WE ARE ETERNAL

You and Me have always existed and there shall never be a time that we cease to exist; despair not! This is the assurance from God, describing Himself in first person in Srimad Bhagwad Gita. This enunciates a universal 'law of conservation' arising from our true existence.

We may appear to exist in different apparent forms for different apparent purposes at different phases of time and space only, to perform a prescribed duty as per will of God. An analogy is different duties/jobs performed by different forms of my cells - nerve, heart, skin, kidney, etc are all a service to my whole body which, now represents me and yet, eternally represents Me.

The only way to cut out the illusion/maya separating He, You and Me is to keep uttering in mind all the time 'He and me are ONE eternal Truth' explains God to a devotee which, in His OWN words is the greatest mantra "OM Tat Sat"!

Whether this universe exists in present expanded version or contracts into a smallest speck ('God particle'), it does not really matter. Like, computor game of a child is solely for his entertainment - creation(birth), maintenace(life) and destruction(death) cannot end our eternal reality. Broaden the chest by taking long breath telling the mind "Om tat Sat" and relax letting out the breath for ease thanking God to have given us a chance to entertain Him. God has only one job:  keep His word and play with us again and again.

Memorable family visit to Miami beach, Florida, USA, June 2012.

 

HOW GOD PROTECTS?

'My true devotee shall not perish' declares God in Srimad Bhagwad Gita. In the great war of Maha Bhartha, only five Pandavs - Yudhishtar, Bheem, Arjun, Nakul and Sehdev - survived because, they remained attached to Truth, through thick and thin of life.

Prior to Maha Bharatha times, another great devotee of God too, miraculously survived innumerable attempts on his life made with weapons, snakes, immersion in water, magic spells, burning in fire, etc. Posterity immortalized this devotee's survival by celebrating the festival of colours - Holi - eversince, for over 5000 years. Devotee Prhalaad's love for Lord Vishnu made him indestructible then and gave him permanence in highest admiration of this world - for all times. Bhakt Prahlaad loved Lord Vishnu from core of his heart and always remembered Him as 'ONE in all and ALL-in-one' or 'God is present in everything and everything is present in God' by constantly repeating in his mind the mantra "Omn namho Bhagwateh Vaasudevaai". HAPPY HOLI!

SMART PSYCHE

The day all our dreams are fulfilled, we evolve into a higher stage of existence with a brand-new set of dreams.

Arrogance plays, when one fails to see one's own-self in the person(s) in front.

It is extremely difficult to tread the right path as, it cuts the way of enumerable wrong-doers.

It is safer to temporarily retract one's wonderful smile if its makes one's peers jealously wonder the reason d'etre, in the best interest of peace in one's circle ('Run-chhor' or exit of battle-field - a strategy taught by Lord Krishna).

If one becomes a selfless warrior for Truth, all problems simply touch and leave. 'My devotee shall not perish' declares God in Gita.

Action/prayer/yajna for welfare of all is a godly act; for own welfare without harming others is humanly; but, harming others is demonic.

Ignorance of eternal Bliss may give rise to infinite possibilities of being happy, happier and happiest - all an illusion of mind or maya.

We eventually tend to become what we admire; real smartness thus lies in admiring perfection/God (derives Gita).

Our selfishness is the only shadow on our enlightenment. Just cut it and realize Truth.

The moment one becomes a detached observer of one's instinctive desires, true wisdom prevails (derives Gita).

Easiest way to surrender one's ego is to fall in love with Perfection/God by directed practice in thought, word and action - recommends Gita.

All creations in this universe are actually searching for their Creator in wild chase of happiness and, eventually vanish into Him upon encounter - Bliss (derives Gita).

GOD'S REACTION TO OUR GREED

How God protects His true devotees and also does the best for them in this world and in the next?
A true devotee of God - he who loves Him in thought, word and action, examplified as Prahlaad, Dhruva, Jesus, Mohammad, Meera, Kabir or more - normally becomes an eye-sore of peers' hurt-ego because of the highly-coveted state of internal contentment of mind of such devotees. Almost all of them leave a permanent legacy on earth with huge following in posterity (the best on earth).

An ancient example is that of a virtuous king in South India, namely, Bali - grandson of God's great-devotee, Prahlaad. King Bali was advised by his Guru - ShukrAcharya - to do 100 yajnas to get blessings of Lord Shiva to become ruler of the whole earth. In order to correct Bali's earthly-greed to enlarge his kingdom's territory, Param-Brahm-Parmeshwar (God Almighty), appeared to King Bali as a Dwarf - Vaaman Incarnation - and begged for three steps of Bali's kingdom for doing a yajna. King Bali ridiculed the beggar for such a small demand and arrogantly granted Him His wish. Upon this, the Dwarf (Vaaman) increased His size and stepped across the whole of earth. In step-2, He extended his leap to cover the whole of the universe. This beggar then turned into Lord Vishnu and asked the king Bali as to where should He put His step-3, because nothing remained in God's whole creation. At this stage, king Bali immediately realized his folly of succumbing to his insatiable greed and desire to conquer the earth and finally, he offered to surrender his ego of mind by requesting Lord Vishnu to put His foot on his head. Lord Vishnu did exactly that and granted king Bali Bliss/Nirvaan. Posterity on earth still continues to fondly remember this great devotee-king as a role-model of total surrender to God and set up a tradition of celebrating ONAM in Bali's name, even thousands of years after.

CAUTION en route BLISS

God is our first and last Love with mind playing as a kaleidoscopic illusion. Caution is not to go astray, by intently observing own behaviour - the sole purpose of meditation/dhyan.

Acquisition of un-ending knowledge is not the aim of life - mental regurgitation of aquired knowledge blitzes realization - the sole purpose of knowledge.

Remember: pursuing any kind of rat-race with peers can make anyone lose the whole purpose of duty.

Selfishness is the biggest hurdle against achieving our real worth. It is like mouth insisting to keep all food to itself and not sharing with other parts of body - one's RealSelf. Beauty lies in how selflessly, one performs one's own duty - no matter what?

In case, one stays attached to the present - one chooses to block one's future to hang on as a fossil.

Indulgence in materialistic life is mostly a gain-in-pain.

Beyond all religions and sciences lies the REAL cause of all causes-and-effects. Art of living lies in tearing away illusion of kaleidoscopic mind and hug your True-Self, smililng in Eternal Bliss - derives Bhagwad Gita.

BEAUTY OF DUTY

Beauty inspires us to perpetuate, but Truth makes us eternal.

Love is the sole bond of life; once it becomes selfless and universal - one discovers the Real Self -- One-in-all and All-in-One.

Matter gives us body and energy gives us capacity to perform our duty. Wisdom inspires us to perform with humility.

There is more learning in series of efforts to success than in series of clinched successes.

Like i can relate with love and care to all trillions of different cells of my body, we may try to relate to all billions of humans and other living beings likewise and realize our one-ness ('Vasudev kutumbkam').

There may exist infinite possibilities of growth to chase happiness but, there is just one way to achieve eternal Bliss and that is total surrender to Absolute, advises Gita.