MOST IMPORTANT THING AND PREREQUISITE:
===> BE PEACEFUL (before god, truth, spirituality and anything)
Everything comes after peace => contentment, enthusiasm, creativity.
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- Problems when small irritate you(like a particle in eye). Make problems bigger so that they become rock and then avoid them(like a rock) and walk past from the side(finding other way).
Mine:
- Logic is sequentially connected and coherent.
- We make goals because we want people to inquire and be curious and motivated
working towards goal. But when working...then drop the goal and focus on the path
and accept events as they come and then react on the fly.
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- Listen to your inner voice even if it contradicts peoples opinion(or what one hear). Inner voice will make right choice for a context. Opinion may be not be applicable for every context and situation. If you cannot listen to your inner voice then meditate, be relaxed. I think cause of my heartburn/frustration that I am not listening to my inner voice or it is just not coming or it's not clear. Relax and keep asking yourself.
- can we change property of iron to rust or become opaque? rose plant to flower as lily? But human mind/people also have their property but they can change because they have minds. One can change by influencing their minds(a slow process but possible) => culture, their environment and their response system to society.
- live life happily and let go of things
There is a choice to not do it too but that will keep heart heavy, face sad and
moments miserable.
- Lack of initiative from others: this thought style does take away frustration feeling and makes one take initiative.
Art of living:
Destiny is decided at birth. Then why should we anything?
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Sri Sri: To improve yourself is also a part of destiny. World is a combination of destiny and Karma. Some things can be changed, some things cannot be changed.
Be like a small baby. What has a baby achieved? It is so completely dependent, yet it smiles doesn't it?!
Mistakes only happen when there is lack of awareness. Work on increasing your awareness.
(Guruji asked how many people wanted to sing or talk - then he asked to check
which of our nostrils were active - "If your right nostril is active then you
can understand me very well right now." He continued - "You can tell so much
from the breath - if the left nostril is active - it means you are thirsty - if
Right nostril is active then digestion is happening - if both are active - then
you are ready for meditation)
To be unethical is that which gives you short-term joy and in the longer period and makes you miserable. Right ethics is that which though you have to hold your breath for a short period of time, would bring long- term success and enable you to enjoy the sustainable development.
There are three kinds of people who do not listen – the stressed, the unhappy, and the deaf.
Thoughts simply arise---but you choose to act or not act. This is what awareness brings in you. If you are not aware, you simply act on the strongest impulse or strongest thought.
If you are upset, you don't say, "Ok, tomorrow, I'll get upset. Today let me not get upset." But anything good, anything that is uplifting the Self, we have a tendency to postpone: "I'll do it tomorrow, later on, another time."
Your own concepts have created "walls" and so you need a "door." But when there are no concepts, there are no walls.
Goal is to clear any impressions on your mind.
The sattvic intellect is one that just does the job joyfully and is unmindful of the results. Let things happen or not happen---either way they don't lose their enthusiasm.
You can spend the whole life worrying, grumbling, brooding over things and being miserable, or the same energy could be used to uplift you to unimaginable heights.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Whatever you give importance to brings misery or happiness
Whatever thing you give importance to in your life is the cause of happiness or misery. For e.g. you give importance to respect in your life. You entire life will be centered around it. You will do those actions by which you will get respect. You will be unhappy when you do not get the respect.
So if you feel you are giving too much importance to something just use the three point program to get over it.
The three point program is :-
> Take a deep breath in
> Remember your connection with Guruji
> Take a deep breath out and let go of what is troubling you
Use the three point program to get rid of the thoughts and emotions that are troubling you. The three point program is useful in bringing you from a negative state of mind to a neutral state of mind. But to go from the neutral state of mind to a positive state of mind you need something else. This something else is enthusiasm, responsibility and love. Whatever thing you do with enthusiasm, the quality of whatever action you are doing becomes more profound, more intense.
The highest form of seva is to bring someone on the path of knowledge.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
26 May 2008
Career is not a convenience so commitment is not necessary towards a person or company. Commitment is necessary towards mission/vision/goal to fulfill it.
I feel secured and have job convenience. Put me into comfort zone. Hence my current decisions find their commitment to comfort and convenience.
I may be happy(state of mind) but not satisfied.
I feel secured and have job convenience. Put me into comfort zone. Hence my current decisions find their commitment to comfort and convenience.
I may be happy(state of mind) but not satisfied.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Random questions and thoughts
Star signs Astrology - Does it help?
I think of astrology as an indicator about tendencies of a person - both positive and negative. I have observed sun-signs predictions to be pretty close.
Astrology does not define(because life has given us freedom to use our will and intelligence to change our direction).
I believe Goal of astrology - brings about awareness in you(knowing yourself). example it says scorpio are intense and aries impulsive.
Keyword above is awareness and my belief formed by listening to some wise people is goal of life is to be happy and full of love. That only happens when one is balanced,calm and centered. Feels true. And hence awareness about oneself is necessary. So if one is impulsive, some thoughtful activities need to be engaged for him/her.
Have you experienced if you know about something and is in at the back of your head, that awareness/knowing automatically will tend to do the opposite effect. I think most of us get this awareness from our experiences(good or bad).
Hence next time when a moment arrives which requires aries person to be more thoughtful OR requires scorpio person to be relaxed, awareness will just make it happen and brings best out of us.
I think of astrology as an indicator about tendencies of a person - both positive and negative. I have observed sun-signs predictions to be pretty close.
Astrology does not define(because life has given us freedom to use our will and intelligence to change our direction).
I believe Goal of astrology - brings about awareness in you(knowing yourself). example it says scorpio are intense and aries impulsive.
Keyword above is awareness and my belief formed by listening to some wise people is goal of life is to be happy and full of love. That only happens when one is balanced,calm and centered. Feels true. And hence awareness about oneself is necessary. So if one is impulsive, some thoughtful activities need to be engaged for him/her.
Have you experienced if you know about something and is in at the back of your head, that awareness/knowing automatically will tend to do the opposite effect. I think most of us get this awareness from our experiences(good or bad).
Hence next time when a moment arrives which requires aries person to be more thoughtful OR requires scorpio person to be relaxed, awareness will just make it happen and brings best out of us.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Good Blogs
Guy who started Zoho. Hired poor but smart people form high school(and saved costs).
Trained them in web technology and built a 40$ million revenue generating company.
http://blogs.adventnet.com/svembu/
Interesting personality: http://sramanamitra.com/bio/
entrepreneur and a strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Good network and technology
http://indianeconomy.org/
How to pick a license
http://java.net/choose_license.csp
http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~abraham/rants/license.html
http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting/browse_thread/thread/4c0bf709d1b31929
Philosophy/Quotes:
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Confucius/
Trained them in web technology and built a 40$ million revenue generating company.
http://blogs.adventnet.com/svembu/
Interesting personality: http://sramanamitra.com/bio/
entrepreneur and a strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Good network and technology
http://indianeconomy.org/
How to pick a license
http://java.net/choose_license.csp
http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~abraham/rants/license.html
http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting/browse_thread/thread/4c0bf709d1b31929
Philosophy/Quotes:
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Confucius/
Friday, December 14, 2007
art of living - Sri Sri's thoughts
Q & A's
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Q. I no longer understand the role of human beings. Are we given human
will for a purpose to will something? When do we use God's will to do
something?
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Sri Sri : This is a question about "what is free will & what is
destiny"? Right? God's will & human will, right? Now, what is a "will"? It
is a thought, right? When your thought is in alliance with what is happening-whatsoeve r is happening-you call it free will. When your
thought is in opposition with whatever is happening, you call it destiny.Big
volumes have been written on free will and destiny. Free will and destiny
-it is very simple. One is whatever is happening: another is your thought
process When they are in alliance, you call it free will. "Oh! I have this,
I willed this," The thought comes to you-free will. When your nervous system is clear, the thoughts that come are intuitive thoughts. Intuitive thoughts are those which are in alignment with whatever is happening. So you call that free will. Whether you have absolute free will or absolute destiny it is the same.
2. Are you saying that you don't create what happens? What happens
just happens, and you are just observing life? Or you still have the
opportunity or the ability to create what happens in your life?
------------ --------- ---------
Sri Sri: no, when I say observe, I don't mean that you should be
inactive. Whatever is happening let it happen. If tea has come don't think, "let it go into my mouth, let the cup rise up." It is not like that-no, no-it is not being lazy this has been wrongly understood in the east, in India, and in many other countries and culture. It been wrongly understood that not doing means "your destiny", or abstaining from action. It is observation; observation is not abstaining from action. You still do, you still create.Now you want do something, create something, and a thought comes. Did you make some effort to think a new thought? Can you think something that you don't know? It is not possible. A new thought or any discovery just arises spontaneously from somewhere unknown. You don't know from where it comes.All scientific discoveries have come from some level of consciousness, and even scientist doesn't know how it has arisen. Do you see that? You simply sit and relax. You may watch the sunset, the trees, the birds, the seas or the ocean, and one creative thought pops up in the mind, and you work on that. You are ready to jump into action with that thought.
3. Are there accidental things in life?
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Sri Sri : Accidental things. Suddenly something happens without cause
or reason. If you see it from a wide angle lens then every happening has a cause. Cause and effect is a law. Something may appear to be accidental, but in the bigger picture, everything has a cause and effect.
4. And destiny?
------------ --------- ---------
Sri Sri :Yes, Destiny. All cause and effect.
5. Is there a stronger law than cause and effect?
------------ --------- ---------
Sri Sri : What is stronger than cause and effect is the self, which
is beyond cause and beyond effect. It is the energy, it is the self.
(Someone calls out "LOVE"). Love, exactly. Or knowledge. You call it Knowledge, you call it, and you call it Guru. It's the same.
Q: Why do elders say that we should not cut nails or hairs in the night?
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Sri Sri: In ancient times, there was no electricity. So how would you
find the nail or hair if you cut them in the night and also they wanted a
holiday for the barber. [laughter]
Q: What is the difference between the self, the mind,and thoughts?
------------ --------- ---------
Sri Sri: The self is the ocean, the mind is the wave, and the
thoughtsare the sparkles on the wave.
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Effortless= Meditation
Hmmmmmm.... what else? So much is happening, has happened, will happen...and all there is is right NOW. Is it all a dream? Can't we all
just relax and be happy? Yes! We can! And you are just stuck on temporary stuff if you think otherwise. Notice that which is unchanging in yourself and be with that. That is called meditation! Or listen to something one art of living teacher, Philip, said:
"We gain so much from our efforts in life, yet there are somethings
thht effort cannot accomplish. Meditating is the delicate art of doing
nothing - letting go of everything and being who you are. It allows the conscious mind to settle deeply into itself; and when the mind settles down, it lets go of all tension and stress and centres itself in the present moment. Regular practice of meditation, once or twice a day can totally transform the quality of you life." -Sri Sri
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jai gurudev.
* Work hard or take it easy.
"Life is utterly simple and yet most complex. You have to simultaneously attend to both facets of life. When life appears most complex, turn to the simplicity. Simplicity brings peace. When you are peaceful, attend to the complexity within you. That will make you more skillful.
"If you are only with simplicity, it makes you lazy and dull. Being only with complexity makes you angry and frustrated. The intelligent ones balance them and rejoice in both. If you look only to simplicity, growth is not there. Looking only at the complexity, there is no life at all. All that you need is a skillful balance. If you recognize both simplicity and complexity of life, you’ll be skillfully peaceful!
"Colors are the complexity of life. White is the simplicity. When your heart is pure, your life becomes so colorful."
* Words -
If you manipulate words, it is a lie. If you play on words, it is a joke. If you rely on words, it is ignorance. If you transcend words, it is wisdom.
* "When you feel time is too short, you are either restless or in expanded awareness. When you feel time is too long, you are miserable or keen-minded. When you are happy and love what you are doing, you simply don't feel the time. Also, in sleep you don't feel the time.
"In deep meditation, you are the time and everything is happening in you. Events are happening in you like the clouds come and go in the sky.
"When you are ahead of time, it is dragging and boring. When the time is ahead of you, then you are surprised and shocked. You cannot digest the events.
"When you are with the time, you are wise and at peace."
*
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Compassion and Karma
There are two types of compassion. One is the compassion of the wise, one is that of the ignorant.
An ignorant person's compassion is on the fruit of an action whereas a wise person's compassion is towards the non-availability of knowledge. Compassion for suffering shows ignorance. Suffering comes because of karma, and if you believe in karma, where is compassion? One reaps the fruit of one's actions.
If a judge has compassion for all the offenders then the jails will be empty. At the same time, are the judges cruel to the offenders? No; the judges' compassion is for the non-availability of knowledge, not for the suffering of the criminals. It is their karma.
Often people think compassion is an act, an action. Know that compassion is your very nature. Then you will see that karma and compassion are not contradictory but complement each other.
Suppose two people come to a hospital. One is suffering from starvation, the other is ill from overeating. What type of compassion should the doctor have towards each of them? This is a riddle for you to solve!
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Ask yourself this question: Do you seek harmony in every situation or do you seek to widen the differences and prove your righteousness?
When your survival is at stake, you don't complain that nobody loves you. When you are safe and secure you start demanding attention. Many people create conflict in order to get attention.
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ONLY SPEAK KNOWLEDGE
Only speak Knowledge. Don't repeat anything that someone tells you or opinions about anyone that someone states -- "That so-and-so said such-and-such about you." If someone comes to tell you such things, discourage them. Don't believe it.
If someone blames you directly, know that they are taking away your bad karma and let it go. Don't believe in it, and if you're one of the Guru's close ones, you will take all of the blame of the world with a smile.
Conflict is the nature of the world; comfort is the nature of the self. Amidst the conflict seek the comfort.
When you are bored with the comfort, get into the games of the world. When you are tired of the games of the world, get into the comforts of the Self. If you are one of the Guru's close ones, you do both simultaneously. Trying to end conflict prolongs it. Face the conflict by seeking the comfort of the Self.
God is alive in the world and has been putting up with all the ongoing conflicts throughout the ages. If God can put up with all the conflicts, you can too. The moment you agree to be with the conflict, the conflict disappears.
People who love peace do not want to fight, and those who fight do not love peace. Those who want peace want to run away. What is needed here is to be peaceful within and then fight. The whole message of the Gita is to be peaceful yourself and then fight. Krishna tells Arjuna to fight but be in peace at the same time. Does this ring a bell?
In the world, you resolve one conflict and another one comes up. For example, Russia is solved and then Bosnia arises. You make one better, and then another starts up. Your body gets a cold, then you get better; then your back hurts, then it gets better. Your body gets better, and then the mind goes. The world runs like this, isn't it?
Without any intention, misunderstandings happen. It's not up to you to try to resolve them. Ignore them and be alive.
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Vikas Prabhu : With salutes to His Holiness. I believe that God controls everything that happens in this world. Even a leaf cannot shake without HIS consent. In that case, all the hatred and aggression that is prevanlent in today's world should be a handiwork of the almighty himself. Can you please tell me why he first creates such a wonderful world and beautiful creatures and then puts flaws in them? If he wanted us to fight and kill each other, why did he create us in the first place? Did he purposely make this happen or has the world gone out of his control? If this is the way he wanted it to happen, then should we make an attempt to change it?
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar : Agreed that god controls everything that happens in this world. When you think god controls everything, then you get into theological mess. God is a field in which everything is happening. And even a question that comes into your mind, is coming from the same area. The instinct to do good is also from there. The whole universe is played and displayed on consciousness. The doctor is divine, the patient is also divine. The teacher is divine, student is also divine. They are part of the character. You need to understand quantum physics in order to understand this riddle.
A mere attempt to change the world, is also god's attempt. God is also changing thru you.
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Joseph Dominic : How would you define good and evil and what is the reference point for these?
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar : Good is that which brings goodness to you and everybody; bad is that which makes you miserable. Long-term goodness brings you long-term happiness. That which brings you short term joy and long term sorrow is not good
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You say you are responsible for your actions and inactions. But in the bowing down process you say not we but the angels are responsible for everything
Sri Sri: Both are true. Truth is complicated. It is spherical like the earth. Things can begin at every point and end in every point Divine is Anadi (beginingless) & Ananth (endless).
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=====
Q. I no longer understand the role of human beings. Are we given human
will for a purpose to will something? When do we use God's will to do
something?
------------ --------- ---------
Sri Sri : This is a question about "what is free will & what is
destiny"? Right? God's will & human will, right? Now, what is a "will"? It
is a thought, right? When your thought is in alliance with what is happening-whatsoeve r is happening-you call it free will. When your
thought is in opposition with whatever is happening, you call it destiny.Big
volumes have been written on free will and destiny. Free will and destiny
-it is very simple. One is whatever is happening: another is your thought
process When they are in alliance, you call it free will. "Oh! I have this,
I willed this," The thought comes to you-free will. When your nervous system is clear, the thoughts that come are intuitive thoughts. Intuitive thoughts are those which are in alignment with whatever is happening. So you call that free will. Whether you have absolute free will or absolute destiny it is the same.
2. Are you saying that you don't create what happens? What happens
just happens, and you are just observing life? Or you still have the
opportunity or the ability to create what happens in your life?
------------ --------- ---------
Sri Sri: no, when I say observe, I don't mean that you should be
inactive. Whatever is happening let it happen. If tea has come don't think, "let it go into my mouth, let the cup rise up." It is not like that-no, no-it is not being lazy this has been wrongly understood in the east, in India, and in many other countries and culture. It been wrongly understood that not doing means "your destiny", or abstaining from action. It is observation; observation is not abstaining from action. You still do, you still create.Now you want do something, create something, and a thought comes. Did you make some effort to think a new thought? Can you think something that you don't know? It is not possible. A new thought or any discovery just arises spontaneously from somewhere unknown. You don't know from where it comes.All scientific discoveries have come from some level of consciousness, and even scientist doesn't know how it has arisen. Do you see that? You simply sit and relax. You may watch the sunset, the trees, the birds, the seas or the ocean, and one creative thought pops up in the mind, and you work on that. You are ready to jump into action with that thought.
3. Are there accidental things in life?
------------ --------- ---------
Sri Sri : Accidental things. Suddenly something happens without cause
or reason. If you see it from a wide angle lens then every happening has a cause. Cause and effect is a law. Something may appear to be accidental, but in the bigger picture, everything has a cause and effect.
4. And destiny?
------------ --------- ---------
Sri Sri :Yes, Destiny. All cause and effect.
5. Is there a stronger law than cause and effect?
------------ --------- ---------
Sri Sri : What is stronger than cause and effect is the self, which
is beyond cause and beyond effect. It is the energy, it is the self.
(Someone calls out "LOVE"). Love, exactly. Or knowledge. You call it Knowledge, you call it, and you call it Guru. It's the same.
Q: Why do elders say that we should not cut nails or hairs in the night?
------------ --------- ---------
Sri Sri: In ancient times, there was no electricity. So how would you
find the nail or hair if you cut them in the night and also they wanted a
holiday for the barber. [laughter]
Q: What is the difference between the self, the mind,and thoughts?
------------ --------- ---------
Sri Sri: The self is the ocean, the mind is the wave, and the
thoughtsare the sparkles on the wave.
---------
Effortless= Meditation
Hmmmmmm.... what else? So much is happening, has happened, will happen...and all there is is right NOW. Is it all a dream? Can't we all
just relax and be happy? Yes! We can! And you are just stuck on temporary stuff if you think otherwise. Notice that which is unchanging in yourself and be with that. That is called meditation! Or listen to something one art of living teacher, Philip, said:
"We gain so much from our efforts in life, yet there are somethings
thht effort cannot accomplish. Meditating is the delicate art of doing
nothing - letting go of everything and being who you are. It allows the conscious mind to settle deeply into itself; and when the mind settles down, it lets go of all tension and stress and centres itself in the present moment. Regular practice of meditation, once or twice a day can totally transform the quality of you life." -Sri Sri
=======
jai gurudev.
* Work hard or take it easy.
"Life is utterly simple and yet most complex. You have to simultaneously attend to both facets of life. When life appears most complex, turn to the simplicity. Simplicity brings peace. When you are peaceful, attend to the complexity within you. That will make you more skillful.
"If you are only with simplicity, it makes you lazy and dull. Being only with complexity makes you angry and frustrated. The intelligent ones balance them and rejoice in both. If you look only to simplicity, growth is not there. Looking only at the complexity, there is no life at all. All that you need is a skillful balance. If you recognize both simplicity and complexity of life, you’ll be skillfully peaceful!
"Colors are the complexity of life. White is the simplicity. When your heart is pure, your life becomes so colorful."
* Words -
If you manipulate words, it is a lie. If you play on words, it is a joke. If you rely on words, it is ignorance. If you transcend words, it is wisdom.
* "When you feel time is too short, you are either restless or in expanded awareness. When you feel time is too long, you are miserable or keen-minded. When you are happy and love what you are doing, you simply don't feel the time. Also, in sleep you don't feel the time.
"In deep meditation, you are the time and everything is happening in you. Events are happening in you like the clouds come and go in the sky.
"When you are ahead of time, it is dragging and boring. When the time is ahead of you, then you are surprised and shocked. You cannot digest the events.
"When you are with the time, you are wise and at peace."
*
When people consider the past as free will they are filled with remorse and regret.
When they consider the future as destiny, lethargy and inertia set in.
A wise person considers the past as destiny and the future as free will.
When you consider the past as destiny, no more questions are raised and the mind is at ease.
And when you consider the future as free will you are filled with enthusiasm and dynamism.
Of course there will be some uncertainty when you consider the future as free will, and some anxiety, but it can also bring alertness and creativity.
Consider the past as destiny, the future as free will and the present moment as Divinity.
* When you want to do some service, the mind goes, "Oh, its all Maya, anyway everything is an illusion. Its all just happening. Things will happen when the time comes!"
In this way Knowledge gets misused and is quoted out of context to suit ones convenience or laziness. In the name of dispassion do not lose that spark of enthusiasm and interest. Using Knowledge like this you miss out a lot.
Keep the fire of longing for the Divine and service to the society alive. Dispassion here would be detrimental.
*
One with wisdom feels at home with the disgruntled as well as the happy, foolish and intelligent. Similarly, people with all these tendencies also feel at home with the wise.
Just turn around and look at what goes on in your group - are you grateful or grumbling? Take responsibility to uplift the people around you. That is Satsang, not just singing and leaving.
The wise person is like the sky where all birds can fly.
*e alert whatever you are doing. If you are 100 percent alert that is also meditation. But that shouldn’t become an excuse not to meditate. Meditation brings deep relaxation, and that brings creativity.
Only one who is 100 percent in doing can recognize the happening.
The healthiest way to apply this knowledge is to see the whole past as happening and the present as doing. If you see the past as doing, then ego and regret come along. And when you see the present as happening, then laziness and unawareness set in. If you apply the doing for the future, it brings tension and worry. If you apply the happening for the future, it might bring some confidence and also lethargy.
Let the happening be for the past. Let the doing be for the present. And the future is a mix of both.
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Compassion and Karma
There are two types of compassion. One is the compassion of the wise, one is that of the ignorant.
An ignorant person's compassion is on the fruit of an action whereas a wise person's compassion is towards the non-availability of knowledge. Compassion for suffering shows ignorance. Suffering comes because of karma, and if you believe in karma, where is compassion? One reaps the fruit of one's actions.
If a judge has compassion for all the offenders then the jails will be empty. At the same time, are the judges cruel to the offenders? No; the judges' compassion is for the non-availability of knowledge, not for the suffering of the criminals. It is their karma.
Often people think compassion is an act, an action. Know that compassion is your very nature. Then you will see that karma and compassion are not contradictory but complement each other.
Suppose two people come to a hospital. One is suffering from starvation, the other is ill from overeating. What type of compassion should the doctor have towards each of them? This is a riddle for you to solve!
========================
Ask yourself this question: Do you seek harmony in every situation or do you seek to widen the differences and prove your righteousness?
When your survival is at stake, you don't complain that nobody loves you. When you are safe and secure you start demanding attention. Many people create conflict in order to get attention.
=========
ONLY SPEAK KNOWLEDGE
Only speak Knowledge. Don't repeat anything that someone tells you or opinions about anyone that someone states -- "That so-and-so said such-and-such about you." If someone comes to tell you such things, discourage them. Don't believe it.
If someone blames you directly, know that they are taking away your bad karma and let it go. Don't believe in it, and if you're one of the Guru's close ones, you will take all of the blame of the world with a smile.
Conflict is the nature of the world; comfort is the nature of the self. Amidst the conflict seek the comfort.
When you are bored with the comfort, get into the games of the world. When you are tired of the games of the world, get into the comforts of the Self. If you are one of the Guru's close ones, you do both simultaneously. Trying to end conflict prolongs it. Face the conflict by seeking the comfort of the Self.
God is alive in the world and has been putting up with all the ongoing conflicts throughout the ages. If God can put up with all the conflicts, you can too. The moment you agree to be with the conflict, the conflict disappears.
People who love peace do not want to fight, and those who fight do not love peace. Those who want peace want to run away. What is needed here is to be peaceful within and then fight. The whole message of the Gita is to be peaceful yourself and then fight. Krishna tells Arjuna to fight but be in peace at the same time. Does this ring a bell?
In the world, you resolve one conflict and another one comes up. For example, Russia is solved and then Bosnia arises. You make one better, and then another starts up. Your body gets a cold, then you get better; then your back hurts, then it gets better. Your body gets better, and then the mind goes. The world runs like this, isn't it?
Without any intention, misunderstandings happen. It's not up to you to try to resolve them. Ignore them and be alive.
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Vikas Prabhu : With salutes to His Holiness. I believe that God controls everything that happens in this world. Even a leaf cannot shake without HIS consent. In that case, all the hatred and aggression that is prevanlent in today's world should be a handiwork of the almighty himself. Can you please tell me why he first creates such a wonderful world and beautiful creatures and then puts flaws in them? If he wanted us to fight and kill each other, why did he create us in the first place? Did he purposely make this happen or has the world gone out of his control? If this is the way he wanted it to happen, then should we make an attempt to change it?
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar : Agreed that god controls everything that happens in this world. When you think god controls everything, then you get into theological mess. God is a field in which everything is happening. And even a question that comes into your mind, is coming from the same area. The instinct to do good is also from there. The whole universe is played and displayed on consciousness. The doctor is divine, the patient is also divine. The teacher is divine, student is also divine. They are part of the character. You need to understand quantum physics in order to understand this riddle.
A mere attempt to change the world, is also god's attempt. God is also changing thru you.
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Joseph Dominic : How would you define good and evil and what is the reference point for these?
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar : Good is that which brings goodness to you and everybody; bad is that which makes you miserable. Long-term goodness brings you long-term happiness. That which brings you short term joy and long term sorrow is not good
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You say you are responsible for your actions and inactions. But in the bowing down process you say not we but the angels are responsible for everything
Sri Sri: Both are true. Truth is complicated. It is spherical like the earth. Things can begin at every point and end in every point Divine is Anadi (beginingless) & Ananth (endless).
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
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