hai

                                                              Week 3

Once a teacher informed his students that they will all be going for a trip to Shimla in winter. The teacher said that anyone who wanted to come can bring along sweater, jackets and shawls as it will be very cold. From somewhere a small boy had come and was sitting with the students. The boy said, " You are all going on a trip to Shimla and everyone is asked to bring warm clothes as it will be winter. If you ask me, I would bring my mother as she will take care of me and my needs".

Hanuman, an ardent devotee of Lord Ram, is the embodiment of devotion, dedication and strength.
The following points are to be followed to become like Hanuman.

1. I Love God, My Choice is God:
Once, Hanuman was presented by certain Sita a necklace, fully laden with costly pearls. On getting the necklace, Hanuman plucked each pearl and cracked it with his sharp teeth, looked inside, and threw away all the pearls, one by one, with disappointment. Sita asked him what he was doing. Sita said that she gives gifts to everyone and she has given Hanuman one of the most expensive gift. Hanuman replied: "˜They are no good. I do not see my venerable Sri Ram and Sita in any one of them. What is the use of such necklace for me?"

Hanuman was so devoted to Shree Ram that nothing was more worth to him than Ram. Have we ever tried worshiping Lord Mahavira in all living and non-living things?
In life, if we have Rs 5 crore and suppose Rs 1 Lakh is pending from someone. Knowing that the other person is not financially good to return the money to us, and if he does so, he might become homeless, would we still force him to return the money? Do we have strength enough to say that we don't want that money?
There are some conditions to follow in life:
a. I don't want comfort and happiness after making someone sad.
b. I don't want good in life after committing sin's.
c. I don't want smile on my face after making someone cry.
An eg. About 12-15 years back, in Surat, there was crisis in the Diamond Market. The Boses called all his 22 employee's. The employee's said that they know they have to leave the job and sit at home. The Boss could not help. He said, Due to the crisis, you all will not be able to come to work from tomorrow. But I will give you all 6 months. Try to search for a new job. Until then, on every month beginning you will receive you salaries as I know what would happen without the salary. After 6 months, if you still don't find a job, then come back to me, I will give you a job".
Do we have such strength and such mentality?
If we have to travel around the world, we check for hotels, food etc, but do we check if there is a God's temple there?
Once Hanuman was standing outside the door where Ram was residing. Sita was going inside but Hanuman was not allowed to go. Hanuman asked Sita why was he not allowed to go inside to see Shree Ram. When Hanuman kept asking, Sita showed the sindoor on her forehead and said this is the reason only I can meet Shree Ram. Hanuman asks Sita," Why did u keep sindoor on your fore head? She replied that she keeps it for the welfare of her Lord (Ramji).
Hanuman thought for a while and the next day covered his entire body with sindoor. Sita looked at him in surprise and asked him why he had covered himself in sindoor. With a shy smile Hanuman said, “ Sitaji, you are a Devi, a goddess. By putting a little sindoor in your hair, you can make Lord Ram happy and His life longer. But I am only His servant, His dasa, so I will have to do more than that. And that is why I have covered my whole body with sindoor.” This shows how much he was devoted to Lord Ram.
So to be devoted like Hanuman, we have to love God and our choice has to always be God.

2. I Love Those Whom God Loves:

What is our mentality in this field? Are we ready to love even those people whom we neglect and God loves? It is easy to love God but difficult to love the person whom God loves. Hanuman loved Lord Ram and  he also loved Vibhishana, whom Lord Ram loved.
Here are two questions to ponder upon:
a. Is it alright with us if your son becomes friends with your enemy's son?
b. Is it alright if your son's become enemy with your friend's son?
Now is the time to decide what to do with life, if not, life will decide what to do with us. Now is the time to decide what to do with wealth, if not wealth will decide what has to be done with us. If we don't decide now, Life will play with us and there will be no point of return. What are the things we don't do to get wealth in life, but what has wealth done in turn? It has brought enmity and hatred.
Have we not seen how Saddam Hussain's, Bhutto, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi's life ended? Indira Gandhi's own bodyguard had killed her!

                "More you sweat in peace, Less you bleed in war"

3. I Love The Things That God Loves:

God loves Purity and Devotion. Are we ready to love all those things that God loves?

Hanuman was very devoted to Lord Ram and loved him a lot. Hanuman observed that whenever Vibhishan comes, Ram would get up if he was sleeping and when Hanuman comes, he would lie down. Hanuman asked the reason for this. Lord Ram replied, " Vibhishan is our enemy's brother and so I have to be alert. But you are my own and so I lie down in your presence".