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| Evolution of Love Part 2 |
| Ma does not often give orders, and probably only to those who by intuition, discrimination and experience have established in themselves implicit faith in Her in Her unfailing wisdom. But when She does command, obedience without asking for reasons is the only way. Together with the task She sets, Ma transmits the power to carry it out. But often it is not easy to do so. It is a common experience that to obey Ma’s orders quickens intelligence and develops initiative. It requires great vigilance and concentration in fact it is as if ingeniously calculated to draw out to the utmost one’s capacity, courage, forbearance and power of endurance, as well as to bring to the surface one’s weaknesses and shortcomings, so that they may be eradicated. |
Somewhere between “ 10 toffees for 1 rupee” and “1 toffee for 10 rupees”, we grew up! Somewhere between “Ground mai aaja” and “Online aaja”, we grew up! Somewhere between “stealing chocolate from our sister” and “Buying chocolate for her children”, we grew up! Somewhere between “Just five more mins Maa” and “Pressing the snooze button”, we grew up! Somewhere between “Crying out loud just to get what we want” and “Holding our tears when we are broken inside”, we grew up! Somewhere between “I want to grow up” and “I want to be a child again”, we grew up! Somewhere between “Lets meet and plan” and “Lets plan and meet”, we grew up! Somewhere between "Being afraid of our parents" and "Praying for our parents" we finally grew up And as we grew up, we realize; *How silently, our lives have changed.......*😊😊 |
| WHAT CAN I DO TO PROGRESS RAPIDLY ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH? Let your heart be pure (open your heart and allow God to purify you)...🌸 Do not act outwardly what you are not inwardly... Be absolutely honest... as God is complete honesty...🙏 Don't pose as being spiritual, because God is everywhere and cannot be fooled... 🕉 When you are truly spiritual (in a high state of spiritual consciousness) your thoughts, actions and presence will be selfless, natural and spontaneously loving... 🕊 you will not have to try to be or become something... This is more important than mechanically practicing kriya's... ❤ |
| A bank is a broker between the middle class and the rich. The only place where the two meet is in a bank. The middle class brings the money, through saving, and the rich takes it, through borrowing. A middle class person saves the money because they have more money than their thinking capacity. So they keep the money in the bank so they can go and think what to do with the money they saved. On the other side, the rich people come to pick that money, through borrowing, because they have more ideas than the money they have. On a practical side, please show me one billionaire who got rich through saving and I will show you a million Indians who have money saved in the banks and are still renting the houses that the Millionaires and billionaires build through the middle class people savings which the rich borrowed from a bank. |
| The parents of a girl suffering from paralysis approached Mother for a cure, Mother asked the girl to roll on the floor. The girl could not move at all; she could not even turn round. Mother was clipping betel-nuts into tiny pieces for the worship of a deity. A few pieces were thrown at the girl and she was asked to stretch out her hand and catch them. With great difficult she could catch some. After that the family left. At her home the girl was laying in bed. On the following afternoon she heard the rumbling noise of a passing car; she suddenly jumped out of bed and ran towards it. Thereafter she gradually began to move about. One day a carriage was driving along the road across the Ramna grounds. Mother asked me to hire it. She got into it. The coachman enquired, “Where would you go?“ “To your own house”, was Mother’s prompt reply. Without saying a single word, he drove to his home. On arriving there, it was found that an old man was about to die; by his side his relations were weeping. Mother asked me to bring some sweets which were distributed amongst the people present and She came away. We learnt subsequently that the old man had recovered. Mother had other ways as well to give relief to sufferers. She would ask a person in distress to use anything he could lay his hands on, at dusk, shutting his eyes. By using such articles he was found to recover. Sometimes She would ask a patient to eat the food prepared for Her and She would Herself eat the sick-diet intended for him. In cases of fever or serious bowel-complaints, patients following Mother’s directions, ate food not considered beneficial by physicians, with the result that they were restored to their former health in no time. When my son was fifteen or sixteen years old he was suffering from dysentery for about ten or twelve days. Mother came to see him one night. From that night he began to recover but Mother had dysentery for a few days. It has also been found, if any patient was destined not to come round, he would either willfully violate Mother’s directions or fail, by the pressure of circumstances, to follow them. In these cases the final outcome could be foreseen from Mother’s ways. The Hindu shastras enjoin that the results of our past actions in this birth or of those done during our previous births, can only be neutralized by steady good work in this life with the help of Divine Grace; but work that calls forth divine intervention is very difficult to perform, unless some saint out of compassion volunatrily aids such efforts. Mother says,—”As long as you see this objective world, creation exists for you. There is conflict so long as the notions of you and I, happiness and misery, light and darkness, prevail. Consider yourself an integral part of Nature and let there be stress on Nature’s work or on Her Laws of work instead of on your own self as the embodiment of your sense perceptions. Then all your senses will be quiescent and your inner being will gradually awaken; the problem of the self and of creation will be solved. Then all your wants will vanish, the impact of life’s basic urges will gradually wear off like a smoke screen at the first breath of wind, your soul will resume its full glory like the morning sun and the time will arrive for you to fix your eyes upon the Supreme Being. In Mother’s early life, opportunities for Her education were rather meagre, neither did She pay much attention to it. But it was surprising to find that the examiners would ask Her questions from only those topics which She had glanced over beforehand. For this reason She was looked upon as a bright pupil in the class. From Her girlhood She did not, of Her own accord, read any book ;nor did She practice handwriting. Still the groundwork of Her -knowledge appeared to be quite sound. Whatever She studied She could master thoroughly. One day Mother enquired, “What is Italy?“ A few days later an Italian Professor named Tucci came to Mother at Shah-bag. He had come to visit the University of Dhaka He asked a question in English and it was to be translated into Bengali for Her, but before this could be done She gave the proper answer in Sanskrit. We prayed to Her several times to give us a specimen of Her handwriting in Bengali. She said, “I don’t write anything with any purpose in view. When the time comes, you may get it.” Fortunately some 22 years back on the 4th of Ashad, 1337 (Bengali Era), we did receive a specimen. (English translation :—“O thou Supreme Being thou art manifest in all forms—this universe with all created things, wife, husband, father, mother and children, all in one. Man’s mind is clouded by worldly ties. But there is no cause for despair. With purity, unflinching faith and burning eagerness go ahead and you will realise your true Self.” There are many photographs of Mother; their number may be not less than 1,000. But what is surprising is that no two are alike. Sri. Subodh Chandra Dasgupta of Dhaka, and Sri. Shashi Bhushan Dasgupta of Chittagong amongst many other photographers took many snapshots. In October 1926 Shashi Babu came to Dhaka during the Durga Puja celebrations and some of us went to Shah-bag together to take a photograph of Mother early in the morning. On reaching there we found that nobody knew where Mother was. At last we discovered that She lay in a state of samadhi inside a dark room. It had been arranged that Shashi Babu would leave Dhaka the same afternoon. He was therefore very anxious to take a snapshot of Mother that very morning. Pitaji was specially requested to approach Mother for permission. He, himself with my help brought Mother out and seated Her for an exposure and we withdrew from the range of the camera. Mother was still in a state of self-absorption with Her body and limbs slack. Suspecting that She might have moved during the exposures, Shashi Babu used eighteen plates. He then left for Chittagong. Subsequently he wrote to say that of the eighteen plates only the last one produced a good portrait which contained a moon-like ball of light on Her forehead, and what was stranger still, my figure appeared behind Mother’s. An extract from Shashi Babu’s letter written to me long after, is given below. Shashi Babu’s letter ran thus :-“When Mother’s photograph was being taken I loaded six plates at a time and in three shifts eighteen plates were exposed. In the first few plates there were no impressions, only a ball of light covered each plate. The next few plates showed some hazy outlines; it was only on the last plate that the figure of Mother came out in full relief. You were far away beyond the range of the camera and on one side. From there you gave me the signal for giving the exposure. From the very outset I was feeling nervous when taking the exposures, as I had a dim suspicion that things were not all right, which caused me much pain. When the last plate was exposed, I felt a flood of joy filling my heart. At that time I just began to approach Mother’s feet as my only refuge. During those days an incident like the one mentioned above almost overwhelmed me (the letter was dated 5.5.37). When the photograph was received at Dhaka people suspected some trick of the photographer in developing it. |
| This was a crucial day in my life, my father an ex-serviceman and admitted in an emergency state is a multispeciality hospital suspected with brain fever. My father had an echs card ( health insurance card issued to ex-servicemen once they retire from active duty). He is frail with arthritis and glaucoma of eyes with dementia a 79 years old and now admitted 3 days ago with high fever and doctors are reluctant to start the treatment. I was indeed worried as I was the culprit in his losing the echs card in the first place. This happened a year ago and due to troublesome documentation to get a replacement card, I delayed getting a duplicate card made. We deposited 2k dollars on day one and approached the army authorities for duplicate card proceedings, and a surprise awaited us, a critical document that was overlooked 20 years ago when the original card was made became mandatory and there was no way we could get a duplicate card. With desperation, we approached the head of echs card department, and he was a busy person gave us an appointment on the said date. On this date, I had to make an appearance to the court as there was a case. The court started at 10 am and I had an appointment with army official at 12pm. The hospital had exhausted the 2k dollar limit and was demanding and additional 4k dollars or a temporary card with approval from echs clinic doctor for the empanelled hospital. My father was admitted in an empanelled hospital. The challenge I faced was time management as the echs clinic, the hospital my father was admitted and head office of echs was in a distance of 5 miles to each other and the district court was 5 miles away from the hospital. The advocate representing my case was not paid for the previous appearance and today was one of the judgement days. As per the previous 15 hearings, the judge deliberates and gives a new date within a span of 10 mins, as our case by default remained the first case in his itinerary. I reached the court on time and the judge came at 10 am and lo to my surprise the previous days hearing were pending. This rare event happened due to declaration of the holiday at the last moment and previous days case were all deliberated, now the people who missed out on the eve of holidays were not present at 10 am hence the proceedings were going at a rapid pace. There were 80 cases of previous days and following a sequential calling the whole process took 90 mins. My case and subsequent date for final settlement due to non-appearance of the complainant were announced and the advocate could feel that the presence will be a formality on the next hearing. My heart was beating fast as my brother was calling me, again and again, to reach head of echs card by 12 pm and the advocates insistence to clear his lumpsum due, they clashed and I showed the advocate my brothers repeated call and my need to be at a different location in a short passage of time fell in the deaf ears of the advocate and he grabbed my phone and went his way. Now I was perplexed and in desperation took my drivers phone and called my brother about my commitment to reach the head of echs card department, and updated him with my new but temporary number. I told him to reschedule the appointment for 12.30 pm and I was able to reach at 12.30 pm. The official was warm and cooperative and immediately assigned an experienced and technical person to oversee my father submission of duplicate card. As the process was online and critical document was managed and he was able to submit the form successfully. My father's temporary card was made, now I had to rush to the clinic to get it attested by a doctor at the clinic and issued an admission approval form from the clinic by 2.30 pm. The hospital administrator and billing team were in for a shock as they never expected the outcome. They finally accepted the documents by 5 pm and thus dropped the insistence for an additional security deposit. My father remained in best of hands for the next 5 days and bill crossed 4k dollars. Now temporary ECHS card was there to ensure my father gets the best of treatment. |
Some days ago, I came to know a girl on the Internet. Beautiful... After some chat, I felt that we had connected at a deeper level. Yesterday, she asked me to visit her house and said, "My husband is on a business trip, and I'm alone at home." I was very cautious and asked, "Will your husband suddenly come back? She said, "No, but just in case he does, you just say that you are from UrbanClap and that your company sent you to clean the house. And then, clean the glass or something. Anyway, the Pongal festival is coming. My husband won't suspect a thing." Fast forward, I was at her house. And what a big coincidence - Not even minutes in the house, her husband came back! I had to be quiet and pretend to do the cleaning, wiping windows, cleaning the kitchen and the floor. And also tidy the bedrooms and wash the bathrooms. All the while, her husband and her was next to me giving all kinds of ridiculous instructions. When I had finished and was about to leave, her husband asked, 'How much?" Even before I could utter a word, she said, "I have already paid the company." On the way home, I kept thinking about the whole saga. The more I thought about it, the more I felt DAMN cheated 😰... Cleaners are hard to find, beware of the new scam🤪😂🤣 |
| In the course of Her everyday talks in the shape of smiling suggestions and parables, She expresses ideas and thoughts about life and religion, that, if collected, would make a wonderful volume of spiritual treasure. Mother chooses the tiny incidents of everyday life as vehicles for expressing lofty truths and principles of human conduct. That our small social unit is a part and parcel of the great family of mighty worlds, that all beings, dwelling here below are, through all the storm and stress of life, moving onwards in quest of the Infinite Master of creation, are truths that always find expression through Her words, smiles, songs, kirtans, hymns and psalms as well as in all Her sweet ways of life. What She says or does is full of hints for our guidance and is applicable to our conduct both in the worldly and religious life. If we make even one of Her many-sided virtues the ideal of our life, it will be sufficient to lead us to Self-realisation. To those who have a great desire for spiritual uplift, She appears to have put on this physical body for the welfare of man to help him in his struggle for freedom from the miseries and distress that chain him down here for ages. The central theme of all Her words and expressions is this: Life and religion are one. All that you do to maintain your life, your everyday work and playful activities, all your attempts to earn a living, should be done with sincerity, love and devotion, with a firm conviction that maintaining one’s life means virtually perfecting one’s spiritual existence in tune with the universe. To bring about this synthesis, religious culture should be made as natural and easy, as taking our food and drink when we are hungry and thirsty. Mother says,—“With earnestness, love and goodwill do life’s everyday duties and try to elevate yourself higher and higher, step by step. In all human activities let there be a live contact with the Divine and you will not have to leave off anything. Your work will then be done well and you will be on the right track to find the Master. Just as the Mother nourishes her child with all possible care and affection and makes him grow up into a healthy boy and a handsome youth, so you will come to find the subtle touches of the Divine Mother shaping your inner life and making you reach your full height and stature. Whatever work you have to do, do it with a singleness of purpose, with all the simplicity, contentment and joy you are capable of. Thus only will you be able to reap all the best fruits of work. In fullness of time, the dry leaves of life will naturally drop off and new ones will shoot forth.” We have often heard from Mother that when She used to attend to Her household duties She was fully absorbed in the work and had not the slightest thought of Her dress, food or even Her body. She would devote Herself wholly to the tasks assigned to Her and carry out the orders of Her seniors in the family with scrupulous care. Her neighbours would always say,—”This newly married girl lacks usual common sense.’’ Mother says,—”Just as there is a definite time-table for work at the office, school or the shop, so should we set apart for divine contemplation a few minutes out of the twenty-four hours of every day, preferably in the morning and evening. One must form a fixed resolve that this little time shall be dedicated to God throughout life. During this period no worldly activity should be allowed to encroach upon the contemplation of God. A fixed time must be allotted to all the members of the family including the servants. If this practice is continued for long, divine contemplation will became a part of your nature. Once the habit is established, the future course of your life will be made quite easy. You will feel the flow of the mysterious divine grace feeding all your thoughts and actions and giving you new strength. You get a pension or bonus after years of hard work, so that you need no longer earn your livelihood. In the spiritual realm the reward for good, sincere and selfless work is even far greater and can be obtained more easily. “Your earthly pension expires with your life, but the Divine pension continues long, long after death. Those who would amass money, store it up in a hidden chamber of their house, add to this store what they can save from time to time, keep a constant watch over their treasure. So also reserve a little corner of your mind for God and always steal an opportunity to add to your stock in the shape of the invocation of His name or some pious work or Divine thought.” |
| *The Missing Goat, "Goat no 3"... wonderful story, For everyone 😊😊😊🌹 It all started one lazy Sunday afternoon in a small town near Toronto in Canada. Two school-going friends had a crazy idea. They rounded up three goats from the neighborhood and painted the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on their sides. That night they let the goats loose inside their school building. The next morning, when the authorities entered the school, they could smell something was wrong. They soon saw goat droppings on the stairs and near the entrance and realized that some goats had entered the building. A search was immediately launched and very soon, the three goats were found. But the authorities were worried, where was goat No. 3? They spent the rest of the day looking for goat No.3. The school declared classes off for the students for the rest of the day. The teachers, helpers, guards, canteen staffs, boys were all busy looking for the goat No. 3, which, of course, was never found. Simply because it did not exist. Those among us who inspite of having a good life are always feeling a "lack of fulfilment" are actually looking for the elusive, missing, non-existent Goat No.3. Whatever the area of complaint or dissatisfaction, relationship, job-satisfaction, finance, achievements, ...... An absence of something is always larger than the presence of many other things. Let's Stop worrying about goat No.3 n enjoy the life... Life would be so much happier without the worries... And don't let the non existent imaginary goat number 3 waste your time and happiness. Enjoy life with what you have. 🐐🐐 ? 🐐 |
| It is very important to understand the unconscious, not merely to scratch on the surface of the mind and think you have understood yourself. To understand the unconscious as well as the conscious mind, there must be a sense of watchfulness which is spontaneous and not enforced. If you watch a child with condemnation, with criticism, with a sense of comparison, what happens? The child feels it and becomes paralyzed, he freezes in his action. You must have noticed it. Whereas if you begin to play with the child and let him do what he likes, then even though you are there, he feels free to carry on in his own way, and then you can study him Similarly, if the mind watches itself with condemnation, with justification, with a sense of comparison and so on, then the thinking process freezes and your thoughts become still, but that is not stillness- the mind is simply afraid to move. On the other hand, if you watch with the ease of spontaneity, with the ease of familiarity, without any sense of comparing or justifying, then you will see that the totality of your mind begins to uncover itself. You do not have to uncover it, nor does the conscious mind have to uncover the unconscious. The mind will uncover itself, just as the child begins to play in your presence because he has confidence in you. So the unconscious as well as the conscious mind begins to uncover itself if you approach it without any sense of direction, opposition,cor identification, and in that state of awareness, you will find that the mind is learning the content of itself. |
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