Vishnu`s Mount Hawk and Snake

Vishnu has two mounts one is Hawk and second is Snake. Hawk and Snake are natural enemy to each-other. Vishnu in his slumber or respite uses snake as his mount and whenever Vishnu goes for battle, he uses hawk as his mount. The snake is known for his near-sighted, he pays attention for all the things around him only. When Vishnu is at home, he pays attention on the things around him only, no need to think much, and enjoy the things available there. When Vishnu goes for battle, he uses hawk as his mount. The hawk is known for his far-sight and vision. In the battlefield, Vishnu need to be far-sighted, must have the tactics and good vision to win over the battle, hence he prefers hawk as his mount to snake in the battlefield. In the battlefield, the leader needs to lead his army, so the far-sighted, vision, swiftness and clarity of the goal is highly required to get the battle in ones favor. The hawk goes to his prey precipitously, because his vision and goal is very clear. The snake goes to his prey not directly but in zigzag way, his goal and sight is limited and hazy. The snake thinks-- I am the best mount for Vishnu which gives comfort and respite at home, and hawk thinks --- I am the best mount for Vishnu which leads him to victory in the battlefield. Hence, their assumptions made them foe to each-other. They forgot that Vishnu requires both repose at home to get him fresh and  swiftness and vision in the battlefield to triumph the battle.

In the organization, there are two kinds of employees; one who has snake approach and other who has the hawk approach. The snake approach employees pay attention on in-hand and on-going work, they execute it properly without ruminating much about the impact of the business and its future perspective. They just execute and provide the service what has been asked from them in the present time. These employees think that they are only valuable for the organization. The hawk approach employees have always a vision, far-sight, and tactics for performing the things. Often, they ask themselves why they are doing and what could be the future of our activities what we are performing now, whether there would be the same demand of our service what right now we are getting or it will change over the time. They ruminate and keep planning to confront the future changes. They assume that the snake approach people are stick with the same pattern and only near-sighted may not fit for the future changes. These assumptions make them to despise each-other.

In fact, the organization needs to pay attention on both kinds of employees equally to survive for a long. The snake approach employees help the organization to sustain in the present and the hawk approach employees help the organization to survive in the future tumultuous.

The Spark of Achievement is Inherently within Us

I observed a father was playing with his kid. The age of the kid was around 7.5 months and had learnt the crawling recently. While crawling on the floor, he saw an object and got attracted to that object and tried to catch that object. Every single time, his father takes him back from the object whenever the kid reaches near to the object. Every next time the kid puts the same effort to reach the object, and every time his father takes him back from the object. This activity of father and son kept going more than 100 times. Every single time the kid was putting the same effort, the same zeal, the same power, and the same potential, the same energy but with the improved tactics to reach that object. I could not see any time that the kid was looking tired or frustrated on not reaching to his object or on the obstruction created by his father. Every time he was looking a fresh, every time he was trying with the same confident and with the same strong faith to reach that object.  His father was creating obstruction and stopping him to reach to that object with a proper reason. The first, he was creating obstruction, so that the kid gets the more practice and strength, and the second, he did not want him to reach that object as the object was heavy and chances were there for the kid to get injured by that. He removed that object from that place. Now that kid saw another object, and headed toward that to get another object without much worry about the previous one. At last, the kid got the object and happily started playing with that. The kid was also looking happy while he was struggling for the object and after getting the object he was celebrating and enjoying his achievement.

We all were kid like that. We all have the same inherent potential not to give up and keep trying for our major purpose to get without being disheartened by the continuous obstruction and failure. Sometimes we get lot of obstruction on our way to achievement; it does not mean that we should give up and start crying. Many times, deliberately, God creates obstruction on our way to test our patience and potential. Remember, the difficulties come into our life not to obstruct us but to instruct us. If some time your plan A is not working then try plan B to reach your goal but never give up. Giving up is not the inherent quality of human.  The spark of the achievement is inherently within us, which has the stupendous potential to achieve any goal set by us. The wise recognize that potential and spark and never let it extinct and reach the zenith of their profession and create an ideal life for themselves. The ignorant, on the negative influence of the society, they forget their own potential and spark and compel themselves to live a life of destitute.

The Significance of Animal Sacrifice

 The animal sacrifice is one of the rituals in Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In this ritual slaughter, people sacrifice goat, fowl, male buffalo, ram, chicken, camel etc. Buddhism and Jainism condemn ritual animal sacrifice. However, all these religions accept that animals have the souls and they communicate and worship to God in their own ways. Still, as ritual they perform the animal sacrifice. These religions talk about the non-violence. Some of rituals of all the religions are commemoration of some important incidents or a symbolism beckoning to some worth assimilating. In Hinduism, the follower of the Shaktism, sacrifice animals to invoke Shakti, the energy. In Islam, during the Hajj, they perform the animals sacrifice as a symbolic re-enactment of Abraham's sacrifice of a ram in place of his son. In Judaism, the animal sacrifice is done for the atonement of the sin by the individuals.

What the benefit we get by doing these rituals? At one side the scriptures of these religions talk about the animal rights and at the other side give the permission of the animal sacrifice. It looks contradicting. People are following these rituals from the centuries. No symbolism is empty. Definitely these rituals and symbolism would be telling something worth to us to follow for our betterment as a human.

The human is the culmination of the animal progress. Human has been kept above all the animals. Doing the act by human which commensurate the animals acts, means human is degrading himself. Human should be human, should not act like animals, or should not be wild. In the animal kingdom, there is only one law “Might is Right”. But in human kingdom there is a law of huminity in place. Even the weaker has right to survive in the human kingdom. If human start dominating the weaker which is the law of animal kingdom, then human does not remain human, he becomes animal. The animal sacrifice rituals symbolize -- to kill the animal and wild nature hidden within and be a human. There is not required for these symbols when the true understanding comes. The ritual without understanding is the barren of the result. Any number of animal sacrifices cannot help people to kill the animal hidden within, if the meaning of the ritual is not understood properly. And the person who understands the meaning of the ritual can kill the animal hidden within, even without doing any animal sacrifice externally in the temples or pilgrimages.

Everyone Contains Different Measuring Scale

King Bali was a valiant emperor of Asura. He was the grandson of Prahalad, the great devotee of lord Vishnu. He was renowned donor, and was a just king for his subjects. He had got triumph over three abodes, the subterranean, the earth and the heaven. Although, he was doing justice with all of his subjects, yet he was not liked by gods and goddesses. They all approached to Vishnu to seek help to propel Bali to his abode, the subterranean, to release earth and heaven from his kingship. He had imbued with arrogance by his achievements. He knew that, no one can conquer him. To smash his arrogance, and on the request of gods and goddesses, lord Vishnu took his Vaman Avatar, the dwarf incarnation.

Bali was also a religious person. Once, on completion of his Yagna, king Bali was giving charity. Whatever anyone was asking, he was satisfying them with his charity. He asked Vaman (Vishnu), rather arrogantly, to ask whatever he wishes to ask. Vaman asked only three steps of land. Bali mocked at him and scoffed, “this much only, go and take your land wherever you want”. On this charity, Vaman (Vishnu) took the giant form to claim his share. On the first step, he covered the earth, on the second step, he covered the heaven, and Vishnu asked Bali, I have claimed my two steps, and nothing is left, now tell me where I put my third step. By the time, Bali had recognized that Vaman is no one than Vishnu. He politely put his head forward under the foot of Vishnu and requested him to put his third step on his head. Vishnu put his third step on the head of Bali and shoved him into his original abode, the subterranean.

The head and mustache of the human symbolize his arrogance. By putting the third step on the head of Bali, Vishnu crashed his arrogance and sent him back where he fits the best. The first thing, Bali started understanding himself as an invincible, and the second, he underestimated others and overestimated himself. He tried to measure everyone by the scale he was holding. For him, it was merely three steps, that was his measure, but for Vishnu it was whole cosmos.

This story suggests us that we should not underestimate anyone and overestimate our self. By overestimating, arrogance and egoism occurs which is very pernicious and stumbling block of our grand progress. The Vaman incarnation symbolizes that the giant is hidden within everyone. By raising yourself high, you can claim anyone, it does not matter what is your position right now, and how people are measuring you. Know your true strength and focus on that, it does not matter, whether others are underestimating or overestimating you. Everyone contains different measuring scale; better to focus on ours, and let us hold the genuine measuring scale.

The Symbolism of Holi

Holi is traditionally a harvest festival. It falls in the month of Phalgun (February – March). The Holi commemorates the victory of good over evil. The story goes like that... Young Prahlada was an ardent devotee to Lord Vishnu, which was not liked by his egotistical father, Hirnakashyipu, who was the king of the land. Hirnakashyipu was an Asura. He tried many methods to kill Prahlada, but all went in vain. The king had a sister named Holika who was immune to fire. So, she took young Prahlada and entered into fire. The case became opposite, Prahlada came out unscathed from the fire and Holika was consumed by the fire. This mythological story symbolizes that whoever becomes jealous and hatred to someone and tries to harm that person, the first person who get impacted is the person who jealous and hates. The same thing happened with Holika. To commemorate that massage, we celebrate Holika Dahan every year.

The tradition of intoxication, throwing dirt on other and hurling abuses during Holi is associated with demon Dhundi. She had received several boons through intense penance. Soon, she became arrogant and started killing children and eating them. On these dreadful behaviors, Lord Shiva cursed her that she will be helpless before the pranks of young boys. One day, a few boys in an intoxicated state took on her and started hurling abuses and throwing dirt on her. The intense prank of the boys became intolerable for her and she ran away from that area. These signify that, throw all the dirtiness and wild nature (the demon Dhundi behavior) out of your heart and live happily with everyone around you.

We can see in both the stories are related to demon or Asura. The Asura is known as hoarder of wealth. They live in subterranean, and the plant grows from the beneath of the earth and come to the surface, and on harvesting it gives the food for the human, living on the earth. The harvesting signifies the killing of Asura to take the hoarding out of them and distribute among all to survive.

Hitherto, the people have burnt their negativity, thrown out the dirtiness and wildness from the heart. Now, our heart is clean for Kamdev, the god of desire and color, to take place in it; the flower of new desire has blossomed and the life has become colorful. Now, we need to celebrate and share our colorful life with others. On the day of Holi, we meet with each-other and share our happiness and food to indulge everyone in this joyous moment.

Laxmi is to be Attracted

 Lord Vishnu helped gods and Asura to churn out the milk ocean to get the Amrut and Laxmi. When Laxmi came out, Indra, the king of gods, ran after Laxmi to get her to his abode, Amravati. Laxmi eluded Indra and went squarely to Vishnu. Literally, she clings the feet of Vishnu. Vishnu never chases Laxmi. Laxmi gets attracted towards Vishnu, and requests Vishnu not to forgo her. Indra wants Laxmi, but Laxmi is not ready to forgo Vishnu and go with Indra. On request of Indra, Laxmi created her own form named Suchi and sent her with Indra as his consort. Suchi is not trustworthy wife. Whosoever becomes the king of Amravati, she becomes the wife of that person. This form of Laxmi cannot stick with one person, she is fickle one. Indra is very attached to Laxmi(Suchi), and always lives in worry, disquiet, anxiety, fear and nervous of losing his position and Suchi. He keeps chasing Laxmi, and Laxmi time to time eludes Indra. Despite these, Indra is found in inebriated in power. Whenever some Asura attacks Indra, Indra takes help of either lord Vishnu or lord Shiva to defeat Asura and get back his kingdom.

Indra does not have the vigor and valiant to defeat Asuras without the help of Vishnu. Vishnu has vigor and valiant to defeat Asura and other miscreants. Vishnu does not fight for himself, Indra fights for his own self. Indra is selfish. He always carouses and craves for more power and wealth. Vishnu has prowess, skill and power not for himself but for others welfare, for establishment of the Dharma, the righteousness. Vishnu`s status, power and position do not depend on others but on his own prowess and skills. Indra`s stature, power and position dependent on others, still he is arrogant, and Vishnu is not. That’s why, Indra chases Laxmi and Laxmi eludes Indra. Vishnu does not chase Laxmi; he attracts Laxmi by becoming an attractive by his personality, skill, prowess  and intention.

This mythological story beckons that Laxmi (prosperity) is to be attracted. If you chase Laxmi, you cannot get her for a long time, she will elude and forgo you. If you attract Laxmi by becoming an attractive person, she will always keep coming to you and never relinquish you. You can become an attractive person, by developing your personality, honesty, skill, prowess, niche, knack and auspicious intention; and declining your ego, hatred, despise, envious, jealousy and arrogance. If your accumulated wealth and prosperity are not giving you content, peace and happiness, means Laxmi is not happy with you. Laxmi does not remain happy in accumulation, she likes movement in positive direction.

धर्मं तो एक इशारा है..

हमारे इस संसार में अनेक प्रकार के धर्म है| प्रत्येक धर्म अपने को महान समझता है| इतिहास गवाह है, कि इस विश्व में सबसे ज़्यादा युद्ध और खून खराबा धर्म के नाम पर ही हुआ है| कोई धर्म अपने-आप को पूर्ण नहीं कह सकता।  हर धर्म के लोगो में से कुछ लोगो ने ही अध्यात्म को प्राप्त हुए है।  यदि कोई भी धर्म अपने-आप में पूर्ण होता तो  उस धर्मं के सारे लोग अध्यात्म या दैवित्य को प्राप्त होते, और सबको मौक्ष मिल गया होता। लेकिन  अब तक ऐसा नहीं हुआ है, तो हम कैसे यह दावा कर सकते है, कि जो धर्म हमारा है या जिस धर्म का  हम अनुसरण कर रहे है, वही उतम है, और बाकी सब बेकार। कोई भी धर्म पूर्ण नहीं है, सभी धर्म एक-दुसरे के पूरक है।

धर्म कोई मंजिल नहीं है, यह तो सिर्फ रास्ता है, यह तो सिर्फ एक इशारा है, उस अनंत मंजिल तक पहुचाने का। यदि हम मंजिल को भूल कर, सिर्फ इशारे को या सिर्फ रास्ते को पकड़ कर अकड़ रहे है, तो हम एक बुद्धिमान प्राणी के  श्रेणी में नहीं गिने जा सकते है। हर धर्म उस मंजिल की तरफ इशारा कर रही है, उस परमात्मा तक पहुचने की मार्ग मात्र बता रही है। उस मंजिल तक पहुचने के अन्नत मार्ग है, उस परमात्मा को समझाने के अनेक इशारे है। जो इशारा सही समझ में आ जाए वही इशारा उतम है, जो मार्ग मुझे  बिना भटकाए मेरी मंजिल तक पंहुचा दे, वही मार्ग मेरे लिए अच्छा है। कोई दूसरा रास्ता पकड़कर भी उस मंजिल पे पंहुचा है, इसका मतलब यह नहीं की मेरा रास्ता सही था, और दुसरे का ग़लत।  रास्ते का चुनाव इस आधार पर करते है, की हम यात्रा कहा से शूरु कर रहे है।

मंजिल पर पहुचने के बाद, रास्ते का कोई ज़िक्र नहीं करता। सारे धर्मो का मकसद एक ही है, चुनाव हमें करना है कि  कौन-सा रास्ता हमारे लिए उतम है। बस यही है धर्म का मतलब कि  आप सही सलामत अपने आखरी मंजिल पर पहुच जाए। कोई भी रास्ता चुने जो मंजिल को जाती है, और चलते चले जाए और कही न उलझे, तो मंजिल मिल जाएगी। परमात्मा धर्मो के जाल में उलझने से कदापि नहीं मिलता। 


           

Judge Brothers – Yama and Shani

According to the astrology, the nine planets (Navgrah) make their influence on individual’s life. These nine planets are associated with a certain duty. Surya (the sun) is the king of these planets. Surya is fixed at one position and all other planets rotate him in a fixed orbit.

Budh (Mercury) is the minister. Budh is the son of Brihaspati(Jupiter) and his wife Tara. Brihaspati is a teacher and guide of gods. Due to this, Brihaspati is also known as Guru.

Shukra (Venus) is the planet of wealth, pleasure, and reproduction. Shukra is the teacher of Asura and knower of Sanjivini Vidhya, the resurrection knowledge. Mangal (Mars) is the chief of the army. Rahu and Ketu are the administrators. Chandra (The moon) is a planet of the human mind.

Shani is the celestial Judge on the earth. He is the son of Surya and Chhaya. It is said that when he opened his eyes as a baby for the very first time, the sun went into an eclipse. His work as a judge is to check the law of nature. When a person goes against the law of nature and becomes arrogant, envious, hatred etc. then Shani sends Rahu and Ketu to punish that person.

Rahu and Ketu were not two demons. They were one. At the time of Samundra Manthan(the churning of the milk ocean), when Amrut came out, he disguised himself as a god to drink Amrut to become immortal like gods. His trick was caught, and his head was chopped. In this way, his head is called Rahu, and his body became Ketu(cut part).

Rahu affects the human mind and Ketu affects the human body. In good effects, the individual reaches to the zenith of his profession, in adverse, falls to nadir.

Shani`s influence on the humans is to remind the real purpose of the humans on the earth. When someone deviates from the real path, Shani punishes him to make him understand his existence on the earth in the human form. And when someone abides by the law of nature and do not hate or envious other creatures, he gets the blessings of happiness and abundance.

As a judge, he keeps the Karmic accounts of the human being on the earth. He punishes people for making them aware of their Karmic responsibility. He helps people for their spiritual advancement.

Sometimes, due to the past good Karma of some people, which appears as a fate, those people do not get much punishment on the earth despite their deviation from the humanity. It does not mean that those people would be bereft of the punishment for the bad Karma done by them. 

In this case, Shani left the judgment of those people for his elder half-brother, Yama. Yama is the son of Surya and Sanjana. He is the judge of the cosmos. On the basis of the Karmic account of the individuals, Yama provides him hell or heaven. We can say - Shani is the judge of the high court and Yama is the judge of the Supreme Court.

Both judge brothers do not only punish the people but they also accolade those who always indulge in good Karma even in adversity.

They check the eligibility of the people of the earth for the higher position in the cosmos by creating an adverse situation in their life and judging their reaction to it.

Shani`s influence on the people is not for making them suffer but to correct the ways, and to understand the real purpose of the human on the earth. And, the real purpose of the human on the earth is to advance spiritually, and nothing more.

Judge Brothers – Yama and Shani

According to the astrology, the nine planets (Navgrah) make their influence on individual’s life. These nine planets are associated with a certain duty. Surya (the sun) is the king of these planets. Surya is fixed at one position and all other planets rotate him in a fixed orbit.

Budh (Mercury) is the minister. Budh is the son of Brihaspati(Jupiter) and his wife Tara. Brihaspati is a teacher and guide of gods. Due to this, Brihaspati is also known as Guru.

Shukra (Venus) is the planet of wealth, pleasure, and reproduction. Shukra is the teacher of Asura and knower of Sanjivini Vidhya, the resurrection knowledge. Mangal (Mars) is the chief of the army. Rahu and Ketu are the administrators. Chandra (The moon) is a planet of the human mind.

Shani is the celestial Judge on the earth. He is the son of Surya and Chhaya. It is said that when he opened his eyes as a baby for the very first time, the sun went into an eclipse. His work as a judge is to check the law of nature. When a person goes against the law of nature and becomes arrogant, envious, hatred etc. then Shani sends Rahu and Ketu to punish that person.

Rahu and Ketu were not two demons. They were one. At the time of Samundra Manthan(the churning of the milk ocean), when Amrut came out, he disguised himself as a god to drink Amrut to become immortal like gods. His trick was caught, and his head was chopped. In this way, his head is called Rahu, and his body became Ketu(cut part).

Rahu affects the human mind and Ketu affects the human body. In good effects, the individual reaches to the zenith of his profession, in adverse, falls to nadir.

Shani`s influence on the humans is to remind the real purpose of the humans on the earth. When someone deviates from the real path, Shani punishes him to make him understand his existence on the earth in the human form. And when someone abides by the law of nature and do not hate or envious other creatures, he gets the blessings of happiness and abundance.

As a judge, he keeps the Karmic accounts of the human being on the earth. He punishes people for making them aware of their Karmic responsibility. He helps people for their spiritual advancement.

Sometimes, due to the past good Karma of some people, which appears as a fate, those people do not get much punishment on the earth despite their deviation from the humanity. It does not mean that those people would be bereft of the punishment for the bad Karma done by them. 

In this case, Shani left the judgment of those people for his elder half-brother, Yama. Yama is the son of Surya and Sanjana. He is the judge of the cosmos. On the basis of the Karmic account of the individuals, Yama provides him hell or heaven. We can say - Shani is the judge of the high court and Yama is the judge of the Supreme Court.

Both judge brothers do not only punish the people but they also accolade those who always indulge in good Karma even in adversity.

They check the eligibility of the people of the earth for the higher position in the cosmos by creating an adverse situation in their life and judging their reaction to it.

Shani`s influence on the people is not for making them suffer but to correct the ways, and to understand the real purpose of the human on the earth. And, the real purpose of the human on the earth is to advance spiritually, and nothing more.

Human Has Capacity to Conquer Indra

Indra, the king of gods, resides in his abode, Amravati, with abundance. He has nymph, Gandharv for his entertainment, Soma for his drink, Kamdhenu cow (the wish fulfilling cow), the Chintamani stone (the thought fulfilling stone), Kalpvruksh (the imagination fulfilling tree) and Amrut (the elixir of immortality) which keep Indra and other gods ever young and vigor, Suchi (a form of Laxmi) as his wife. He has powerful army as well for his security. He has everything what one can think of, to live one’s life in luxuriant. His life is considered a complete life in terms of luxuriant and facility and as a king.

Despite all these, Indra is not invincible. All these things could not make him impervious. He always lives in fear to lose his position. Many humans and Asuras by their penance have defeated Indra and toppled his kingdom. Whenever he loses his kingdom, he takes the help of either Vishnu or Shiva to get his stature back. Winning Indra means, getting access to all above mentioned facilities. Gods and Amravati’s all the luxuriant would be available at winner`s dictate.

Indra was known as Indana, which means senses. We have five senses, viz. see, hear, smell, taste and touch. These senses are very powerful, and mostly rule over us. They can make us to do the heinous task too. By controlling these senses, we can make these senses work for us to achieve our goal. If not controlled, then these senses make us deviated from our major purpose in our life. That is why, whenever, some sage or Asura, make penance to achieve their set goal, Indra get feared and tries to deviate them from their real path. But the determined one never heeds the stimulus effect of Indra or senses and keep focused towards goal.

The control over Indra, the senses, is under the power of human. This is possible by dogged    determination and unwavering concentration. The only obstruction to reach to our treasure is the Indra, the senses. Without winning Indra, we cannot be the king of Amravati, which symbolize our conscious mind and gods symbolize our super conscious mind. And unlimited wherewithal are hidden in our mind only. We need to conquer Indra, the senses, to be the king of our own life and get the access to the wherewithal hidden within, and get whatever we want to get by our own wish, think and Imagination. Indra, the senses, is not invincible. But when one conquers Indra, the senses, becomes invincible and impervious.

Take 100% Responsibility of Your Life

 Take 100% responsibility of your life. It is your life, if you do not take the responsibility of your life, then whom do you think will take responsibility of your life on your behalf. You are the person who can change and mould your life the way you want, no one else. We spend more than 70% time with our self .Someone can only guide you, if you really seek for that, but it is also depend upon you, whether you are sincere for that. The vicarious experience does not work. The moment come, when you have to go through the ordeal in the life, only then the great changes take place in your life. Incriminating others for your destitute or futility shows that you are not ready to change or improve yourself for the betterment. Blaming others is also the herald of the helplessness, this beckon towards the impotence, because one has proclaimed about the helplessness, cannot create anything.

The society is not good where I stay, people around us are dishonest, I cannot help myself, I also need to be dishonest to survive myself. This is not called survival issue, rather this is the surrender to dishonesty, this is a sign of weakness and ludicrous. The moment one put his responsibility on others, the same moment one become a salve to that person. No one likes slavery of anyone. In this scenario, who is responsible for your slavery, no one else, but you.

Knowledge provides the freedom. The person, who recognize and accept , “ I am futile, it is due to me, I am bad, it is due to me, I am frustrated, worried, disquiet etc. it is due to me.” The moment, we sense this responsibility; we become clean and clear within. When we become clean and clear within, a revolution takes place within us.  We are unhappy and futile due to us. We also know that, the potential of success and happiness are shrouded within us. That door is within and the key is in our hand. Only one thing, we need to do, that is, to take 100% responsibility of our life to open the door of treasure hidden within.

क्या आप स्वस्थ है?

जब हम स्वस्थ रहते है तब हमारे ज़हन में यह प्रश्न नहीं आता कि मै स्वस्थ क्यों हू। लेकिन जब हम अस्वस्थ रहते है, तब हमारे मन में तरह-तरह के प्रश्न उठते है, कि मै अस्वस्थ क्यों हू, या सारी तकलीफे मेरे साथ ही क्यों? सवाल तभी उत्पन्न होता है, जब कुछ अस्वाभाविक होता है। जैसे सूर्य पूरब में उगता है, और पश्चिम में डूबता है, तो कोई प्रश्न नहीं करता कि ऐसा क्यों हो रहा है! क्योकि यह स्वाभविक है। अचानक रात को सूर्य निकल आये या दोपहर को अचानक सूर्य गायब हो जाये तो प्रश्न बनता है कि आखिर ऐसा क्यों हो रहा है? इसी तरह स्वस्थ और आनंदित रहना मनुष्य का स्वाभाविक गुण होता है। जब कुछ अस्वाभाविक होता है तो प्रश्न उठने लगते है।

स्वास्थ्य का अर्थ होता है, 'स्व' में 'स्थित'। वास्तविक प्रश्न होना चाहिए कि क्या हम स्वं में स्थित है? क्या हम स्वाभाविक और प्राकृतिक है? प्रश्न यह नहीं होना चाहिए कि ऐसा मेरे साथ ही क्यों हो रहा है?

मनुष्य के स्वास्थ्य को तीन भागो में बाटा जा सकता है:- १. शारीरिक स्वास्थ्य  २. मानसिक स्वास्थ्य   ३. आध्यात्मिक स्वास्थ्य। जब तब मनुष्य तीनो प्रकार का स्वास्थ्य लाभ प्राप्त नहीं कर लेता, तब तक उसको पूर्ण रूप से ख़ुशी और सूख की प्राप्ति नहीं हो सकती। शरीर को स्वास्थ्य रखने के लिए, यह ध्यान देना ज़रूरी है, कि हम शरीर को क्या पौष्टिकता दे रहे है।हमे शरीर को भोजन देना है, जिह्वा को नहीं। शरीर एक यन्त्र है,इससे काम लेते रहना चाहिए नहीं तो जंग लग कर खराब यानि अस्वस्थ हो जाता है। शरीर से जितना ज्यादा काम लिया जाय,उतना ही स्वस्थ रहता है।मानसिक स्वास्थ्य के लिए सकरात्मक सोच का होना बहुत ज़रूरी है। इर्ष्या,द्वेष,घृणा,भेदभाव,लोभ,आसक्ति इत्यादि मानसिक कीटाणु है,जो कि मनुष्य के मष्तिष्क और सोच को विकृत कर देते है। मानसिक स्वास्थ्य के लिए, इन कीटाणुओं को नष्ट करना ही एक मात्र उपाय है। सही सोच और वास्तविक ज्ञान के माध्यम से इनपर काबू पाया जा सकता है। आध्यामिक माने "आत्म का अध्यन"। अध्यात्मिक स्वास्थ्य के लिए अपने-आप को जानना बहुत ज़रूरी है। अत्म-ज्ञान तभी हो सकता है, जब खुद का अहम मिट जाता है। खुद के मिटते ही ख़ुदा दिखने लगता है|

जब यह तीनो स्वास्थ्य लाभ मनुष्य को मिल जाता है, तो वह अपने-आप में स्थित पाता है, वही अपने-आप को पूर्ण रूप से स्वास्थ्य पाता है। ऐसे स्वस्थ इंसान के लिए तो यह धरती ही स्वर्ग जैसा लगता है।


    

Let the Lowermost to Rise Higher

We would have observed the human pyramid created during Krishna festival to “Dahi-Handi” to help one on top to get to the pot of the curds and butter tied high up on the ceiling, and the prize for this achievement. No matter, how capable top person is, the top person will never reach to top without the coordination of the lower people. In this way the entire credit should go the lowest people who hold all the top people. If the lowest person stumbles, then the entire human pyramid will fall down.

The concept of “Dahi-Handi” is true for the development of any country, public or private organizations. A country cannot reach to the top and be prosperous, until and unless the government works towards the deprived people to make them strong and lifted. They should be lifted in terms of education, mental and physical health, ethics, from poverty to prosperity etc. It does not matter, how strong one`s law is, how strong one`s plan is; it will not work until and unless the lowest person become strong enough to help the top person to reach the set goal. In any organization, the business leader cannot achieve his big goal, until and unless the lower staff put his honest effort towards his own small set goal. This law says that the level of success depends upon the capabilities of the lower staff.

Let the lower staff to rise higher. The top person rise higher and achieve the astounding success, when the lower staff rise higher. This is the simplest way to get the success for the country or organization to put more effort to make the lower section or lower staff more capable and strong to raise you higher. If you are the castle, then lower staff or lower section of the society are the foundations of the castle. The top person cannot stand without the ardent support and diligent effort of the lowest staff. The proper recognition and credit make them motivated to rise themselves. It is also a responsibility of the lower staff to help the top person to reach to the butter of “Dahi-Handi” to get their share and celebrate the victory. This is vested- interest; both the lower staff and higher staff should trust each-other and give equal credit and recognition to each other to share the moment of the success and prepare for the next. At the same time the base should be hold firmly.

Ravana Created Lanka for Lord Shiva

Ravana was born to a great sage Vishrava and his wife, the Daitya princess Kaikesi. He was born in the Devagana, as his grandfather, the sage Pulastya, was one of the ten Prajapatis or mind-born sons of Brahma and one of the Saptarishi (Seven Great Sages Rishi) in the first Manvantara. He was a great scholar (Pandit) and an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva.

He is also known as Dasa-Naan or Dasa-Sheesha, a person with ten heads. There was no one who can even equate of his 1/10 knowledge. His ten heads symbolize that he had a profound knowledge of 4 Vedas and 6 Upanishads. He was 10 times more scholarly over his subjects than the best scholar of his time.

Lord Shiva is a hermit. Making home and attached to the worldly possession is a work of the householders, not of the hermits. However, Parvati, Lord Shiva`s consort, requested him to construct a home for them on the Kailash Mountain, the abode of Lord Shiva. As per his nature, Lord Shiva was reluctant to do that.

Ravana, a great devotee of Lord Shiva, approached Kailash Mountain and asked the consent of Lord Shiva to build a golden castle for him and His family. Reluctantly, he gave his consent for that to please his consort, Parvati.

Kuber is Ravana`s half brother. Kuber is the king of Yaksha, and the guardian and hoarder of the wealth of the Indra`s kingdom, Amravati. Ravana approached Kuber for the gold to construct a golden castle for Lord Shiva, and Kuber donated enough gold to Ravana for this purpose. Ravana hired Vishwakarma, the celestial architect, to construct a golden castle. Vishwakarma constructed an exquisite and unparalleled golden castle.

That splendid castle named Lanka was donated by Ravan to Lord Shiva and his family. As per tradition, before entering into the new house, there should be “Gruha Puja”, the house warming ceremony. Ravana was invited for performing that Puja as he was the most eligible Pandit available to do this noble work.

He performed the Puja. Now it was the time to give “Dakshina” to Ravana. It was startling to everyone – Ravana could not resist, and  hence, in Dakshina, Ravana asked the golden castle, Lanka, which was made for Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva donated Lanka back to Ravana as Dakshina. Along with golden Lanka, Ravana moved to the south, the abode of Rakshas.

In the Ramayana, in the quest of Sita, Hanuman went Lanka. Ravana disrespected Hanuman. Hanuman incinerated the golden Lanka into ashes. Hanuman is the Rudra incarnation of Lord Shiva. Ravana had become so inebriated in power and wealth that he could not recognize Hanuman, a form of Lord Shiva. And secondly, he had fiddled out the golden Lanka from Lord Shiva and His family. Whenever lord Shiva is disturbed or disrespected in any way, He opens His third eye and burns those into ashes. The same thing was done by Hanuman in the form of Lord Shiva.

Let Only the Real Seed Grow

There are two sons of a farmer. One son was paying full attention what his father was doing, how he was dong the farming, how he was getting what the grain he wanted. He was fully obedient to his father. He was learning everything what his father was teaching him pertaining to the farming. He had learned all the method and techniques of the ranching and farming from his father. The second son was not paying much attention on his father`s teaching pertaining to the farming. He was thinking that, there is nothing much to do in the farming, just put the seed and get the fruit or grain. Therefore, he did not put his effort to learn the farming much.

One day their father died. The two brothers started fighting over the property and farming land what their father had accumulated. The time had come to divide the property and farming land between two brothers. The second son fiddled out the first one and got the better farming land in his share than the first one. The second brother was happy that he will get better output and benefit from the framing. The first son was satisfied with the land he got in his share.  The first one was well-versed in the farming according the season and land quality.

The first farming season approached for both of the brothers. The first brother, who was well-versed in farming and had acquired the real experience in farming at the time of his father, he recognized the land and season, and chose the right seed and its proportionate fertilizer for the farming. He cleaned the soil and wrenched out the garbage seed from the land, and put the seed in the soil which he wanted to see as fruit or grain. He got successfully what he wanted. The second one, who was not well-versed in farming, despite the good quality of land, he could not grow anything from that land. He was not aware how to make the soil for the particular seed and season. He could not differentiate between the seed he shown and the seed came as garbage from the soil. He wrenched out the real seed and kept the garbage one. As expected by his deed, he got only garbage grain, which was not fit for food.

Our brain is like the soil, which does not make any difference what the thought as a seed we put into that, it make the seed grow with the same potential. The selection of the thought and cleanness of the brain from the garbage one is merely our responsibility. The presence of the garbage thought retard our desired thought to thrive.  It does not matter, how much good brain or memory you got, if you do not know what and how to feed your brain with the right thought as a seed, you will be culminated with fiasco. To get the desired standard in our life, we should know about our brain, we should know the thought as a form of seed we are sowing, we should know the motivation as a fertilizer we are giving to nurture our thought, we should recognize the garbage thought and wrench it out before it spoil the real thought.  By putting the right thought into the brain, and providing the protection of the brain from the garbage thought, one can get the desired life, no matter, where he is standing right now.

मन खाली जगह को ढूढ़ता है

मन बहुत चंचल और धूर्त होता है। मन अच्छे से अच्छे इंसान को भी दुःख में धकेल सकता है। मन खाली जगह को ढूढ़ते रहता है। और जहा उसको खाली जगह मिलता है, उसी को अपना जगह बना कर बैठ जाता है, और अपने खालीपन और दुःख का ढिढोरा दुनिया में पीटने लगता है। आपके सारे  दांत सही है, तो उसपर अपना ध्यान कभी नहीं जाता। यदि एक दांत टूट जाये तो, अपनी जिह्वा बार-बार उसी से टकराती रहती है। मन भी वैसा ही है, जो है उसकी कदर नहीं करता और जो नहीं है, चाहें उसकी आवश्यकता ज़िन्दगी हो या न हो, उसी को ढूढ़ते रहता है, और इंसान को परेशान करते रहता है।

हमारी ज़िन्दगी ऑक्सीजन पर निर्भर है, लेकिन हम बहुत कम ही उसपर ध्यान देते है। जब हमारी साँसों की उल्टी गिनती शुरू होती है, तब हमारा ध्यान ऑक्सीजन के महत्व पर जाता है। हम कितनी बार यह सोच-समझकर खुश होते है, जो हमारी अति-आवश्यक चीज़ है, वह प्राकृतिक है, और हमे मुफ्त में और पर्याप्त मात्रा में है। जैसे हवा,पानी,सूर्य की रौशनी आदि। यदि यह प्रदूषित हो रही है तो हमारे वजह से हो रही है। मन तो सिर्फ सांसारिक चीजों को ही पूरा करने को कहता है।  इसी मन की बात और जिद्द को पूरा करने के लिए हम प्राकृतिक और आध्यात्मिक चीजों को प्रदूषित या अनदेखा कर देते है, जो की शाश्वत है।

मन की हर बात और जिद्द को मानने वाला इंसान, कभी भी सुखी या चैन से  नहीं रहा है। मन की तो यह चाल ही है की मनुष्य को मोह-माया से बांध कर रखना और सत्य से दूर रखना। आपने  बच्चों को देखा होगा, एक खिलौना की जिद्द करते है, यहा तक की खाना-पीना भी छोड़ देते है, बस उनकी जिद्द पूरी होनी चाहिए। खिलौना दे दिया आपने, कुछ दिन उस खिलौने से खेलेंगे, और फेक देंगे, चाहे कितनी ही कीमती खिलौना हो। फिर दूसरे खिलौने की जिद्द शुरू कर देते है। ठीक हमारा मन वैसा ही है। बिना सोचे-समझे बेकार की चीजों को पकड़ कर बैठा रहता है।

चाहे कोई  सिकंदर बन जाए और सारी दुनिया को जीत ले, लेकिन यदि वह  अपने  मन को नहीं जीत पाया तो भिखारी का भिखारी ही रहता है। मन पर विजय प्राप्त करने वाले इंसान के लिए पृथ्वी ही स्वर्ग है, और वह खूद का सिंकंदर। मन और मस्तिष्क पर काबू रखने वाला इंसान अपने भाग्य को भी काबू कर सकता है। 

Who Owns The Earth?

The existence of the nature and earth is primeval to any creature on the earth. Human is considered the most intelligent creature on the earth, as human can think and imagine for the future. Gradually, the population of the world has reached around 7000 million. People fight for the piece of the land on the earth. They show their proprietary over that. Animals fight for their territory in the forest. In jungle kingdom, there is "might is right" concept, the weaker has to leave or sacrifice. In human kingdom, all should get their share whether he is weak or strong. On increasing of the population, the human even cut the jungle, the home of animals, and fenced it and hence has created the concept of the property. But who really owns the earth? How someone can say that I own this piece of land. It was there even humans breathed their first on the earth. Human did not create the earth and nature, rather the earth and nature provided the life for the human. How one among multiple children of the same mother can claim the more or entire proprietary over the mother? The mother is equal for all of her children. She would feed and love equally to all. How one can claim the propriety over the mother? In the same fashion, how the proprietary came over the properly, the piece of the land? In sooth, the nature is the real owner of the earth. All the arrangement on the earth is to support the nature and all the living creatures. The nature cannot be injustice or show favorism to anyone. If anyone tries to domesticate the earth, the nature takes the revenge. We can see in the history of the world, mostly, the war has been waged for the piece of the land and on the name of religion. And both are the social concept, there is no any relation with the neturality or divinity. The Mahabharata was also fought over the piece of the land.

The animal fight for their territory till they are strong enough to fight and protect their territory, there is no other law existing in jungle expect “Might is Right”. Defeated one goes away from there and find some other place. They do not fight more than they need. They do not kill other animals if they are well fed. They never fought for the future accumulation. They never fear for the future. They do not bequeath territory to their offspring. Their kids need to fight again to secure their own territory and food. But in the human kingdom, we have the law on land. We can bequeath our property to our offspring. We are social animals. But our conditions are worse than animals. We fight even our all the needs are completely fulfilled. We imagine about future and fight for more security, which leads to another fear. We accumulate more along with more insecurity. We proudly say that I own this much of property etc. We forget what the piece of land we own (as per law) today, was owned by someone else yesterday, and it would be owned by someone else tomorrow. The earth is primeval; we are temporal come and go. 

The time and space is pre-destined for all the creatures including human beings. If it is not like that then why most of the people take birth at one place and spend their rest of the life at another place. Even though they want to stay at some particular place, they cannot, due to some inevitable situation. The people put lust to create more and more, but its use and enjoy for an individual is pre-destined and limited. For and illustration, someone earned heaps of money in his life,  if he is suffering from some ailment, which do not allow to eat food of his own wish etc. then what is the use of that? In fact, no one owns the earth; all these wares are to create an illusion to test the intense of spirituality in human being. The space and time, where the human currently living has already been pre-destined, it does not matter who owns this property on the piece of the paper. The nature does not understand our social arrangement. The nature does not create more than its capacity to food and shelter. The nature knows how to balance it, if something goes against her. It is human`s lust only who has created the haphazard and compelled himself to suffer by not complying with the law of nature.

Who Gave the Name of God?

Distinct people have given the distinct names of the God according to their religion, region, language, rituals, belief system and comfort. But, unanimously all the religions point to the same almighty God. We call Him Ishwar, Bhagwan, God, Allah, Parvar Deedar, Ek Omkar and much more according to our belief system.

All the religions, creeds and rituals have only one destination without second is, to gain the spirituality, the knowledge of the spirit. The religions, sects or creeds are there to show the path to reach the destination, the spirituality.  

The names, the rituals, the belief systems, the religions, the lifestyles depend on upon the geographical locations or personal choices. God does not bother what the religion, path, name or creed we are following, His mere interest is in our intensity of FAITH.

God is primeval, ever-existing, without father or mother, unborn and without any form. Then who gave the different name of God? Who came first, God or us? Humans are not so big who can give the name of God and proof his supremacy. God has created us, not we to him. Even we do not know what his original name is?

How can we check the authenticity of any religion who claims the proprietary over the name of God? Simply, it looks illogical to fight or bicker over the name, ritual, and religion. It is merely a hallucination of the humans. God has no interest in it. It shows that our immature knowledge of the religion and scriptures.

If you observe and read the scriptures of the distinct religions, you will find that they all are talking about the same God, describing the same destination, but with different way and method. There can be a different method of proofing one thing; there is no surprise of the existence of different religions for this purpose. It has been observed that some people from every religion have attained the divinity, whether he is Hindu, Jain, Buddh, Jews, Christian, Islam, Sikh or others.

Gaining the knowledge of the spirit is not religion dependent, it is individual dependent. It suggests that there is no issue with the religion or ritual. The issue is with the individuals who has enmeshed on the path and forgot the destination, the spirituality. All the religious path and rituals have the promise to lead us to the divinity if we follow it with authenticity and unwavering FAITH.

All rivers and rivulets originate from the different parts; they all have their name and path. Ultimately, they all merge with the ocean, where they lose their name and form. Similarly, we come from a different part, follow the different religions and beliefs, but ultimately we merge with the same supreme, where our name and form vanished. We become the part of the supreme who is our source and ultimate destination.

The four siblings call their father with a different epithet. One calls him Papa, second calls him Abba, Third calls him Daddy, and fourth calls him Pitaji. Although it is a different name, yet they are referring to the same person. Their father would not be annoyed or bothered what the name they call him with. But when they fight over the name saying my name is better than yours, the father does not appreciate it.

Similarly, we call the same God by different names and fight over the supremacy of the name, which is not appreciated by almighty God. No one is bigger than God who can give the name of God. God is one without a second, rest are His different attributes. Just Faith and devotion do matter for Him, nothing else.

In an Hour of Accident

A group of passengers were travelling by a mini bus. Passengers were looking haste to reach their destination. Some of them instigated the driver to drive faster to reach the destination hurriedly. Driver also started rushing. Driver lost his control and unfortunately, they met with an accident. Some people got scant bruises on their body. But one guy lost his left hand in this accident. Everyone blended with panic and furious, started shouting on driver. They forgot that they only instigate driver to rush the bus.

All the passengers were looking frightened and worried expect one person who had lost his hand. All the persons asked him,” You lost your hand still you are not worried or panic.” The person replied, “Many-many thanks to God, I could have lost my others limbs or even my life, but God is so generous on me that He has taken only one hand. The life has been blessed by God and He has all the right to take it back at any time. I do not have any propriety on my body and life. I have hired this body to repay all my Karma and due desire and dream. So where is the matter of getting worried or blame someone rather than votive offering of thank to my beloved God?  My life is saved, means I got more time and opportunity to indulge myself in good Karma and repay my old one. I lost one of my hand means my some of Karmas got paid. And who would be unhappy or cry on payment of the debt.”

On hearing this devotion and understanding about God and life, everyone out there was awestruck. Our body is a rented home, sooner or later; we need to get it vacant. Body and all the worldly possessions are temporary, our true self, the soul, is permanent. It would be ignorance to cling to temporary and ignore the permanent. By this way, we get nothing more than misery. The person, who understands the clear difference between the temporary and permanent, lives in ecstasy here and hereafter.

 

Boredom is a Disease

There are three major reasons of boredom.

1. Our brain does not have the ample work to do, which is very widespread reason of boredom.

2. Recurring work is being done on daily basis without any challenge.

3. You are not a fascinating person to yourself.

Our brain requires some major definite purpose to keep itself busy to devise a plan and think how to achieve the major definite purpose. The lack of purpose make you bore and indolent.  In game, you do not get bored, because you have given a purpose or goal to your brain to achieve. Throughout the game our brain remains busy to make plan and strategy to reach the goal. Sometimes, even we do not aware how quickly the time has passed in achieving the major purpose. If you have not decided the purpose of the day despite having all the luxury and comfort at your home, you will fail to protect yourself from being bored.  In non-official day, people become more bore and lethargic, if they have not planned their day and decided some purpose.  Without purpose we abuse.  To ostracize this pose, we must give a purpose to our brain whether it is prolific or non-prolific to keep it busy to get rid of boredom.

The stereotype job can make us bore. We should not forget that, there is always a challenge and learning is hidden in every kind of work.  Find out the hidden challenge and learning in your stereotype job. Get the expertise on that and improve your efficiency on your job. It helps us to get rid of the boredom from the stereotype job. Thomas A. Edison’s, the inventor of electrical bulb, job was also a stereotype job as an operator. The new search in that made him inventor.

Majority of people require some company or might some kind of intoxication to dispel their boredom. They want entertain get done by any means.  Their happiness and boredom are hired and external driven.  Generally, these kinds of persons are not interesting and enthralled person to themselves. Interesting and creating people never get bored and.  No matter, what the situation is, and where they reside. Make yourself more interesting and creative. Love yourself; if you cannot love yourself, it is definite that you cannot love to anyone.  It would be sham to show love to someone without loving to ourselves.   It is so simple, how you can give something to someone which you do not posses. Accept as you are. Introspect yourself, listen your internal voice. You would be amazed by your true self.  There would be no place for tedium in the life for self-realized person.

Boredom is a disease. It compels us to pervert us from the right path. It snatches the happiness and creativity from us. It makes us more external driven than internal driven. It propels us to run on others decision rather than our own volition. It is better to alleviate this ailment by proper conduct before it becomes fatal.

The Alternative Solutions

 Jamadagni and Renuka were parents of Parasurama, the sixth incarnation of lord Vishnu. Jamadagni was a warrior-sage skilled in the use of the bow. His wife, Renuka, had so power of her chastity that she would run after the arrow he shot and collect it as soon as it hit the ground. As usual, one day, she ran after the arrow but did not return till nightfall. She blamed the scorching heat of the sun for her adjournment. The livid Jamadagni decided to shoot an arrow at the sun. The Sun begged for mercy and offered an alternative solution. He provided Renuka an umbrella to protect her from his scorching heat the next time onwards she ran after the arrow.

We cannot imagine the life on the earth without the sun. Jamadagni wanted to shoot at the sun to destroy him, without thinking its consequence on other creatures of the earth. It is because; he found the sun as an obstruction on his way. By finding the alternative solution, his work was not obstructed by the heat of the sun. For the sun Jamadagni was creating obstruction and for Jamadagni sun was. By the altenative solution, both returned back to their normal pursuit without any obstruciton.

Sometimes, we also experience a lot of obstructions in our life, and we start carping and blaming others for our destitute. Some among us devices plan to take revenge from the environment or person to whom one understands the responsible for the obstruction. It is always good to find some alternative solution to encounter the particular situation and go ahead in the life rather than wait and waste our time and energy in an unfruitful revenge. If you lost your job, do not spoil your time and energy to blame someone; rather find some better alternative which can bridge the gap. Take the revenge by getting the grand success in your life, if you really want to take. If something is not going right in your life, you become exasperated and melancholy from your life; everything seems vague on the path of the life you are travelling to. What are you going to do? Are you going to finish your life? Is this the ultimate solution of your life? No... It is never. There is always an alternative solution  available. Reckon and find the alternative way to get out from the vague path of the life. If you are not enjoying your job or bussiness, and you are thinking that you are getting harassed and exploited there; you are losing your peace, happiness and creativity. Then what you are going to do? Are you going to kill yourself and surrounding people? Is that solution only left? Never.. If you do the same then you will confront more pernicious situation. If this kind of any situation occurs in your life, then ruminate about its alternative without thinking to destroy you or someone else. There are multiple ways are available to lead our life with happy and prosperity. Find the appropriate alternative solution of your life according to your material nature, which you can carry easily. Remember, the difficulties come into our ways not to obstruct us, but to instruct us.