Getting back to books and reading could also mean that Mind will get some more food for thoughts. So as my mind is busy making peace between arguements of its own and that of the author of the book, I decide to give it an additional task of putting it into words for this blog.
So wht's the agenda? Well, I'm reading a book by Deepak Chopra which apparently talks about Life after Death. The bit I read today talked about the story of Savithri and how Ramana inspired her to feel grateful for this life she has and also on how to apparently fool Yama into getting the God in you thereby saving yourself to live for somemore time. And as Ramana told Savithri,"....when Death comes to grab you, let him grab God instead. If God is in you, Yama's noose will always miss. That's the secret for escaping his clutches" It further threw light on the concept of hell and heaven. Now this was an intresting thing to note that my mind had already started the debate on this concept even before the writer could get in there.
For centuries now we have been struggling to figure out on how good heaven is and how bad hell is.. like it has been predefined that Heaven is all good and Hell all scary and bad but to what extend is for time to tell. As if its goodness or wretchedness depends on one's own doings in this world. So what are we actually doing in this world? trying to get a good score either ways and make way to one of these places and being totally ignorant to that the fact that all is here- hell or heaven. Now one thing which I just miss on mentioning here and which keeps ringing in my ears all througout is something that my dad said. He once said that God has being Hi-tech and is now sitting with a computer in his desk so we get more prompt results of what we do here. On the face of it, this statement of dad's, appeared as one of his jokes but if you just ponder over it you will see that there is a lot of depth in that statement. Isnt that exactly what we see around us now? Say for example the increasing population in Old age homes..like people dont have time for thier dear ones.. like its a mad mad rush towards nothingness. Hell or heaven is right here right now and it is defiantly in the choices you make in life. You could either make right and sensible choices or just get ignorant and keep on making mistakes. It is these choices which make your pathway either to go up in life or go down. So either you could just ignore your loved ones and continue to be on this race to get ahead in life and getting nowhere or you could take time to do your best for your loved ones.
Had a casual chit chat with my friend today, where she was talking about someone she knew who genrally didnt take notice of others in pain and was only focussed on her immediate family and how pained she was towards her last days when the same immediate family members didnt budge or take care of her when she needed them the most.... Classic example of God sitting with the computer. Either she was paying for the mistakes she did or her daughter was actually making her way to either hell or heaven depending on the choice she makes. My mom keeps mentioning that whenever she has faced troubles people from outside have come forth and helped her and none from her own blood turn in for help. I dont know how to take this statement but to me it means that she is blessed to have good people around who do come in to help and her immediate question does get answered. now either I shud say this is heaven to have blessed souls around or I should say she is in one big hell where her own blood relations dont help her. quite confusing isnt it..
well the point is also about how you look at things. Either you could look at it through a rose tinted glass and rest assured alls well and feel blessed for all you have or you just keep fretting only to get your peace of mind into the bin. Another passing thought for now is if this world itself isnt a big example of how good Heaven can be or how bad Hell be? So if your boyfriend has dumped you for someone else either you could feel lucky to be out of the mental torture or just keep getting frustrated and make hell for everyone else around.
So like Emperor Jahangir I could possibly say "."Gar firdaus, ruhe zamin ast, hamin asto, hamin asto, hamin ast." about the beauty of places on earth or I could say "its a hell out here" looking at the potholes, corrupt people. As usual reminded of Guruji's words, "live life this moment, this very moment" and I choose to live a life being compassionate and being delighted and genuinely thankful to God for what He has and has not given me. Being good for my own sake yet not trying to make up my score for my seat in Hell or Heaven :)
So wht's the agenda? Well, I'm reading a book by Deepak Chopra which apparently talks about Life after Death. The bit I read today talked about the story of Savithri and how Ramana inspired her to feel grateful for this life she has and also on how to apparently fool Yama into getting the God in you thereby saving yourself to live for somemore time. And as Ramana told Savithri,"....when Death comes to grab you, let him grab God instead. If God is in you, Yama's noose will always miss. That's the secret for escaping his clutches" It further threw light on the concept of hell and heaven. Now this was an intresting thing to note that my mind had already started the debate on this concept even before the writer could get in there.
For centuries now we have been struggling to figure out on how good heaven is and how bad hell is.. like it has been predefined that Heaven is all good and Hell all scary and bad but to what extend is for time to tell. As if its goodness or wretchedness depends on one's own doings in this world. So what are we actually doing in this world? trying to get a good score either ways and make way to one of these places and being totally ignorant to that the fact that all is here- hell or heaven. Now one thing which I just miss on mentioning here and which keeps ringing in my ears all througout is something that my dad said. He once said that God has being Hi-tech and is now sitting with a computer in his desk so we get more prompt results of what we do here. On the face of it, this statement of dad's, appeared as one of his jokes but if you just ponder over it you will see that there is a lot of depth in that statement. Isnt that exactly what we see around us now? Say for example the increasing population in Old age homes..like people dont have time for thier dear ones.. like its a mad mad rush towards nothingness. Hell or heaven is right here right now and it is defiantly in the choices you make in life. You could either make right and sensible choices or just get ignorant and keep on making mistakes. It is these choices which make your pathway either to go up in life or go down. So either you could just ignore your loved ones and continue to be on this race to get ahead in life and getting nowhere or you could take time to do your best for your loved ones.
Had a casual chit chat with my friend today, where she was talking about someone she knew who genrally didnt take notice of others in pain and was only focussed on her immediate family and how pained she was towards her last days when the same immediate family members didnt budge or take care of her when she needed them the most.... Classic example of God sitting with the computer. Either she was paying for the mistakes she did or her daughter was actually making her way to either hell or heaven depending on the choice she makes. My mom keeps mentioning that whenever she has faced troubles people from outside have come forth and helped her and none from her own blood turn in for help. I dont know how to take this statement but to me it means that she is blessed to have good people around who do come in to help and her immediate question does get answered. now either I shud say this is heaven to have blessed souls around or I should say she is in one big hell where her own blood relations dont help her. quite confusing isnt it..
well the point is also about how you look at things. Either you could look at it through a rose tinted glass and rest assured alls well and feel blessed for all you have or you just keep fretting only to get your peace of mind into the bin. Another passing thought for now is if this world itself isnt a big example of how good Heaven can be or how bad Hell be? So if your boyfriend has dumped you for someone else either you could feel lucky to be out of the mental torture or just keep getting frustrated and make hell for everyone else around.
So like Emperor Jahangir I could possibly say "."Gar firdaus, ruhe zamin ast, hamin asto, hamin asto, hamin ast." about the beauty of places on earth or I could say "its a hell out here" looking at the potholes, corrupt people. As usual reminded of Guruji's words, "live life this moment, this very moment" and I choose to live a life being compassionate and being delighted and genuinely thankful to God for what He has and has not given me. Being good for my own sake yet not trying to make up my score for my seat in Hell or Heaven :)
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