Words Of Wisdom

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A lovely conversation between  God and soul

 

God said:  tell me O Soul what is bothering you ?

A prayer which is not answered on time, or  you feel I don't listen to you ?

I listen to each and every prayer you put in front of me .

I watch everything you do .

I know what you are going through and what is going on in your mind .I am worried for you .

Some blessings are delayed but never go unanswered . I only give you what you need at this point in time, not what you want.  

You have to trust me , you must remain calm in adverse situations ,hold onto your faith that you have on me .

Don't rush to the conclusions that I didn't hear what you say .

 Talk to me , share every single thing with me as you share with your friends & family.

They are there till the time you have this life , they can support you but I am the one who brought you and will take you to the end .

My love for you is infinite and endless. Just wait patiently for the bad time to get over .

Remember, this too shall pass ....

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Contact and connection

 

It was April 2009.   I was returning from Delhi by flight with a monk of the RamaKrishna Mission sitting next to me and a journalist from the US sitting on the third seat . The journalist started 
interviewing  the monk as planned earlier.
 
Journalist - Sir , in your last lecture, you  told us about Jogajog ( contact ) &  Sanjog (connection ). It's really confusing. Can you explain ?

The Monk smiled and apparently deviating from the question   asked the journalist:Are you from New York?
Journalist - Yeh...
Monk - Who are there at home ? 
The Journalist felt that the  Monk was trying to avoid answering his question since  this was a very personal and unwarranted question. Yet the  journalist  said:    "Mother has expired. Father is there. Three brothers and one sister. All married..."
The Monk, with a smile on his  face,   asked again: - "Do you talk to your father?"
The  journalist looked visibly annoyed...
The Monk  - "When did you talk to him last?" 
The journalist, supressing his annoyance said:  "May be a month ago."
The Monk:  "Do you brothers and sisters meet often ? When did you meet last as a family gathering?"

At this point, I saw  sweat on the forehead ok the journalist. I wondered who was conducting the interview, the Monk or the Journalist. It seemed that the   Monk was interviewing the Journalist.

With a sigh , the Journalist said: "We met last at Christmas two  years  ago."
The Monk: " How many days did you all stay together ?"

The Journalist ( wiping the sweat on his brow) said : "Three days..."
Monk: "How much time did you  spend with your Father, sitting right  beside him ?"
I saw the journalist looking  perplexed and embarassed and scribbling something on a paper...
The Monk:  "Did you have breakfast, lunch or dinner together ? Did you ask how he was? Did you ask how his days are passing after your mother's death ?"
I saw drops of tears coming out from the eyes of the journalist.

The Monk held the hand of the journalist and said: "Don't be embrassed, upset or sad. I am sorry if I have hurt you unknowingly...
But this is basically the answer to your question about "contact and connection ( jogajog and Sanjog)".  You have 'contact'  with your father but you don't have 'connection' with him. You are not connected to him. Connection is between heart and heart... sitting together , sharing meals and caring for  each other ; touching , shaking hands, having eye contact,  spending some time together...You  brothers and sisters have 'contact'  but you have no  'connection' with each other...."

The journalist wiped his eyes and said : "Thanks for teaching me a fine and unforgettable lesson"

This is the reality today. 
Whether at home or in the society everybody has lots of contacts but there is no connection. No communication...   . Everybody is in his or her own world. 

Let us not maintain just "contacts" but let us remain "connected" ; caring , sharing and spending time with all our dear ones.

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An Empty Boat

 

A monk decides to meditate alone, away from his monastery. 

He takes his boat out to the middle of the lake, moors it there, closes his eyes and begins his meditation. 

After a few hours of undisturbed silence, he suddenly feels the bump of another boat colliding with his own. With his eyes still closed, he senses his anger rising, and by the time he opens his eyes, he is ready to scream at the boatman who dared disturb his meditation. But when he opens his eyes, he sees it’s an empty boat that had probably got untethered and floated to the middle of the lake. 

At that moment, the monk achieves self-realization, and understands that the anger is within him; it merely needs the bump of an external object to provoke it out of him. 

From then on, whenever he comes across someone who irritates him or provokes him to anger, he reminds himself, “The other person is merely an empty boat. The anger is within me.” 

Take time for introspection & search for answer: 

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SIMPLE STEPS TO HAPPINESS

SHUKRANA (Be thankful to Wahiguru at all times)

MUSKURANA (Keep a smiling attitude/Tera bhana meetha laagay)

KISSI KA DIL NA DHUKHANA (Never hurt anybody´s heart/feelings)

 

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 Sometimes I start doing an evaluation of my life.

 

In one of those I came across the story of the driver Michael Schumacher.

When I studied his resume as an athlete I saw that he was:

Winner of the Grand Prix in 1991.

He was 7 (seven times) world champion of Formula 1.

Happiness was in his Being, but in a fateful day his story and his destiny completely changed due to a sky accident ....

Today, with just 44 kilos of weight struggle to "survive" since December 2013.

His wife begins to sell the goods to cover the expenses and thus be able to keep him alive in a room adapted in his house, where he lies like a vegetable.

Here comes a question:

Who is better than who?

Life can take directions never imagined.

It's amazing how everything can change in an instant.

No one is exempt from anything.

And in no circumstances are they of any use
Money,
Titles,
Fame,
Success,
Power.

We are all the same.

Then why the pride?

To make the claim?

Why arrogance?

For that victimization?

So that attachments to material goods?

To make you angry?

Do you think your version is the absolute truth?

All we have is the day to day so that we can live it with passion and enjoy ourselves to the fullest, doing good, serving our neighbor and full of joy.

We need to stop creating problems, claim insignificant things, and always avoid everything that "takes our lives".

Be careful not to lose someone who loves you and accepts you as you are.

As in the game of chess, in the end both the King and the Pawn are kept in the same box.

It is worth examining what we have done.

We are born without bringing anything ...
we die without taking anything!
absolutely nothing!.

And the sad thing is that in the interval between life and
death, we fight for what we did not bring and even more for what we will not take ...

Think about that, let's live more, let's love more. Let's always understand the other and be happier!

 

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