As I have written in my profile, it is extremely interesting to explore life as a whole. Thank God, whenever there is a dull moment, the Providence throws a few bright colours on me to make it lively and entertaining. You may wonder what is so exciting about my life of late.
After watching Naan Kadavul (amazing movie) with my friend’s family yesterday night, I was climbing down the steps of the theatre but kept my right foot on a small pit by mistake and lo! it happened be a wrong one. I heard a cracking sound at a distance but felt flashes of pain beyond control for a second. Thanks to my friend who took me to the hospital immediately, the findings say that I have had Jones fracture. The outcome - my right leg is decorated till knee deep in a beautiful off-white coloured plaster. To make it complete, my husband got forearm crutches for me to roam around freely till the day of removal of the plaster i.e. 20th March.
I am laughing out aloud on my temporary disability along with others. Probably, I would enjoy watching ‘Peaceful Warrior’ more in my present condition, to be more determined and committed to my goal.
A very interesting point that comes to my mind now is, I too am experiencing a phase of crutches as is written in my earlier blog ‘Footprints & Shadows’ with a missing foot in 'footprints' and inclusion of crutches in the 'shadows'.
My body may be fractured but never my spirit at any time. Is it not a great and appropriate moment to realise this finding?
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
An appeal
Dear Readers,
Guruji is organising a Mass Light Channeling event on 26th February, 2009 at Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bangalore from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. IST (2 p.m. GMT) to fill the world with Love and Peace.
My request to all the readers of this blog is to be a channel for just 7 minutes from 7:30 p.m. onwards tomorrow. All you need to do is to sit comfortably facing north or east, assume a globe of white light above the head, assimilate the light for a minute in you and start spreading the light of love and peace for 7 minutes. For technique and other details, please visit www.lightchannels.com.
Please be the torch bearer of love and peace and spread the same in all hearts, breaking all the barriers of both external and internal.
Guruji has also started blogging in his inimitable style at http://lightdivine.blogspot.com. You may derive lots of inspiration and wisdom starting from his profile to blogs.
With love,
Padmaja
Guruji is organising a Mass Light Channeling event on 26th February, 2009 at Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bangalore from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. IST (2 p.m. GMT) to fill the world with Love and Peace.
My request to all the readers of this blog is to be a channel for just 7 minutes from 7:30 p.m. onwards tomorrow. All you need to do is to sit comfortably facing north or east, assume a globe of white light above the head, assimilate the light for a minute in you and start spreading the light of love and peace for 7 minutes. For technique and other details, please visit www.lightchannels.com.
Please be the torch bearer of love and peace and spread the same in all hearts, breaking all the barriers of both external and internal.
Guruji has also started blogging in his inimitable style at http://lightdivine.blogspot.com. You may derive lots of inspiration and wisdom starting from his profile to blogs.
With love,
Padmaja
Sunday, February 22, 2009
The Incredible Truth
During my morning walk today, I was deeply touched by the blowing gentle cool breeze and the calm waters of the sea. I was more carried away by the plays of birds, now sitting on the sea waters and then rising up the sky. I saw nature's orderliness and love against the backdrop of the vast sky. Unknown to my friends who were walking alongside, I was begging that One Truth inwardly to make me remain such a enjoyer always.
When a form of this Truth sits in your inbox as a surprise, how would you feel? Yes, I was overwhelmed. Please read and give your comments liberally on the article reproduced below under the person's request to publish in my blog.
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INCREDIBLE AND AWESOME,
MYSTERIOUS AND ASTONISHING,
SIMPLE AND VERY MUCH COMPLICATED, BOUNDLESS AND UNFATHOMABLE, BEAUTIFUL AND SHOCKING,
AGELESS AND EVER FRESH
ALL PUT TOGEHER AND FINELY BLENDED
ALL TIME WONDER, PUZZLE AND GREATEST
MIRACLE BEYOND COMPREHENSION
Where is God?
This trillion dollar question is an everlasting one. No answer can ever be perfect as God is far far beyond all answers. Yet the search for an answer is always on the air and we have different answers from different schools of thoughts.
Some say there is no God. We know we have a mind. It can not be seen, pictured or x-rayed. It does not mean that we have no mind. Anything we do comes out only from the mind viz., everything is the manifestation of the mind in several phases in the forms of thoughts, actions etc. etc. Even the atheists can not deny this. Likewise anything and everything, what we see and do not, what we know and do not, all comes only from God. We experience the mind and so we accept it. God being far beyond the capacity of understanding by the mind, we do not experience it. It only shows our limited capacity and not the non existence of God. So we can simply neglect the idea of atheists.
God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. Whether we experience this or not, either we believe or hear this statement every now and then. Why we are not able to perceive him despite all the efforts and even by great gnanis and saints?
If God is omnipresent and all, how is that possible for him?
We need not go into the details of the teachings and beliefs of religions and several schools of thoughts. They will simply confuse us as they contradict each other. Even the beliefs vary among the groups of the same religions.
Brushing aside all these knowledge from the books and hearsay, what is the Truth?
It is quite unbelievable.
There are five elements that make everything and without these there is nothing. Earth has all the five elements and the water one element minus, the fire two elements minus, the air three elements and the space all the other four elements minus.
The earth is very gross and can not move on its own being the combination and qualities of all the elements. Water being one element minus flows downwards. Fire being two elements minus moves upwards. Air being three elements minus moves freely all around. It can be felt though not visible. (But by practicing the right meditation we can see the colour of the air and which element is predominant in the world at that time and it is possible also to change the time of a person and we can even make people obey what we say. Here I mean breath as air.) Space being four elements minus pervades everywhere and invisible. The dictionary has defined the meaning of Space as “Any location outside the Earth's atmosphere.” The scientists clear the matter in the space and call it “vacuum” and say there is nothing in the vacuum.
But the reality is altogether topsy-turvy. Just imagine. This planet, sun, moon, innumerable stars and planets, the milky way, the galaxy and everything is only in the space. This space is inside everything and it is in the outside also.
Whatever happens be it cyclone, eruption of volcano, heat, cold, rain, dust, tsunami and everything happens only in the space. We are affected by anything that happens in the space and the space is not at all affected by anything. Everything is changing constantly but there is no change in the space. But no one thinks about this.
Look at the history. Great inventions in the field of science, discoveries do take place and the great events of the world history get shaped accordingly.
But if you think further such discoveries or the inventions do happen only when they are required to the world. It is does not matter at all how many people work for a change or invention, how much money and efforts are put into and how long the research goes on. These things happen quite naturally and appear on the surface on their own. It is like this. You want to get something from one room. You do not know in which room it is kept. You go on knocking on every door. Finally when you go to the right room there is no need to knock as it is slightly open or the door is simply closed not locked inside. So when you simply touch the door you come to know of the contents in that room and you find what you want. Likewise the scientists do the search sincerely. The world is pushed invisibly to make such searches and you might have noticed that the inventions are very timely and appropriate and serves the need of the hour.
If you concentrate more on this, you will come to know that whatever happens in the world is just being supplied only from the space just according to the needs.
This space as we know and call it, can be compared only to the bubbles on the surf of the waves of the ocean which is very very gross. God is like the ocean with all its expansion with fathomless depth and innumerable wonders.
Well. Then what about the other different lokhas for those who die, for semi gods and demi gods and for lokhas of the various Gods and also about hell and heaven and other places mentioned in other religions. Do they really exist or not? If so where?
We have the first hand information about this from Paramahansa Yogananda. He says all those worlds do exist in the inner space. My Guruji has also told about that and many other things. He has said time and again that if only we dissolve ourselves consciously at least in the outer space then only our true search for God begins. All said are true but very difficult to understand.
Really it is very true in the saying that the world is a stage and all the men and women are the actors. The whole universe is only a stage where God is playing His leelas as a past time and we are just puppets in His hands. This saying is very popular but no one realises that.
In short as the scientists clear the matter from the space and create the vacuum, and they say ‘nothing’ is there. The space has to be peeled off layer by layer or penetrated into by us to know the Truth. And the Vacuum at the core is not ‘nothing’ but “EVERYTHING.”
Once I asked my Guruji about this and told to explain further. He made me understand it by a simple example. The tongue can name any part of the body. But to say tongue, the tongue alone has to say itself and not any other part of the body. Likewise this can be understood only by getting dissolved at least in the outer space to begin with from where the real journey starts.
It has become a trend or fashion nowadays to end the conversation with a punch dialogue. I shall also follow suit.
Kasturi (I have already written to you about him. He will be the mother of Sai Ram’s next avatar as Prema Sai) once requested Sai Ram to do some miracle for him. Sai Ram told him “Every one of you is my miracle”. Kasturi during one of our meets told me this. How true the words of Sai Ram.
I just want to end this by saying that we are in God and God is around us always. But we are not able to realise this. Though the pebbles lie down in the river all the time, it does not allow water inside it. We all are also like that.
When a form of this Truth sits in your inbox as a surprise, how would you feel? Yes, I was overwhelmed. Please read and give your comments liberally on the article reproduced below under the person's request to publish in my blog.
//
INCREDIBLE AND AWESOME,
MYSTERIOUS AND ASTONISHING,
SIMPLE AND VERY MUCH COMPLICATED, BOUNDLESS AND UNFATHOMABLE, BEAUTIFUL AND SHOCKING,
AGELESS AND EVER FRESH
ALL PUT TOGEHER AND FINELY BLENDED
ALL TIME WONDER, PUZZLE AND GREATEST
MIRACLE BEYOND COMPREHENSION
Where is God?
This trillion dollar question is an everlasting one. No answer can ever be perfect as God is far far beyond all answers. Yet the search for an answer is always on the air and we have different answers from different schools of thoughts.
Some say there is no God. We know we have a mind. It can not be seen, pictured or x-rayed. It does not mean that we have no mind. Anything we do comes out only from the mind viz., everything is the manifestation of the mind in several phases in the forms of thoughts, actions etc. etc. Even the atheists can not deny this. Likewise anything and everything, what we see and do not, what we know and do not, all comes only from God. We experience the mind and so we accept it. God being far beyond the capacity of understanding by the mind, we do not experience it. It only shows our limited capacity and not the non existence of God. So we can simply neglect the idea of atheists.
God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. Whether we experience this or not, either we believe or hear this statement every now and then. Why we are not able to perceive him despite all the efforts and even by great gnanis and saints?
If God is omnipresent and all, how is that possible for him?
We need not go into the details of the teachings and beliefs of religions and several schools of thoughts. They will simply confuse us as they contradict each other. Even the beliefs vary among the groups of the same religions.
Brushing aside all these knowledge from the books and hearsay, what is the Truth?
It is quite unbelievable.
There are five elements that make everything and without these there is nothing. Earth has all the five elements and the water one element minus, the fire two elements minus, the air three elements and the space all the other four elements minus.
The earth is very gross and can not move on its own being the combination and qualities of all the elements. Water being one element minus flows downwards. Fire being two elements minus moves upwards. Air being three elements minus moves freely all around. It can be felt though not visible. (But by practicing the right meditation we can see the colour of the air and which element is predominant in the world at that time and it is possible also to change the time of a person and we can even make people obey what we say. Here I mean breath as air.) Space being four elements minus pervades everywhere and invisible. The dictionary has defined the meaning of Space as “Any location outside the Earth's atmosphere.” The scientists clear the matter in the space and call it “vacuum” and say there is nothing in the vacuum.
But the reality is altogether topsy-turvy. Just imagine. This planet, sun, moon, innumerable stars and planets, the milky way, the galaxy and everything is only in the space. This space is inside everything and it is in the outside also.
Whatever happens be it cyclone, eruption of volcano, heat, cold, rain, dust, tsunami and everything happens only in the space. We are affected by anything that happens in the space and the space is not at all affected by anything. Everything is changing constantly but there is no change in the space. But no one thinks about this.
Look at the history. Great inventions in the field of science, discoveries do take place and the great events of the world history get shaped accordingly.
But if you think further such discoveries or the inventions do happen only when they are required to the world. It is does not matter at all how many people work for a change or invention, how much money and efforts are put into and how long the research goes on. These things happen quite naturally and appear on the surface on their own. It is like this. You want to get something from one room. You do not know in which room it is kept. You go on knocking on every door. Finally when you go to the right room there is no need to knock as it is slightly open or the door is simply closed not locked inside. So when you simply touch the door you come to know of the contents in that room and you find what you want. Likewise the scientists do the search sincerely. The world is pushed invisibly to make such searches and you might have noticed that the inventions are very timely and appropriate and serves the need of the hour.
If you concentrate more on this, you will come to know that whatever happens in the world is just being supplied only from the space just according to the needs.
This space as we know and call it, can be compared only to the bubbles on the surf of the waves of the ocean which is very very gross. God is like the ocean with all its expansion with fathomless depth and innumerable wonders.
Well. Then what about the other different lokhas for those who die, for semi gods and demi gods and for lokhas of the various Gods and also about hell and heaven and other places mentioned in other religions. Do they really exist or not? If so where?
We have the first hand information about this from Paramahansa Yogananda. He says all those worlds do exist in the inner space. My Guruji has also told about that and many other things. He has said time and again that if only we dissolve ourselves consciously at least in the outer space then only our true search for God begins. All said are true but very difficult to understand.
Really it is very true in the saying that the world is a stage and all the men and women are the actors. The whole universe is only a stage where God is playing His leelas as a past time and we are just puppets in His hands. This saying is very popular but no one realises that.
In short as the scientists clear the matter from the space and create the vacuum, and they say ‘nothing’ is there. The space has to be peeled off layer by layer or penetrated into by us to know the Truth. And the Vacuum at the core is not ‘nothing’ but “EVERYTHING.”
Once I asked my Guruji about this and told to explain further. He made me understand it by a simple example. The tongue can name any part of the body. But to say tongue, the tongue alone has to say itself and not any other part of the body. Likewise this can be understood only by getting dissolved at least in the outer space to begin with from where the real journey starts.
It has become a trend or fashion nowadays to end the conversation with a punch dialogue. I shall also follow suit.
Kasturi (I have already written to you about him. He will be the mother of Sai Ram’s next avatar as Prema Sai) once requested Sai Ram to do some miracle for him. Sai Ram told him “Every one of you is my miracle”. Kasturi during one of our meets told me this. How true the words of Sai Ram.
I just want to end this by saying that we are in God and God is around us always. But we are not able to realise this. Though the pebbles lie down in the river all the time, it does not allow water inside it. We all are also like that.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Glory unto Thee!
Last Friday, we, the volunteers and CHYK children agreed to speak on the glory of India on 20/02/2009. The task assigned to me was a poem on the subject. I became emotional while writing this...
Arising from the dungeons of desires
There was a yearning to experience
The breath of life in the cosmic drama
God said to me, “Go unto your mother now”
The newness of breeze, beasts, barns
Shores, valleys, mountains and plains
Arrested the senses of my young soul
God whispered to me, “Look at her generosity”
The land that my big feet touched upon
Thundered its long forgotten glorious past
Muting my soliloquies of insignificance
God reminded me, “Realise her greatness”
Amidst the dust of my everyday life
I stumbled upon the chapters of glory
Of pure intelligence and exquisite beauty
God taught me, “Make her feel proud of you”
Locking inside the dark room of my house
I cried and cried for I knew not
How to rise from my level of ignorance
God patted gently, “Be a good child always”
As my tears and sobs subsided slowly
I saw a beautiful woman of brilliance
Carrying love and abundance in her hands
God left me with a smile, “Thank her. She is your mother…”
O Mother India! I love you very much!
I wrote this on 18th February. I thank the kids for giving me an opportunity to make me delve on my motherland long and hard. Glad to add here that they liked my poem very much. :)
Picture courtesy : Google search
Arising from the dungeons of desires
There was a yearning to experience
The breath of life in the cosmic drama
God said to me, “Go unto your mother now”
The newness of breeze, beasts, barns
Shores, valleys, mountains and plains
Arrested the senses of my young soul
God whispered to me, “Look at her generosity”
The land that my big feet touched upon
Thundered its long forgotten glorious past
Muting my soliloquies of insignificance
God reminded me, “Realise her greatness”
Amidst the dust of my everyday life
I stumbled upon the chapters of glory
Of pure intelligence and exquisite beauty
God taught me, “Make her feel proud of you”
Locking inside the dark room of my house
I cried and cried for I knew not
How to rise from my level of ignorance
God patted gently, “Be a good child always”
As my tears and sobs subsided slowly
I saw a beautiful woman of brilliance
Carrying love and abundance in her hands
God left me with a smile, “Thank her. She is your mother…”
O Mother India! I love you very much!
I wrote this on 18th February. I thank the kids for giving me an opportunity to make me delve on my motherland long and hard. Glad to add here that they liked my poem very much. :)
Picture courtesy : Google search
Friday, February 06, 2009
Footprints and shadows
Two uncontrollable fascinations of my childhood were to watch the footprints and shadows of mine and others. These two things continue to amaze me still. In fact, I had watched innumerable number of times my wet footsteps dry slowly on a cement floor. I had erased many footprints of others on sand to imprint mine.
Some well known facts are contradicting and complementing each other…
1) Both footprints and shadows are related to our body.
2) Footprints can be preserved whereas shadows cannot be.
3) Footprints can be seen only when we move away whereas shadows cannot be separated from us.
4) A shadow is dependent on light to gain a shape and size whereas a footprint is dependent on the object for its shape and size.
5) Footprints require a medium like sand for expression whereas shadows are freaks in this aspect.
We can go on and on…
Many times, I’d asked myself why God has surrounded us with different interesting concepts like these.
Whenever I see a lame walking with a stick or crutches, I would immediately look at their shadows and footprints. Undoubtedly both of them reflect his/her physical disability.
While the physical disabilities are expressed so vividly and perfectly by nature whether we want them or not, like them or not, need them or not, there is no one way to see the inner disabilities of minds.
However, one cannot continue to hide his inherent negative tendencies for long. They come out one day or other one by one…
When I become targets of such negativities, I need to identify the limping shadows but not to leave footprints in my heart permanently.
Most importantly, I must learn to grow inwardly to experience a life of love and peace from my own shadows and footprints. After all, I have one life in hand, isn’t it?
Picture coutesy : Google search
Some well known facts are contradicting and complementing each other…
1) Both footprints and shadows are related to our body.
2) Footprints can be preserved whereas shadows cannot be.
3) Footprints can be seen only when we move away whereas shadows cannot be separated from us.
4) A shadow is dependent on light to gain a shape and size whereas a footprint is dependent on the object for its shape and size.
5) Footprints require a medium like sand for expression whereas shadows are freaks in this aspect.
We can go on and on…
Many times, I’d asked myself why God has surrounded us with different interesting concepts like these.
Whenever I see a lame walking with a stick or crutches, I would immediately look at their shadows and footprints. Undoubtedly both of them reflect his/her physical disability.
While the physical disabilities are expressed so vividly and perfectly by nature whether we want them or not, like them or not, need them or not, there is no one way to see the inner disabilities of minds.
However, one cannot continue to hide his inherent negative tendencies for long. They come out one day or other one by one…
When I become targets of such negativities, I need to identify the limping shadows but not to leave footprints in my heart permanently.
Most importantly, I must learn to grow inwardly to experience a life of love and peace from my own shadows and footprints. After all, I have one life in hand, isn’t it?
Picture coutesy : Google search
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