Isn't the Universe strange? A positive thing, like Newman's salad dressing profits, is out into the ethos and it changes into something far greater? We never know how our lives will be used to serve the greater good until we venture forth. Paul Newman took the pain of his life and it didn't save his son but it helped many other suffering people. Thanks for giving me something to think about today.
Powerful story! It reminds me that there are still good people in the world. Perhaps we just start by being considerate and tolerant. Thanks for sharing.
I've been really impressed by Melinda Gates' philanthropic work over the years. Both with and without her ex-husband's participation. It seems like she truly believes in giving back and making the world a better place.
In course of conversation Mataji said:
World means that which is in constant flux and thus illusory. This pandal (canopy) in which you are sitting now will not remain to-morrow - therefore it is transitory.
Just as a tree did not exist earlier and will not be in existence much later, thus it is impermanent.
Why do you not aspire towards Truth and Eternity?
According to the doctrine of Vedanta or Advaita, name and form are regarded as illusory.
To think of name and form as separate from That which Is - this indeed is false.
In the case of a living Vigraha (Concrete External Presence as form) there is no transitoriness.
You are true, enlightened, the Atma (Self) beyond all names. You are the Atma Itself, free, Knowledge Itself.
So long as God has existed, Maya is also in existence. But God is beyond Maya- just like the external relationship between water and ice. Exactly as ice is nothing but water, so Nirakara, the Formless and Sakara, God-with-Form are one and the same.
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