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| Evolution of Love Part 2 |
| Sometimes in the dark of the night, I visit my conscience To see if it is still breathing, For its dying a slow death Every day. When I pay for a meal in a fancy place. An amount which is perhaps the monthly income Of the guard who holds the door open. And quickly I shrug away that thought, It dies a little. When I buy vegetables from the vendor, And his son "chhotu" smilingly weighs the potatoes, Chhotu, a small child, who should be studying at school. I look the other way It dies a little. When I am decked up in a designer dress, A dress that cost a bomb And I see a woman at the crossing, In tatters,trying unsuccessfully to save her dignity. And I immediately roll up my window. It dies a little. When I buy expensive gifts for my children, On return, I see half clad children, With empty stomach and hungry eyes, Selling toys at red light I try to save my conscience by buying some, yet It dies a little. When my sick maid sends her daughter to work, Making her bunk school I know I should tell her to go back. But I look at the loaded sink and dirty dishes, And I tell myself that is just for a couple of days It dies a little. When I hear about a rape or a murder of a child, I feel sad, yet a little thankful that it's not my child. I can not look at myself in the mirror, It dies a little. When people fight over caste creed and religion. I feel hurt and helpless I tell myself that my country is going to the dogs, I blame the corrupt politicians, Absolving myself of all responsibilities It dies a little. When my city is choked. Breathing is dangerous in the smog ridden metropolis, I take my car to work daily , Not taking the metro,not trying car pool. One car won't make a difference, I think It dies a little. So when in the dark of the night, I visit my conscience And find it still breathing I am surprised. For, with my own hands Daily, bit by bit, I kill it, I bury it.. .. Open Prompt: Write a poem over 30 lines, Structured or Free Verse, on the topic of your choosing. Written for "The Whatever Contest."  "The Whatever Contest -- Closed for Now"  Word/Line Count:45 lines |
You will know the extremely intense desire for liberation has awakened when you have dropped all unnecessary activities to create the maximum amount of time for spiritual practice. If you do not do your spiritual practice every day, eventually, sooner or later, your life will become full of suffering. If you do not do your spiritual practice every day, you will experience death, diseases, violence, and thousands of other types of suffering, lifetime after lifetime. If you do your spiritual practice every day, for the maximum amount of time you can create by dropping all unnecessary activities, eventually all forms of suffering will end and you will live in: Infinite-Eternal-Awareness-Love-Bliss. All delays are tricks of the ego. All detours are tricks of the imposter self. All distractions are tricks of the false pretend self. Every thought that leads you away from spiritual practice is a trick created by the imposter. Look at your daily activities and drop all those activities that are not necessary, to create the most time you can create for spiritual practice every day. - Michael Langford Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi: 79 Through a longing for the swarupa that waxes more and more as abundant bliss, infatuation for the false world will slip away. 80 The glory of Self-realization is not experienced except in the hearts of those who are very zealous about sinking into the Self. 81 Those who greatly desire the Self, the state of mere being that transcends all concepts, will not desire anything else. 82 Devotion to the Self, the best of desires, yields the true jnana sight in which all names and forms are names and forms of the Self. 83 If you wholeheartedly desire and realize the truth, that truth itself will liberate you. Verse twenty-seven of Guru Vachaka Kovai contains similar sentiments: Do not be confounded by this worthless samsara that appears as a dream in the deluding [sleep of] ignorance. In a mind that has an intense desire for reality – consciousness, the supreme – it is impossible for the binding mental delusion that arises in the dense darkness of ignorance to remain. |
*When YOUNG,* *I was WORRIED about MY PIMPLES.* *When I am OLD,* *I am WORRIED about MY WRINKLES.* *When I was YOUNG,* *I was WAITING to HOLD HER HAND.* *When OLD,* *I am WAITING for SOMEONE to HOLD MY HAND.* *When YOUNG,* *I wanted my parents to leave me alone* *When I AM OLD* *I am worried to be left alone* *When I was YOUNG,* *I HATED being ADVISED.* *When OLD,* *there is NO ONE around to TALK or ADVISE.* *When YOUNG,* *I ADMIRED BEAUTIFUL THINGS.* *When I am OLD,* *I see BEAUTY in THINGS around ME.* *When I was YOUNG,* *I felt I was ETERNAL.* *When I am OLD,* *I know SOON it will be MY TURN.* *When I was YOUNG,* *I CELEBRATED the MOMENTS.* *When I am OLD,* *I am CHERISHING MY MEMORIES.* *When I was YOUNG,* *I found it DIFFICULT to WAKE UP.* *When OLD,* *I find it DIFFICULT to SLEEP.* *When I was YOUNG,* *I WANTED to be a HEART - THROB.* *When OLD,* *I am WORRIED when will MY HEART STOP.* *At EXTREME STAGES of OUR LIFE,* *WE WORRY but WE DON'T REALIZE,* *LIFE NEEDS to BE EXPERIENCED.* *It DOESN'T MATTER whether YOUNG or OLD. LIFE needs to be LIVED and LIVED WITH LOVE & LOVED ONES on. |
| Don’t take life so seriously. This world is a terrible place, there is no safety here. But what are we to do? We must stop taking life so seriously. Delusion can be overcome by holding steadfastly to one philosophy: everything here is nothing more than God’s motion picture. Don’t make a fuss about anything. Whenever you worry, remember, you are deepening the cosmic delusion within you. It is your own dreams that frighten you. In every form of sense experience you must remind yourself, ‘IT IS A DREAM!’ So don’t be attached to the passing dreams of life. Live for God and God alone. . |
A friend once said to me after having a first darshan from Ma: You are all like fish struggling on her line. Well, that was not a nice comment, but true in a certain sense. I have often thought Ma has thrown a hook into my heart — if I try to get away, it tears painful wounds. If I follow, its pull draws me nearer to her. Suddenly the point is reached when the external senses recognize Ma unchanged and the inner sense sees only the presence of God. Perhaps one can say she awakens the ability to love in people’s hearts with the purpose of turning them towards God. I found this turning caused by her as a revelation within me, a liberation. Fascination freed me from its compulsion. To love becomes a source of inner peace, of joy and hope which is free of fear. Ma is so beautiful because her body is transparent due to the divine light which is the source of all beauty. Years ago I said to her: I am such an extrovert that I cannot see God within myself, but sometimes I see Him in your face. That night I made a note in my diary: During the evening darshan, Ma glanced at me; suddenly her face which had looked tired became radiantly beautiful, irradiated by the inner light. For an hour she sat silent without moving on her couch. No one dared to talk. Each cell of her body vibrated in the joy of a mysterious Presence. Is it allowed to try and interpret such a situation? But perhaps when Ma glanced at me she remembered my remark that morning: Sometimes I see God in your face. And there He was, called by my loving longing to see Him. |
1. Covid only in nose - recovery time is half a day. (Steam inhaling), vitamin C. Usually no fever. Asymptomatic. 2. Covid in throat - sore throat, recovery time 1 day (hot water gargle, warm water to drink, if temp then paracetamol. Vitamin C, Bcomplex. If severe than antibiotic. 3. Covid in lungs- coughing and breathlessness 4 to 5 days. (Vitamin C, B complex, hot water gargle, oximeter, paracetamol, cylinder if severe, lot of liquid required, deep breathing exercise. Stage when to approach hospital : Monitor the oxygen level. If it goes near 93 (normal 98-100) then you need oxygen cylinder. If available at home, then no hospital else admit. *Stay healthy, Stay Safe!* Tata Group has started good initiative, they are providing free doctors consultation online through chats. This facility is started for you so that you need not to go out for doctors and you will be safe at home. Below is the link, I reqest everyone to take benefit of this facility. https://www.tatahealth.com/online-doctor-consultation/general-physician +91 74069 28123: Advice from inside isolation hospitals, we can do at home Medicines that are taken in isolation hospitals ; 1. Vitamin C-1000 2. Vitamin E 3. sitting in the sunshine for 15-20 minutes. 4. Egg meal once .. 5. take a rest / sleep a minimum of 7-8 hours 6. drink 1.5 liters of water daily 7. All meals should be warm (not cold). And that's all we do in the hospital to strengthen the immune system Note that the pH of coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5 Therefore, all we have to do to eliminate the virus is to consume more alkaline foods above the acidity level of the virus. Such as ; Bananas Green lemon - 9.9 pH Yellow Lemon - 8.2 pH Avocado - 15.6 pH * Garlic - 13.2 pH * Mango - 8.7 pH * Tangerine - 8.5 pH * Pineapple - 12.7 pH * Watercress - 22.7 pH * Oranges - 9.2 pH How to know that you are infected with corona virus ? 1. Itchy throat 2. Dry throat 3. Dry cough 4. High temperature 5. Shortness of breath 6. Loss of smell .... And lemon with warm water eliminates the virus at the beginning before reaching the lungs ... Do not keep this information to yourself. Provide it to all. . ♦️ |
| 🦉 . . . It's nice to have an Education . . . Recently i went to Sydney, and went to a restaurant to enjoy pizza, I ordered a *9-inch (diameter) Pizza* 🍕. After a while, the Waiter brought *two 5-inch (diameter) pizzas* And said the 9-inch pizza was *not* available and He was giving me *two 5-inches Pizzas* instead, and that i was getting 1 inch more for free. I said, *Em K* I, politely requested the Waiter to speak to the Shop Owner. Then i gave him the mathematical formula to calculate the area of a circle. Circle Area = *π r²* where i took *π = 3.1412, roughly*, *r* is the *radius* of the circle. And this works out that a *9-inch circle area* = *63.6255 square inches*, while a *5-inch circle area* is *19.6375 square inches* The *two 5-inch circle areas* add up to *39.275 square inches*. I explained to him that even if he gave me three pizzas and I'll still lose-out. How can you say you are giving me an extra inch for free. The Shop Owner was speechless. He finally gave me *four, 5 inch pizzas* 👌🏾 You can never out smart Indian aur woh bhi teacher. |
| Maharaj: My present outlook is without limitation, total freedom. Ultimately one must go beyond knowledge, but the knowledge must come, and knowledge can come by constant meditation. By meditating, the knowledge "I Am" gradually settles down and merges with universal knowledge, and thereby becomes totally free, like the sky, or space. Those who come here with the idea of getting knowledge, even spiritual knowledge, come here as individuals aspiring to get something; that is the real difficulty. The seeker must disappear. When you know your real nature the knowledge "I Am" remains, but that knowledge is unlimited. It is not possible for you to acquire knowledge, you are knowledge. You are what you are seeking. Your true being exists prior to the arising of any concept. Can you, as an object, understand something that existed prior to the arising of a concept? In the absence of consciousness is there any proof of the existence of anything? Consciousness itself is mind, is thought, is all phenomena, all manifestation. Apprehending this is being dead to "I am the body" while alive. This kind of knowledge comes only in a rare case, and is a very elusive kind of knowledge where no effort is necessary; in fact, effort itself is a hindrance. It is intuitive understanding. Questioner: Then should all spiritual disciplines be dropped? M: At the highest level this is so; at the earlier levels you have to do your homework. Those who are able intuitively to grasp this lose their interest in worldly affairs. Having lost it, what will they get? Whatever they have lost, they will have lost as an ordinary person, but what they get in return will be fit for a King. Those who have comprehended and who have reached a certain stage will not ask for anything, but everything will come to them spontaneously. There will be no wish for it; nevertheless, it will be there. This does not happen for an individual — it happens for the universal manifestation, or for the one who has become one with his true nature. For the jnani, only witnessing is taking place. |
| M: What else is there except that touch of "I Am"? Why do you worry about discovering Maya and Brahma and all that? Understand what this principle "I Am" is and you are finished. That "I Am" is in bondage because of concepts. Q: Returning to the relative state: should I go back to the activity in which I was engaged before coming here? M: That person, does it relate to the body, the vital breath, or the "I Am"? Q: The body. M: How are you, the witness of these three entities, concerned? They can carry on the work for thousands of years; in what way are you concerned? The question arose because you are considering the body which will decompose and decay when the vital breath leaves it. You are identifying with and embracing that body. Q: Yes. M: Your nearest relatives, including your wife and son, will not approach that body when it decomposes. Q: That's quite true. M: Having understood, carry on your business. Don't worry. It is said that when Rama wanted to cross over the sea from India to Lanka, the monkeys helped him quite a bit. Therefore he blessed them all with heaven. Those same monkeys have come to enjoy themselves now in the Westem countries. They are enjoying the boon of material and heavenly pleasure that Rama gave. The Rishis who have done a lot of penance with the intention of gaining heaven are also born there and enjoy themselves. Now they have had enough and have started coming here in order to search for Rama again. |
| Sit for 10 mins before a housewife - you will feel life is too difficult. Sit for 10 mins before a drunkard - you will feel life is very easy. Sit for 10 mins before sadhus & sanyasis - you will feel like gifting away everything in charity. Sit for 10 mins before a leader - you will feel all your studies are useless. Sit for 10 mins before traders - you will feel your earnings are too meager. Sit for 10 mins before scientists - you will feel the enormity of your own ignorance. Sit for 10 mins before good teachers - you will feel like wanting to become a student again. Sit for 10 mins before a farmer or a worker - you will feel you are not working hard enough. Sit for 10 mins before a soldier - you will feel your own services & sacrifices are insignificant. Sit for 10 mins before a good friend - you will feel your life is heaven! |
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