The Power Within

“The blessed life must be lived to the fullest before it is engulfed by the whirl of time.” Why did Swami Vivekananda , Albert Einstein, Thomas Alva Edison, Sir Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Adi Shankracharya, Ramanujam etc. could accomplish many great achievements in their short lives and others could not …? It is because they were constantly aware of their mortality. Life is the sum total of each and every moment. They knew the importance of it and decided to spend their each and every moment in thinking and doing something great rather than dissipating their energy and time on something insignificant irrelevant. Our life is not different than what we think and do at any point in time. If we think and act like great people, our life is going to take the shape like them, if not, we are going to be the same frustrated person year after year. A realistic plan cannot be delineated without associating a realistic deadline against each item. The same is true ab...

The same stone (Kankar)can be used for the different purposes. The value of the stone depends how that has been carved and where that has been placed. The internal composition of the stones is the same. But, one sort of stone is worshipped and others not. The same stone is used to make the temple, the same stone is used to make the stair of the temple, and the same stone is used to make the image of the gods or goddesses. The stone which is used to make the image of the gods and goddesses is placed at the most sanctified place of the temple before whom the visitors bow down and revere . Every piece of the stone contains a beautiful image in it. And that image comes to the surface and becomes visible to all when that is properly carved. Not only one sort of image, any image can be carved from a piece of stone. It depends - which image one wants to carve from that stone. If the same stone is used to carve a beautiful image of gods and goddesses, it is placed in the sac...

Lord Brahma as a creator of the universe created an elegant universe where everything runs very precisely, even a little digression in placing of the celestial body and their speeds can cause the complete annihilation of the universe. He must be appreciated for his great creative power.   But, only creating a grand universe is not sufficient, it must be maintained prudentially to sustain its spender. Lord Brahma does not maintain it. He is just a creator. Maintenance requires a different skill and temperament. For this work, Lord Vishnu was chosen.   He has the right kind of skill and temperament to work with different kind of people and maintain the universe. Lord Vishnu`s eyes are always wide open, it is the indication of his being perpetually vigilant. If anything happens anywhere, he immediately takes right action in order to continue the sustainability. At the end of every Kalpa, the created universe   is dissolved. For that, Lord Shiva is chosen. He...

Newton was sitting under an apple tree and saw an apple falling. The falling of an apple was not happening first time. That apple did not have any motive to show Newton how that falls. This is a normal thing. It happens since this planet came into existence. Undoubtedly, many people from many generations would have seen apple falling from the tree. But Newton became the first person who observed that very carefully and was passionately curious to know why apple or any other objects from height falls down only, what that does not go up, or any other direction. If the apple is falling down, then why the moon is not falling down…? What is the reason …? He tried to find the answer to these questions from various sources, but nothing worked. Then, to extinguish the fire of his curiosity, he started working on it by himself. After his years of hard work and research he found the reason of falling an apple down that is – gravitational force. Science does not believe in anyt...

When we talk about the ideal couple- we talk the companion of Sita Rama and Radha Krishna. One is a married couple and another is love couple. One is bound by visible thread of marriage which society approves and another is bound by the invisible, but strong threat of love without any social approval. Both couples are adored. We find many temples dedicated to them. However, there are lots of differences and challenges in both kinds of relationship. Sita was not picked by Rama freely. There was condition involved in getting the hands of Sita in marriage.   Radha was picked by Krishna without any condition and pressure of anyone. That infers that Rama`s love for Sita was conditional, and Krishna`s love for Radha was unconditional. Sita always checks validity of Rama`s love for her, and Rama suspects Sita`s intention. Nothing happens like this in the relationship between Radha and Krishna. They have utmost trust in each other. The basis of Rama`s relationship is soc...

Boredom is   a very serious matter. If it is not checked, it can spoil the beauty of our life. And It can be checked only when we will understand the reason and mechanism behind it. When we are excited to achieve something in our life, we put our strenuous effort for that, we work day and night, we do not leave any stone unturned for that. After few years of achieving that, we start getting bored with that. It may be our dream job or something else. Gradually, we start losing our interest in that profession. Whenever we lose our interest in something, no matter what that is, becomes a burden for us. The same profession or wealth or luxury or relationship for which we have put so much effort, do not keep us engaged much. The majority will leave or change their profession after few years of their joining, if they get another opportunity or financial security. We even get bored when we listen to our favorite song repeatedly. Nothing can be carried happily and comforta...

When we take birth, the first thing we do is breath in, and when we die, the last thing we do is breath out. And in the middle of birth and death, we continually do breathe in and breath out. Our body is nothing but the community of cells. The cells of our body will die if we try to breath in only not breathe out or breathe out only, not breathe in or holding the breath for long. We have to breathe in and breathe out in a regular and rhythmic way to sustain our life. Our respiratory system is designed in this way. Playing with its basic design can snatch our life away. Similarly, when we involve only in the accumulation and acquisition and not in giving out or only in giving and not taking in or acquiring something, in both extreme ways we create suffering and trauma. And eventually we extinct. Donating or giving something is not confined to wealth and money only. Whatever we have or acquired – that may be specialization in some particular area or life experience, know...

In the Ramayana, Sugriya was given an army to lead, Anghad was given an army to lead, Jambvant was given an army to lead, Nal and Neel were given an army to lead. But, Hanuman, despite being the most powerful among them, was not given any army to lead. Why …? Did Rama not believe in him or Hanuman did not have the required leadership quality to lead an army or Rama knew that Hanuman as an individual contributor can perform the most not as a group or a leader, or Rama did not want Hanuman to dissipate his energy in regulating and controlling the people rather than utilizing his energy and power for something else…? In Rama`s team, different people had different expectations, and value measuring factors. Many people fighting for Rama`s cause, because they were obliged to help Rama. Sugriva was fighting for Rama with his army, because, Rama had killed his brother Vali who had removed Sugriva from his kingdom. For that, Sugriva was indebted to Rama. Anghad and Jambvant had...