Recognize your value- you are here not to suffer

A person named Raghu is a talented person. He is so sharp that he learns anything very easily. It is good for any employer to have an employee like him, sharp, skilled, obedient, sincere, honest and multi-talented. One day Raghu observed that the people with less knowledge, talent and skill are supervising him and holding higher position and earning more than him. Many times he tried to find the answer of it, but he could not. His fear of losing his job could not allow him to think anything more than his job and survival.

The people with intense fear cannot understand their own value. If you do not understand your value, you will always sell yourself low. You would have low self-esteem, position and income. And with good talent and skill and low self-esteem can make you a good servant not an owner. Your talent, skill and hard work are used for profit of others. You create fortune for others and sheer survival for you.

Raghu becomes inquisitive to understand the reason of not getting that income, position and prestige what he deserves. Consistently, he started thinking on it. Our mind provides a definite answer which is contemplated continuously.

One night, he had a dream. In his dream, he dreams that one person is dragging him relentlessly wherever he wants. Raghu has no control over anything. He is sweating, he heart is throbbing uncontrollably. He wants to come out from his clutches, but of no use. Suddenly, a voice directs him to look at a pen nearby him and touch it. But that person does not want Raghu to see and touch the pen. By some effort, he saw that pen and touched it. On touching the pen, that person started running away from Raghu. He could see the horrifying fear on the face of that person. After that he woke-up.

He started pondering on this dream. The dream was indicating that in order to come out from the clutches of less skilled and faint talented bosses, you recognize your own talent, believe it and work on it. The moment you recognize your own value, they would not stand in front of you anymore. You would be owner of your life and master of your destiny. Anyone can take advantage of yours until you know who you are and where you stand. You are here to succeed not to suffer.

In order to make others to recognize your value, first, you have to trust and acknowledge your value you carry.

Why an Elephant head to lord Ganesha, Why not of other animals?

In Hinduism, Lord Ganesha has elephant head, he is the deity, who is worshiped first before any ceremony and any other gods and goddesses. We know the story why and how the head of Ganesha was chopped and replaced with an elephant head by his father, Lord Shiva. Why lord Shiva replaced the head of impertinent Ganesha with the head of an elephant, why not of other animals or head of any other human? No mythological story exist without any logic. What is the logic behind this head replacement?

The chopping of the head and replacing with the elephant head is the significance of the replacing your thought with the bigger one. Lord Ganesha could not recognize his father and fought with his father. It is the indication of ignoring the divinity. In order to make lord Ganesha a divine one, he replaced his head with bigger and intelligent one.

Again, why elephant head? For that, let us understand the brain of an elephant.  The brain of the elephant is the biggest brain among all living animals in comparison with their body. The hippo- campus, the part of the brain is for a long memory, Cerebral cortex is the part of the brain that enables problem solving ability.These parts are found in the brain of an elephant which absent in most of the other animals. Elephant has post-traumatic disorder, means, he cries on something wrong happens with him or with someone associated with him. They work cooperatively to accomplish the task. It shows his concern of the society and living in co-operation. His big ears are the symbol of his listening ability. His big ears help to hear something from far. At many occasions, he uses his body language to communicate the things.

Elephant creates arts by choosing different colors and elements. They can recognize twelve distinct tones of music. They have sense of empathy, altruism and justice. This is the only animal who performs the burial rituals and returning to visit graves like humans. They show concern for other species as well. Elephants safeguard human from injuries. He is one of the few species who can recognize his faces in the mirror. They are conscious, intelligent and emotional beings.
His trunk is the symbol of intelligence and sensitivity. Even a small ant entered into the trunk of the elephant can take his life away, it shows his sensitivity. His intelligence prevents insects entering into his body. The elephant, by using the strength of his body, makes the way for other animals in the dense forest, it means, he is a way maker for others. The small eyes of an elephant make the image of an object bigger than its original. It implies that he looks everyone big and ignore no one. With his small eyes, he can see the objects of far distance. It implies the vision.

In this way, the big head of elephant is the significance of big thought, emotion, intelligence, vision, listening ability, caring for others and wisdom. The wisdom is the most beautiful thing of all the other beauties. All other beauties fade away with time, but the wisdom is the timeless beauty. That is why, wisdom should be worshiped before any temporary things. This is the reason, lord Ganesha head was chopped and replaced with an elephant head and he is worshiped before any work.

Why was no one happy in Ramayana…?

Rama broke the Shiva`s bow to win the hand of Sita in the competition was organized by King Janak for the marriage of his daughter Sita. The competition was only to string the bow not to break. When the bow was broken, Parashuram walked in and asked for the reason of breaking the bow. Parashuram was not happy on breaking the bow. Hence, an argument took place at the time of the marriage of Sita. Due to this argument, king Janak became unhappy. After marriage, Sita and Ram reached Ayodhya. On reaching Ayodhya, reluctantly, king Darshath asked Rama for 14 years forest exile to keep the words of his second wife Kaikeyi. King Darshath was not happy with this decision, and due to this distress and culpability, he died. Mistakenly, king Darshath had killed the parent devotee Sarvan Kumar. Hence, parents of Sarvan Kumar were not happy. Son of Kaikeyi, Bharat, refused to be a king of Ayodhya, for what she had asked Rama`s forest exile. Hence Kaikeyi was not happy. Bharat was not happy with the immoral behavior of his mother. Kausalya was not happy because her son, Rama, went for a forest exile along with her sister-in-law without his own mistake. Laxman`s mother, Sumitra, was not happy, because, Laxman went for a forest exile without any reason, mistake or condition associated with him. Rama requested Sita to stay in the palace, because the condition was with Rama not with Sita. But Sita went along  with Rama, hence Rama was not happy with this. After marriage, in place of the palace, Sita stayed in the forest and had to go many fire ordeal, Angni Pariksha. Of course Sita was not happy with all these. Many decisions taken Rama was not liked by Laxman, but he could not say anything to maintain the tradition of Raghu Kul. He was also not happy. Laxman`s wife was not happy, because, Laxman left a newly married bride alone for 14 years.

Sage Gautama was not happy, because, he saw his wife Ahalya in the arms of Indra. Ahalya was not happy because, she was duped by Indra and cursed by her husband. Monkey king Bali was not happy with his younger brother Sugriva, and Surviga was not happy with his brother`s atrocity towards him. Tara was wife of Brihsspati. She was very beautiful. Bali abducted her and made his wife. After Bali, she became a wife of Sugriva. Hence, she was not happy. Bali`s son, Anghad, fought for Rama, who was the killer of his father. He was also not happy. Ravana abducted Sita, but he did not get what he was expecting from her, hence, despite all the knowledge, power and vigor, Ravan was also not happy. Mandodri,  the wife of Ravana, was not happy with Ravana for his behavior towards other women. Vibhishan was not happy with immoral behavior of his brother Ravana.

Anjani, the mother of Hanuman, was not happy, because, she conceived Hanuman deceitfully in the forest when she had renounced the world. Hanuman was not happy, because, he incinerated Lanka without the authorization of Rama. Hanuman never does anything without the permission of Rama. The subjects of Ayodhaya were not pleased with Sita, and questioned on the chastity of Sita. In order to make his subjects happy Rama banished Sita from his kingdom. With this act, none of his family members and devotees, including himself and Sita, were happy. When Balmiki came to know about this, he was not happy with this decision of Rama to banish a pregnant wife in the woodland. Sita gave birth twins Lav and Kush, when they came to know about their mother`s story, they were not happy.

No one seems happy in Ramayana, still it is suggested to keep and read Ramayana at home to keep the family happy and together… WHY ..and.. HOW…?

It is because of the sacrifice. Everyone is sacrificing one`s life and reputation for keeping the words of others, that is RaghuKul Rit sada chali aayi , pran jaye par vachhan na jayee( the tradition of Raghu clan – even lose your life but do not go away from your words). Everyone got satisfaction in keeping the words and promises. Rama left all the luxuries to keep his father`s word and banished Sita to make his subjects happy. Pregnant Sita left the palace to keep the words of her husband. King Dashrath sacrificed his life in keeping the pledge of Kaikeyi. Bharat refused the throne for the respect of his brother Rama. Laxman sacrificed his nuptial life for 14 years for his brother Rama. Laxman`s wife, Urmila, sacrificed the association of her husband to keep the devotion alive for his brother Rama. Hanuman sacrificed everything for the service of Rama. Ravana abducted Sita for providing the solicitation to his sister, Supernekha. Ravana`s brother, Kumbhkarana and Avran sacrificed their lives in keeping their fidelity towards his brother. Vibhishan sacrificed his brother`s territory to stay with Dhrama. In this way, almost every character was ready to sacrifice his own happiness and life for his family or for others, no matter he is from Rama`s side or Ravana`s side. 

No one has any intention for the self, this makes people to read and keep Ramayana at home to create the milieu for the sacrifice for other`s happiness and satisfaction without complaining anything to keep the family tradition alive.

Suicides in The Ramayana and The Mahabharta

“It is better to die than dishonor” – Bhagwat Geeta (2:34)

Suicide is considered a sin. In Christianity, a different graveyard is allotted for those who die by suicide. No funeral rites are performed for them.

According to Sec. 309 of IPC 1860, committing suicide is a criminal offense. When a person is caught in an attempt of committing suicide, instead of showing sympathy, that person may be sent to the imprisonment for one year.

Why it is so ..?

The most of the IPCs (Indian Penal Code) of our constitution were made in England in 1860 when India was under British rule. The British follows Christianity and the Christianity is the religion of commandments. In this way, in this religion, suicide became a sin, and in law, a crime.

But in the Hindu tradition – voluntarily, giving up mortal body is seen differently.

In the Mahabharata, old parents of the Kaurava and old mother of Pandava went to the forest.  They engulfed by a forest fire. They did not commit suicide, but they exposed to death. They refused to escape from the forest fire and willingly, they sacrificed their mortal body. They thought – death is better than carrying old and fragile body which is not incapable of doing anything significant than liability of others.

At their old age, Pandavas along with their common wife, Draupati, tried to ascend to the Himalayas where they fell to death except Yudhhisthir, and no one tried to save anyone. They did not commit suicide, but created a situation where death was inevitable. They had completed their prescribed task on this planet. They willingly had passed their kingdom to their new generation and left for the Himalayas knowingly they may die on the way.

In the Ramayana, Sita, voluntarily, submerged into the earth and sacrificed her mortal body. And consequently, Rama jumped into Saryu and finished his mortal journey of this planet. They had completed their role and part on this planet, they had already given the message to the world what they wanted to give.

Many sages and seers including Gyneshwar, who translated Bhagawat Geeta into Marathi, took Samadhi in his very early age.  Adishankryacharya who propounded Adaitya Vedanta also took Samadhi in his very early age at Kedarnath.

In Jain, giving up the mortal body by starvation is allowed – that is called – Santhara. Chandragupta Maurya, grandfather of Ashoka and the founder Maurya Empire, was the follower of Jainism who embraced death by this method. This is considered a good and auspicious way of sacrificing the mortal body in Jainism. It is the sign of great detachment from the material world after completion of the prescribed duty on this planet with the present body.

In some cases, the persons who are suffering from severe pain due to incurable physical ailments and seeking for the voluntary death, it should be granted. It would be a great relief. In some particular cases, voluntarily embracing death in some countries is legal whereas it is illegal and criminal offense in many countries irrespective of the mental and physical pain and suffering of the people.

The mind and body of the human has been given by nature for a certain period of time for some particular purpose. And the functionality of the mind and body must be used for that purpose only before it becomes fragile and stop working. The people who do not use their mind and body for their prescribed purpose and dissipate their energy on something insignificant, they either fear of death or in depression, contemplate of ending their life by suicide which is a cowardice act.

The way, the great heroes of Ramayana and Mahabharata and other sages and seers sacrificed their mortal body after accomplishing their duties, or they thought that they were old enough to do any more duties, they voluntarily embraced the death, the individual should also think in this direction.

On April 17, 1955, the greatest physicist of his time Albert Einstein’s abdominal aortic aneurysm burst, creating internal bleeding and severe pain. He went to Princeton Hospital but refused further medical attention. He demanded, “I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially; I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.”

What is Your Identity ?

Mangesh woke-up in the morning and got ready for the office, before leaving for the office, he stood before a mirror and gave a pep-up talk…”I am a diamond…” and happily reached to the office. One of his sub-ordinates met him and said.. “Sir, you are a platinum…”. He mumbled,” I was just thinking of myself a diamond… I am more precious than that … I am a platinum…”. With this attitude he started his work. After some time, his boss called him, and said, “ you know, … you are a copper…”. He got confused whether he was a diamond, a platinum or a copper. With this confusion, he reached his home. His wife understood that something has happened with him. In front of your wife, neither you can express your happiness nor sadness. In both the cases, you have to give the explanation which is more perilous than expressing your emotions. His wife asked the reason for his upset. He explained what had happened.  She shown the sympathy and said, “ how can your boss call you a copper, this is not fair ….you are not a copper… you cannot be a copper …you are …..a …..plastic of low quality..”.

What this story says….

The person who does not understand his true identity gets depression or arrogance on temporary name, fame, shape, body, mind, success or failure. Whether it is the depression of your failure or arrogance of your success, both snatch your happiness.  

We are not a body, as a body is the accumulation of 100 billion cells. The old cells die and new one take birth, it is the indication of the end of the body. It means, we are not a body. We are not a mind as well, as the mind is nothing but the collection of the thoughts, and our thoughts keep changing. What the thoughts you had when you were 5 years old and now, have no match. What the thoughts you have now and after 10 years would have a yawning difference. It means, you are not a mind. You are the same person being called by different names and epithet according to your profession, age and relationship, it means, you are not a name, post, positions, titles etc.

…Then what is your real identity that never changes with the changes in shape, name, body and mind ?

Let us understand it. There is a gold ring, a gold necklace and a gold bracelet. When you melt a gold ring. What do you get? Ring loses its shape and size, and gold remains. When you melt a gold necklace. What do you get? Necklace loses its shape and size, and gold remains. When you melt the bracelet. What do you get this time ? Of course, gold. In this way, ring, necklace or bracelet are not the reality, the reality is the gold. Ring, necklace or bracelet is the temporary form of the gold. Similarly, we are not bound by any outer manifestation, these all are ephemeral. When all outer manifestation ceases, we get pure consciousness which never changes, which is our true identity. This is called soul also.

As Vedanta says, if you know yourself, there is nothing in this world to be known, or getting bewildered.

 Despite all the luxury and achievements, this world is not as happy as it should be. There are  animosity, hatred, despise, jealousy and other kind of negativity pervaded in this world. This is because of the wrong understanding of the true identity. And there is always a wrong result of a wrong understanding.

Be Intellectual like Swan

Many things and many thoughts we carry in our life, which has no meaning at all.  The happiness and joy comes in our life by knowing the meaning, purpose of everything what we carry in our life. We carry extra weight on our body, no meaning, this extra burden gives the suffering to our body. We carry extra and unnecessary thoughts, these  unnecessary thoughts are a burden on our mind and the burden on our mind make us mentally weak, the way extra burden on our body makes us weak and unproductive. Whatever extra and useless things we carry whether physically, mentally or materially causes us suffering.

We need to learn how to ignore the things. Assume, today someone commented on you which you did not like, what will do ? … fight …? Not a wise decision… ! …you may want to reply back .. but considering your status and reputation, physically, you choose not to do it , but what about those thoughts which stuck in your mind and your mind started thinking about it. This is absolutely useless and perilous too, it harms no one but the holder only. Just ignore it. Your spouse says something which you think illogical or useless, just ignore it, unnecessary do not start thinking about it, you will reach nowhere. Your boss says something which, you think, do not suit to your personality..just ignore it.

You get many things in your life by just ignoring the useless things. You continue your relationship by ignoring tiny things, you continue your jobs by ignoring the mind stirring negative words and talks.

Our mind never remains without thoughts. If you ignore all useless and negative spreading thoughts and talk and activities, what will remain in your mind.. ?, only positive, motivations, desire to do something great for the self and others.

When we take gold from the gold mine, we process it and we remove the soil from it and we get pure gold. Likewise, if we remove all useless burdens and thoughts from our life, we get the purity, we get the meaning of life. Do not carry the soil, which taints the purity of gold.

The swan has capability to separate water from milk, that is why swan is associated with goddesses Sarsawati, the goddesses of knowledge and intelligence. Similarly, when you learn what to ignore and what to perceive, you become wise. When you catch the reality and ignore the unreality, you become intellectual.  And when, by your intelligence, you come out from the dense forest of delusion, then what is heard and what is told would have no meaning for you, you take the joy in the purity of the self.

Life is not for Competition, it is for Creation

There were five fishermen in a village, and there was a single pond in their village where they used to go for fishing. After few years of fishing, fishes started reducing, demand started increasing. When the resources are less and demands are more, the competition takes place. People start competing with one-another. The same thing happened to them. They started competing one-another to catch more and more fishes and get more profits. The hatred, jealousy, despises and comparison took place, the meaning of life was lost. Competition, defeating others, thinking about others had become their life. In competition, people forget themselves, they always things about their opponents, which make the people go away from the self.

The fishermen were always busy in making strategy against others. They were wasting their energy and time thinking for other`s defeat. They thought, there is no other way out to survive rather than competing with others. When you entangle in these kind of thought, you lose your credibility and creativity. But one fisherman named Nishad, was out of this competition. He was investing his energy and time in thinking some other and bigger alternative. He was not thinking about paucity and competition rather he was looking for abundance and fulfillment.

There was an ocean few miles away from his village. There were varieties of fishes in the ocean, but they did not know how to catch the fish from the ocean. Nishad`s target was to catch fish from the ocean not from the small pond. He started thinking a method to catch the fish from the ocean. If you think constantly to achieve something without doubt, our amenable mind provides a certain way out for that. Nishad, few months, worked on the senses and a favorite food of the fishes, and after a few experiments, he got a method to attract the fishes in ocean. If you can feed the senses of someone, that person becomes  your slave.

Needless to say, Nishad had an ocean of opportunity, because he became the creator of his method, his life,  he started living his life in abundance and fulfillment…., and others did not come out from their pond, because of being competitors to one-another.

Human life is not for competition, it is for creation. In competition, you think about others, you compare, when you compare, means, you want to be some other person, in this way, you lose your true nature, once you lose your true nature, you bound yourself to live in depression, frustration, stress, worry and all kinds of miseries.  The more you become competitive, the more you lose your uniqueness. Everyone on this earth is unique and special. When you lose your uniqueness and specialty of yourself, you lose your real identity, and no one can live happily on the earth without his own uniqueness and identity. You can be in bliss with your true self only not otherwise.

Vedanta says, Aham Brahm asi--- I am Brahma… Brahma means creator…,means, you are the creator of your life.

Inherently, the creativity is inside you, just come out of the concept of competition, and think about the creativity hidden you. The moment, you get it, you would be fabulous.

Stress is an illusion

There is no reason for anyone to live one`s life with stress, worry, tension and anxiety. All things what has happened in your life, what is happening in your life and what will happen in your life, are driven by Karma. Everyone is responsible for one`s Karma. If something happens to you which you had never expected, you become depressed, and you lose all the interest in your life. You forget that whatever is taking place in your life right now is the only one aspect of your life, it is not your entire life, if you do not understand it, then it will destroy your entire life. Better to ignore this aspect and move on.

Stress, tension, worry or any kind of negativity what we can think of are all illusions, are the sign of our ignorance. We do not know the reality why it is happening in our life and what indication, we are getting from the situation. All the situation and circumstances give us some indication to know our life better. And the person who understands it and catch it, is called an enlightened one.

Suppose you are going into a dark room, you see a rope, you get scared by assuming a snake, and your whole body and mind starts responding accordingly. You are in fear, because, you do not know the reality, whether it is a rope or a snake. When you put light and find that it was a rope not a snake, your fear disappears. The same things happen in our life. We do not see the reality of the situation and we live in fear and  stress. When you lit the light of knowledge, all the fear, stress and negativity vanish from your life.

If something is not happening as per your expectation, do not take tension or stress, just analyze it, you will get better solution and way for it. You are in stress, because, you are not using your potential, or you are expecting something, which is more than your efforts. You can only get those things what you deserve. If you want more, then increase your eligibility. It is simple, where is the place of stress in this case. If your all efforts are not working in some particular direction, then think, perhaps you are made for something else, something better and bigger.

We have only control over our duty not the result thereof. And the result is certain as per our duty. So, in any cases, for a realized person, there is no reason for stress or unhappiness. These all are illusions and it happens in the lack of the knowledge.

Do not work hard, it will spoil you

When you were a kid, you were told to study hard, life is tough. When you are in a job, you are told to work hard, life is too tough and competitive, you cannot get success, promotion, salary increment etc. without hard work. You were never told to enjoy studying, you are never told to enjoy your work by choosing the profession of your choice. If you are not enjoying the things what you are doing, merely hard work will not carry you anywhere. You will difficult, you will make your life difficult and hard, not only yours, for those who are directly or indirectly associated with you. If something seems hard for you, leave it. Choose those which you can do joyfully.

Not by doing hard work, you make your life meaningful, but by doing the right work joyfully, you make your life meaningful and successful. By doing the right thing, in right way, and joyfully, you attain the pinnacle of your success. You feel joy and spread joy. You become the richest person in this world, because, you can find millions of hard workers, but rarely you find a joyful worker.

If merely hard labor had worked, then all  the laborers in this world would have got everything in their life, but it is not like that.

Do not take any work as a work, take it as a sport, as a game, as an entertainment, play it, enjoy it, take the challenge, give the challenge and give your best to win it. And do not get pompous or distress by winning or loosing it. Just play it, think it, do better every time, do not take any kind of burden in your life. This beautiful life is not to be blighted  by taking unnecessary burden, stress and tension. Life is for enjoyment, live it to the fullest.

The time spent in a work is a fraction of your life. If you are not enjoying it, means, you are not enjoying your life. If you are making it hard, means, you are making your life hard. Do not work hard, just do the right work joyfully to enjoy your life. 

Being in a wrong profession is a suffering

It is very important for you to choose your profession of your interest, of your pulsating desire, where you can dedicate your mind, body and soul wholly. Despite having many challenges and impediments in the work of your choice, you will not complain anything and anybody. Albert Einstein did not get disturbed or diverted even after many criticisms from the people on his theory of relativity. He continued working towards it to prove his theory, it took him 5 years to publish his general theorem of relativity to make people understand it. He could continue his work, because, that was his area of interest, if not, then he would have gone into a deep level of frustration. If you are doing the work which you do not like, even a small problem may harass you, make you fatigue and frustrated. Everyone has at least one constructive work to do that no one can do in this world. Your first work is to recognize the material nature where you can give your 100% without anyone`s validation.

Choosing a wrong profession and continuing  it is a suffering of life. Your work creates suffering and liberation of the life. No matter how much you are earning with the said profession and work, you will not get satisfaction and happiness. You will always look for a validation of your work from outside, which cannot be granted. When you do not get approval and validation from others, you get a frustration. But the work you do which you like the most, which is near to your heart, mind and soul, you never look for any approval and validation from anyone. Whatever you do towards it, you enjoy it. Because this is already validated and approved by your soul. Everyone and anything are inferior to your soul in authority. Karna looked validation of his strength from outside, despite being a great archer, he was humiliated and killed. If you ask Buddha to change his profession for any cost, he will never do it. He knows that he will not get the meaning of life except what he is made for.

Sometimes, due to some personal and other commitments, you need to continue the profession or work what you do not like. Despite this, you should devote some of your time on your hobby to feel yourselves alive on this earth.

The impossible can be made possible in the area of the interest only. The history can be created in it only, no other alternatives. Ponder on it. You cannot win the race by pushing by others. You should have a desire to run.

A sport  oriented person must be a sport person, a singer oriented person must be a singer, an entrepreneur oriented person must be an entrepreneur, a writer must be a writer, a political oriented person must be politicians, an actor must be an actor etc. What a person can be, he must be.

Guru dispels your doubts, clears your mind

Guru came from the Sanskrit word Gu and Ru. Gu means darkness or ignorance and Ru means remover. The remover of ignorance is called GURU. All who teach cannot be GURU. The true GURU does not teach what is written in the syllabus, but he teaches how to create your own syllabus of life. The true GURU does not teach you about the story or history, but teaches you how to create your own story and make the history out of it.  He never makes you followers, but pioneer of life. He gives the formula not the solution. He never teaches you how to avoid tough situation, but teaches you how to acquire the strength to face the tough situation. He does not teach you how to travel on the walked path, rather teach you to create your own path that is never walked by anyone before. He does not teach you how to compete someone, rather teaches you how to create.  Life is not for completion, it is for creation. He never compels his ideas, rather he teaches you how to generate your own idea and implement it. He never instills your mind and heart with fear of failure rather helps you to remove the fear of any kind of failure. The true GURU does not teach you how making money; rather he teaches you how to make a life of your choice.

If you want to be Swami Vevikananda, you must have a GURU like Sri Ram Krishna, the realized GURU. Only a realized GURU can teach you about realization. Only an expert person can teach you the topic in details. Truly mentioned in Bhagwat Geeta (4:34) – You should gain true knowledge by approaching a realized teacher. The same thing has been mentioned in Katha Upanishad – Only a realized teacher has the capabilities to impart the true knowledge.

A doubtful mind can never be happy either in this world or hereafter. Despite having potential, a doubtful mind cannot do anything significant in his life.  To achieve something worthy, the clarity of the mind is mandatory. The true knowledge dispels the doubts of your mind, it creates clarity. A person with a clear mind can achieve his set goal instead of adverse situation.

Even a realized teacher cannot do anything, if you do not have an inner and deeper commitment towards it. If you have an inclination towards some particular field, want to be an expert in it, search a GURU, who has done amazing work in this field, that GURU may be your virtual GURU, like Eklavya had Guru Dronacharya.  With your inner and deeper commitment and determination, and an association with a realized GURU, create your own ideal life that you always wanted to live without killing the right of others. A true GURU can be of any form, your parents, siblings, friends, teacher, spouse, departed soul, books, etc. A person who dispels your all doubts, and clears your mind is true GURU.

Accept the Change, Enjoy it

Nothing is permanent, but change. This is the reality, this is the truth. And not accepting the truth causes miseries in our life. Change makes the life move. The changes make us think, changes make us react, and changes make us to deal with different kind of situation of life to attain the maturity and wisdom. Every change has its own importance. The way, changes in the weather have its own importance on ecology, whether we like it or not, it takes place. Better to accept it, embrace it and enjoy it.

You want pleasure in your life, not pain. You want to make the pleasure permanent. But there is no existence of pleasure without pain. You cannot enjoy pleasure without knowing the pain. You cannot understand and enjoy the taste of success without understanding the taste of failure. You become stagnant without changes. Stagnant means death, no life.

You frighten change. You do not want to become old; you do not want to see your wrinkled skin, you want to be ever young, ever attractive. That is not possible, you have to go every phase of this change. And every phase is important to understand the existence and its philosophy. Do not frighten, accept it, and search the meaning in it. When you get the meaning, you enjoy every change.

Do not stick with the past and cry over it, be dynamic, live in the moment. This moment will also be lost in the next moment. It had better experience it vividly.

The happiest person in the world is happy not because there is no change in his life or there is no pain in his life, or there is no failure in his life, or no downtime in his life. He is happy, because he has accepted the truth; he has accepted his life whole-heartily.