GOD - The ultimate truth

God!!! Its a most familiar word near to almost every being in the world. God - this is a very difficult subject to analyse, think, comment, yet easy to reach. The core cause behind our existence, the creator of life, world, the cause of everything in this universe is a supreme, infinite source of energy which always existed as a continuum of consciousness.

To understand God gives an insight to realize ourselves. The vedas declare "Ishavasyamidam Sarvam", "Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma"

Being Yogi.....

"Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam", "Samatvam Yoga Uchyate" - These are the famous definitions of Yoga as given by Lord Sri Krishna in Bhagavadgeetha. Dexterity in action is called Yoga. Its an union of body, mind and intellect to achieve a higher spiritual growth and self realisation. Yoga stresses on having a balanced and equanimous mind at all times.

Who is a Yogi? As the name suggests, one who practice Yoga is a Yogi.

ದೇವರೊಡನೆ ಒಂದು ಕ್ಷಣ !!

ದೇವರೊಡನೆ ಒಂದು ಕ್ಷಣ !!

ಅದೊಂದು ಸಂಜೆ ನಾನು ಕಚೇರಿಯ ಕೆಲಸ ಮುಗಿಸಿ ಮನೆಗೆ ಹಿಂತಿರುಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ನನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಕೆಲವು ಕಠಿಣ ಭಾವನೆಗಳ ಜಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಲುಕಿ ತೊಳಲಾಡುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಬದುಕಿನ ಕಷ್ಟಗಳನ್ನು ಎದುರಿಸುತ್ತ ಸೋತೆನೆಂಬ ಭಯದ ಭಂಗಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶುನ್ಯವನ್ನೇ ದಿಟ್ಟಿಸುತ್ತ ನಿಂತೆ. ಈ ಬದುಕೇ ಸಾಕು, ಇನ್ನು ಜೀವನ ಬೇಡವೆಂಬ ಬೇಸರದಿಂದ ಬೆಂದು ಬಳಲುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ !!

ಆಗ ನನ್ನ ಅಂತರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಧ್ವನಿಯೊಂದು ಕೇಳಿಸತೊಡಗಿತು. ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಮನ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಆಲಿಸಿದೆ. ಆ ಧ್ವನಿ ಹೀಗಿತ್ತು:

"ಅಳಬೇಡ ಮಗು!! ನಾನು ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಜೊತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದೆ, ಇರುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಧೈರ್ಯದಿಂದ ಮುನ್ನುಗು, ಹೆದರಬೇಡ! ನಾನು ಇದ್ದೇನೆ. ನಿನ್ನ ಎಲ್ಲ ಮಾತಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ನಡೆ ನುಡಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಶಾಶ್ವತವಾಗಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಈ ಪ್ರಪಂಚದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಷ್ಟ, ನೋವು, ನಲಿವು ಎಲ್ಲ ನನ್ನ ಮಾಯೆ ಮತ್ತು ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ ಮಾತ್ರ. ನಿನ್ನ ಕರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಮಾಡುತ್ತ ಹೋಗು, ಬೇರೆ ಎಲ್ಲ ಚಿಂತೆಗಳನ್ನು ನನಗೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಬಿಡು ಮಗು!" ಎಂಬ ದಿವ್ಯ ವಾಣಿಯು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಆವರಿಸಿತು. ಆನಂತರ ನನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಹೃದಯಗಳು ದಿವ್ಯವಾದ ಶಾಂತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಲಿಯುವಂತೆ ತೋರಿತು. ನನ್ನ ಎಲ್ಲ ಕಷ್ಟಗಳು ಮುಗಿದು ಏನು ಇಲ್ಲವಂತೆ ಭಾವಿಸಿತು !!

ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಇಂಪಾದ, ಹೃದಯಕ್ಕೆ ತಂಪಾದ ಈ ಮಧುರ ವಾಣಿ 'ಆ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮ, ಭಗವಂತ, ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತನಾಗಿರುವ "ದೇವರು" ಎಂದು ನಾವು ಕರೆಯುವ ವಿಶ್ವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯೇ' ! ಎಂದು ನನ್ನ ಬುದ್ಧಿ-ಭಾವನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಅರಿವಾಯಿತು. ಈ ಮಧುರ ಕ್ಷಣದ ಸವಿಯನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸಿ, ನನ್ನ ಜೀವನವನ್ನು ವಿಕಾಸಗೊಳಿಸಿದ ಆ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನಿಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯಪೂರ್ವಕ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರಗಳು !!!

|| ಹರಿ: ಓಂ ||

Inspiring thoughts...

• "To be patient means to suffer something that hinders or hurts us, and still retain our self-composure. How many difficulties with their consequent unpleasantness and discordness can be smoothed over and almost entirely eliminated by patience! Patience always elevates and strengthens our character. We need patience not only with others, but also with ourselves".

- Swami Chinmayananda

• "An equation for me represents nothing if it does not contain the thought of GOD".

- Srinivasa Ramanujam

• "The real men of achievement are the people who have the heroism to fuel more and more enthusiasm in their work when they face more and more difficulties".

- Swami Chinmayananda

• "True peace of mind is obtained by accepting the worst".
• "Anger is nothing but our attachment to an object which is expressed as an obstacle between ourselves and the object of attachment".

- Swami Chinmayananda

• "To train ousrselves to endure meekly the little pinpricks of life with magnanimous joy - heat and cold, pain and pleasure, success and failure is itself -- the highest sadhana".

- Swami Chinmayananda

As I think

1. "Beauty is a thing generated from a beautiful heart which makes the surrounding things beautiful. Only when beauty is born in our hearts we can see the beautiful things. Have a beautiful heart".
2. "Difficulties in our path to test our strength. Fear not!! Be bold and face them. Surrender to lord with sincere devotion. Let the difficulties know that you too are difficult".
3. "A true mind can see the truth behind everything. Trueness of mind can be achieved by observing the thoughts coming in and going out of mind. Truth is nothing but trueness of your thoughts. Be true to yourself".
4. "Life is nothing but a dance of divine. Silently observe the lord's dance everywhere. Listen deeply to the divine sound generated from the dance. Tune yourself to dance accordingly with the lord. Then your whole life will be full of everlasting happiness and peace".
5. "The highest gift you can present to anyone is yourself. Because we value the external objects depending on how we value ourselves. Be a gift to others rather than expecting a gift from them. This is the concept of true surrender. True love lies in true surrender".
6. "Life is an experiment with GOD. The result of this experiment is EXPERIENCE. Whether we experience the experiment or not, the experiment silently goes on. Experience is what we see, but experiment is the real vision. The greatest experiment is to experience GOD".
7. "The outer world dances accordingly with our inner world. Go deeper inside yourself with calmness, then your mind gets illuminated with a new energy. Then you can see that the outer world is just a reflection of your inner dance. At this stage where the outer world merges with the inner, you can see the same illuminated energy hidden inside everywhere. This energy is called GOD".
8. "World is an illusion. God alone is the ultimate truth. When the world leaves you, God alone lives with you. When everyone hates you, God alone loves you. God is great, because he always gives his best to those who leave their choices with him. He knows best the purity of every thought, motive, action and moment. Sincerely surrender to his feet and your life will be full of happiness, peace and bliss".
9. "Happiness is not in the things. It is a result of our relationship with the things. True happiness is not in external, but always lies within us".