Eternal Truth ???

ఏది సత్యం ఏది నిత్యం ?? 

చిన్నప్పటి నుంచీ పెంచిన అమ్మ నాన్నలు, కలిసి తిరిగిన స్నేహితులు, ప్రేమగా పలకరించే చుట్టాలు అంతా నిజమా? అని అడిగితే ఎవరైనా ఏమంటారు?  హుహ్ మరి జగమే మాయ అంటే అర్ధం ఏమిటి? 

భగవంతుని మార్గం లో పయనిస్తున్న మనుషులు రెండు విధాలు...ఒకటి భగవంతుని కోసం సర్వం త్యాగం చేయగల వాళ్ళు,

 రెండు ..ఉన్నంతలో కుటుంబ జీవనం చేస్తూ వీలైనంత మానసిక వైరాగ్యం పాటించేవాళ్ళు! 

మొదటి మార్గం లో గమ్యం పొందే అవకాశాలు మెండు! కానీ మనో నిబ్బరం, కఠిన పరిస్థితులు, మొదలైనవి తట్టుకోవాలి! రెండో మార్గం లో ఇంటి ఆహారం, కష్టాల్లో ఓదార్పు మొదలైనవి ఉన్నా భగవంతుని పై ధ్యానం చేయడానికి సమయం, ఉత్సాహం, అవకాశం తక్కువ! 

రెండో మార్గం లో ఉండేవాళ్ళకి భగవంతుడు గీత లో చెప్పిన పద్ధతులు కొన్ని...

౧. ప్రగాఢ వైరాగ్యం (ఉన్నంతలో హాయ్ గా ఉంటూ కర్మ మార్గం లో పనులు చేస్తూ ఒక పనిమనిషి లాగ మనసుని దేవుని పై లగ్నం చేయడం)

౨. వివేకం (యోగః కర్మశు కౌశలం , సమత్వం యోగ ముచ్యతే ) అనగా సైకిల్ నడిపేవాడు ధ్యాస ని రోడ్ మీద, గమ్యం మీద పెడతాడు కానీ సైకిల్ హేండిల్, పెడల్స్ మొదలైన వాటి మీద పెట్టడు కదా...ఇదే విధం గా అన్ని పనులు దేవుని మీద ధ్యాస తో వైరాగ్యం తో చేయాలి, ఇంకా చేసిన పనులకి మన ప్రతిస్పందన సమత్వం తో ఉండాలి, అనగా మంచి ఫలితం వచ్చిన చెడు ఫలితం వచ్చినా ఎటువంటి మార్పు కోరుకోకుండా ఫలితాన్ని స్వీకరించడం !

పై రెండు పాటించాలి...అలాగే కామము, లోభము విడిచి పెట్టాలి...

ఈ విధం గా జీవనం సాగించ గలిగితే ఆత్మ సాక్షాత్కారం కలుగుతుందని నా నమ్మకం..అలా జీవించాలని నా ప్రయత్నం..

దేవుడి లాగ నటించే వ్యక్తులు, గురువుని అని చెప్పుకునే వాళ్ళు ఎందరు ఉన్నా భగవంతుడే వాళ్ళ ఆట కట్టిస్తాడు ...మనం నమ్మినా నమ్మకపోయినా ! 

సాటి జీవాల పై ప్రేమ, దయ తప్ప వేరే భావం కలిగితే అది మనకి మాత్రమె నష్టం ! ఇతరులకి కాదు! 

అదండి ఇవాల్టి నా ఆలోచన ! 

శ్రీహరి పదకమలములు మన హృదయమున ఎల్లప్పుడు ఉండు గాక! 

Goal of human birth

Just as outer skin is needed for mango to ripen (most of us peel off and throw skin while eating ripe mango), a physical body is needed to realise the potential by a soul. A man has to work hard and only work for realising God and remember all other actions are needed just for survival.

I wasted so many years in not yearning for God..My eyes get moist on not being anywhere near to the mark as yet..Maha Maya is very powerful and equally powerful are my old samskarams...they wouldnt let me go full time in right way :-(

But if one is amazed with the magnificient silky spider web, then how amazing is the spider? If the king's garden is really looking good, then how many people think of king?

If maha maya is powerful, God who created it is also powerful. And He is the one who created me too..So, I believe in God..pray to Him as earnestly as possible (with my limitations).. to cling on to Him and to His divine crimson feet alone...

This is the goal of my human birth and I dont want to die without realising it...

Hello All

Just got busy these days with all sorts of repairs...TV, Laptop, Gas stove, Car, etc etc and that makes the advent of new year for me :-)

Positive -> Sharpening the axe is more important than using it

One nice email chain I had a chance to read, talks about how human mind thinks...

I do believe ENERGY FOLLOWS THOUGHTS! There are many psychological experts and consultants, mainly from eastern hues who believe in such thought waves..

OK..Coming to the concept..the theme is explained in few images depicting a cell with few monkeys pulling others from eating easy food, THOUGH THEY ARE HUNGRY..

Every time a monket tried to eat banana on top of a ladder, cold water is sprayed on the monkeys, setting the initial panic reaction among them. Hence, all those monkeys had reason to stop members from their group to go for bananas...the best part of paradigm comes when one by one, those monkeys are replaced with different monkeys in the experiment and still they stop other monkeys from going to banana because they they saw this being done when they entered the room..even with reason of their own....

it also reminds the sheepish behavior...one sheep goes around the hurdle on the road, and remaining sheep follow it RELIGIOUSLY though the hurdle on road is removed quietly in between!

This explains how we use word.."religiously"..and in fact, how we follow religion..no one tries to find out how Jesus Christ in his days...and what he meant..but we ascribe our feelings to Him, sings to our satisfaction giving to Him qualities which he didnt possess, etc etc...It holds good even more for Hindu Gurus. Sai Baba of Shirdi had very few disciples in his days, but the magical stuff attributed to him makes lot of believers now in his path. Same with Sathya Sai of Puttaparthi, AP, India. There are thousands of devotees outside sai kulwanth hall every day from all corners of the world for his darshan, and the main lore is his vastly mystical powers. This is informational age! But we never try to understand their lives, how these Gurus or prophets struggled in life to achieve what they have...and we feel they achieved it for us..if we are looking for one or two bucks from a billionaire, then he may never mind throwing such bucks as alms..but if we aspire for billions, then we should follow, get initiated, and practise what they did ( in their guidance) to atleast stand a chance...

BOTTOM LINE : Try to be a Jesus or Sai and see the difference in life...dont beg things..(easier said than done)..but thats how THINGS WORK!

Recession Greens ~

Good that those days are over....Just after I returned back from China onsite, the project is over (infact snatched away by ching chungs) and we are given a warm welcome in India with couple of guys...the warmth increased as we come to know the ground reality...err...the bench reality....the brethren in the bench console each other and inspire each other to see another blue day...its called recession...(in first step!)....
Recession blues are more emphatic with each passing day, reducing the confidence levels, increasing fear complex (will I ever get a project or I may have to shift to other locations or still worse...shunted out in cool ;) manner...none of such things are spoken out...u know...ego is a big factor...I saw my seniors, peers, juniors, going out....the backend being sent out....which mad guy would resign when hiring freeze is there in all companies and salary cut may be order of day for external jobs......if available...
finally, heavens descended one day (I have contacted three crore deities by that time) and lord siva is the chosen one on the day I stepped out of bench....
now, its green...whole world appears greener and recession gave it a much greener tint...I realise again the importance of job...particularly when close colleagues vehemently urge for opening referrals after losing jobs (resigned officially)..
Life is a good leveller....recession helps in levelling inequalities...

India's neighborhood fortunes

A few years back until 2008, India has a troubled neighborhood. Pakistan is a serial, serious formentor, while LTTE in SriLanka, Mao Rebels in Nepal, Zia and extremist parties in Bangladesh, most deceitful China, etc etc.... India was trying to roll ahead with its economic reforms and riding on a good progressive wave...enduring these neighbors. India is one of the fast growing markets and dollars poured in from across the world from virtually every big gun in Wall street..

A small cyclic shift and the situations reverse..

World slowly started slowing down and big economies almost halted. US, Europe, Japan started contracting under recession and the Indian growth story got slower too! Though the realty and banks slowed down, there was no bubbles burst and realtors, bankers held their forte..India produced some good automotives, infrastructure projects, etc...but the slowdown is there for everyone to see...At this juncture, something is slowly unravelling to make Indians smile..Awami party under Sheik Hasina came to power in Bangladesh and is helping the system to be cleansed..LTTE is reeling under SriLankan Army onslaught and is struggling for self-existence...

Pakistan is under international world wide focus and is about to be getting cleansed as well..

Nepal is changed country now with keys in hands of the thieves...and nothing to loot now...

India is a relieved country with lesser issues from neighborhood, but the economy juggernaut is slowing down...

So, the cycle has come full way shift...and now India is having peace of mind atleast !

My First

Guys,

Time just flows by and disappears unnoticed. The whole nation was shocked and raged in anger one month and half the anger has dissipated already...time is the best soother :) Yes, the hurt feelings may get soother over period of time, but the thoughts which hovered in ether for so long would have its effect!

Thoughts are the most powerful waves in the ether and have the strength to influence self and the universe as well. If thoughts of Jihad are such powerful, none can prevent the same...if the thoughts for peaceful co-existence are more powerful, then jihadis would become good samaritans!

Energy follows thoughts.

If the thoughts are refined and yearn for progress and development, then the chances for degression and effects of recessions cannot affect in any way. The power of will is supreme. Gurus and God-men love humanity in such a way that nature helps them in achieving their objectives, even through super powers.

Nature is always right.

One's thoughts aligned properly with mother nature would nurture a conducive atmosphere in all levels leading to "vasudhaika kutumbakam".

Lets pray for a society where we can happily co-exist with our brethren in all communities without giving a damn care about backgrounds...

Thanks for the time,
Janakinath