Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Re: Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Postby winston » Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:30 am

What is the root-cause for all the pain, sorrow, difficulties and losses we experience today? What can we do to fix them?

Many people say that the world today is afflicted with sorrow, losses and difficulties.

I do not subscribe to this view - indeed, they are just our illusion! In fact, there is no unrest or sorrow in this world.

I just see peace everywhere. When there is peace in our heart, we will be able to witness peace all round.

Unrest, sorrow, anger, and so on, are the reaction, reflection and resound of the state of our inner being.

Sorrows and difficulties, anger and unrest are of our own creation. They are not natural phenomena in the world.

It is lack of love that is responsible for all the differences, arguments and conflicts in the world, especially in the present times.

Love is the foremost quality of a human being. And faith is the basis for that love. In the spelling of the word Love, ‘L’ stands for ‘Lord’. Thus, Love truly originates from the Divine!

- Divine Discourse, Dec 26, 2007.

Develop Love and share it with others. Transform this world into a paradise of Love.

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Re: Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Postby winston » Fri Apr 06, 2018 8:13 am

Why is it important to listen to noble ideas, stories and talks?

The Scriptures are called Sruti because they must be heard with attention.

Listening implants ideas: it inspires you to take stock of your condition, to note your deficiencies and failings, and even your excellences and merits.

The ear has great potentiality to correct, reform and guide.

Dwell on the lives of noble people and the examples they place before you; correct your habits, your outlook, your attitude to the world, to society, and to yourself. That is the path to salvation.

The ear fills the head, the head directs the arm, and the arm acts. So hear good things, do good things and share good things. That gives joy and contentment.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 30, 1965.

See good, be good and do good - this is the way to the Divine.

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Re: Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Postby winston » Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:30 pm

What is the best Spiritual Activity that we must practice in our daily living?

Resolve from this day to see only the good in others, and to develop the good in yourselves. That is the best spiritual endeavour.

Nurturing anger and hatred in the heart, is like carrying a pot with many holes for bringing water.

Discard anger, hate, envy and greed; do it by dwelling always on the Name that summarises and signifies the Glory of the Divine.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 30, 1965.

See good, be good and do good - this is the way to the Divine.

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Re: Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Postby winston » Sun Apr 08, 2018 9:19 pm

What should we do to attain eternal peace and happiness?

You have to give up your pursuit of sensory objects if you seek lasting peace and joy.

Material wealth brings along with it not only joy but grief as well. Accumulation of riches and multiplication of wants, only lead to alternation between joy and grief.

Attachment is the root of both joy and grief; detachment is the saviour. Attachment is death. Non-attachment is liberating.

A millionaire pays income tax with tears in his eyes, while a headmaster joyfully gives up the furniture and laboratory appliances of his school when he is transferred to some other place.

Why? The headmaster knows that he is only the caretaker, not the owner. He is not attached to these articles; he knows that they belong to the government.

So, too, feel that your family, house, property, car, etc. are all the Divine's property and you are just a trustee; be unattached and be ready to give them up without any murmur, at a moment's notice!

- Divine Discourse, Aug 19, 1964.

The spiritual path is the path of detachment, of sense control, of rigorous mind training.

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Re: Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Postby winston » Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:25 am

Why should we think twice before we accumulate things in life and in our minds?

Develop renunciation towards your own needs and wishes. Examine each on the touchstone of essentiality.

When you pile up things in your apartments, you only promote darkness and dust; so also, do not collect and store too many materials in your mind.

Travel light. Have just enough to sustain life and maintain health. The pappu (dish made of lentils) must have only enough uppu (salt) to make it relishing; that is to say, do not spoil the dish by adding too much salt.

Life becomes too difficult to bear if you put too much desire into it. Limit your desires to your capacity and even among them, have only those that will grant lasting joy.

Do not run after fashion and public approval and strain your resources beyond repair. Also, stick to your own dharma and the code of rules that regulate life or the stage you have reached.

- Divine Discourse, Aug 19, 1964.

The basic quality of devotion is the yearning for realizing oneness with the Divine.

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Re: Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Postby winston » Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:55 am

What is the one trait we should try and avoid on the spiritual path?

The worst action you can do is to do the opposite of what you preach. To deny by the hand what you dole out of your mouth! If you cannot act up to your declarations, keep quiet; do not go about advising and advertise yourself as a hypocrite!

Do not preach virtue while decrying it in deed. Righteousness (dharma) is steady and unchanging; it can never decline. Only those who must practice dharma are declining in faith and steadfastness!

Every individual is judged by their practice, never by their precepts that they pour forth eloquently. Ask yourself the question honestly: "What use have I made of the spiritual experience that I have received so far? How much have I benefited?" Introspect!

A seed grows slowly into a huge spreading tree. So too, through tiny acts, soft words, genuine and kind deeds, you must elevate yourself into a Divine Being!

- Divine Discourse, Mar 31, 1965.

An ounce of practice is worth more than a ton of preaching.

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Re: Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Postby winston » Wed Apr 11, 2018 7:44 am

Why is good association so essential for success in the spiritual path?

Seek the company of the good, the seekers, the aspirants, and the detached. Then you will see the light.

Listen to holy discourses and read sacred books. Your effort and the atmosphere of the place - these two will lead you to success.

Attach yourself to the Highest, call it by any name, conceive it in any form. But, remember, without righteousness (Dharma), you cannot attain Divinity.

Learn the means of winning grace and earning purity from those who know - the elders and scholars who have put their learning into practice.

Grace can wipe off the past; good effort, good company and good practices, will ensure happiness in future!

- Divine Discourse, Apr 1, 1965.

Win the Grace of the Divine – and all your accumulated burden will be burnt into ashes in just a moment.

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Re: Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Postby winston » Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:33 am

How should our resolve be, if we wish to be successful in the spiritual path?

Your determination to acquire bliss and peace, should not flicker like the flame of a lamp placed on a gusty window.

You must learn how to attain them from the scriptures composed by saints or from the wise who have won them.

Then you must adhere to the path, however sharp the criticism, and whoever be the one callously condemning it.

Cynical laughter cannot harm the aspirant! Can a storm shake the Himalayan range? Let not your faith in the goal or the road quake before trouble or trial, toil or travail, distress or despair.

They are but passing clouds, casting temporary shadows, hiding for a little time the glory of the sun or moon.

Do not get distracted by doubt or despondency. Build the mansion of your life on four firm pillars: virtue, wealth, desire and liberation, the goals of human effort laid down by the ancient sages, each pillar bound strong and safe with every other.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 23, 1966.

The Divine alone is the giver of life, the guardian of life, and the goal of life.

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Re: Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Postby winston » Fri Apr 13, 2018 8:15 am

What is the easiest way to cure the ‘bondage’, that we knowingly or unknowingly carry in our daily lives?

If there is a boil on the body, you apply ointment on it and cover it with a bandage until it heals. If you do not apply ointment and tie the bandage around this wound, it is likely to become septic and cause great harm later. Now and then you must clean it with pure water, apply ointment again and put on a new bandage.

In the same way, in our life, there is this boil which has come up in our body in the form of 'I'. If you want to really cure this boil of 'I', you will have to wash it every day with the waters of love, apply the ointment of faith on it and tie the bandage of humility around it.

The bandage of humility, the ointment of faith, and the waters of love, will surely cure this disease that erupted with this boil of 'I’.

- Divine Discourse, Feb 17, 1985.

The enemy number one is ego.

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Re: Life 29 (Nov 17 - Aug 18)

Postby winston » Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:27 pm

What is the secret sauce we must prepare to receive sacred rewards?

Today is no different from yesterday. If you do good now, you will reap its benefits in future.

So, sanctify your actions. Remember, immortality is not attained through action, progeny or wealth. It is attained only by sacrifice!

The bliss you get from sacrifice is eternal. It is true wealth and can never diminish!

To acquire such everlasting wealth, invest your time in the contemplation of the Divine. Divinity must pervade all that you see, hear and feel.

Love is the greatest wealth and treasure. Let every action of yours be filled with love. Love begets sacred rewards. Let the whole world be filled with love. Love alone can safeguard countries and make them prosperous.

Live in the constant company of all-pervasive Divinity. Why fear when the Divine is with you, in you and around you? If you have faith, the Divine will protect you wherever you are!

- Divine Discourse, Apr 14, 2001.

If you feel you are a hundred percent dependent on the Divine, He will look after you and save you from harm and injury.

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