Random thoughts

A couple of days before I heard Guruji's talk where he says something very beautiful I thought,and this thought has been in my mind ever since."When the body drops itself it is death,mrityu,when you drop the body it is meditation,samadhi".
Isn't that so very beautiful and thought provoking????
Indeed!!!
There is one thing which is certain once we are born and that is "we will die".Nothing else is for sure,though we spend a major part of our lives saying "I sure can do this and that"!!Very strange isn't it?That we wish to believe that we are permanent.We never want to accept the fact that we will die one day,in spite of witnessing our near and dear ones pass away,in spite of all the obituaries we read in the paper regularly.At this point what comes to mind is "King Yudhishtra was once asked what he thinks is the strangest thing that he sees around him and his reply is "I am amazed that everyone thinks he is permanent and that he will never die". There is I believe a reason why we think so.The great ones have said the soul is eternal and that makes us believe that we are eternal too.
The next thought that came to mind is why does the body want to drop???
It is our experience generally that as we age our body refuses to co-operate with the same speed as our mind.Why does this happen?I heard in a talk that this happens because the body decides after a certain time that we have troubled it enough all these years and hence it will call the shots from now on,and so it is that we find ourselves getting stuck with all the pains and aches as we age.
When young we fail to take care of our body and are very casual about everything.We eat the wrong foods all the time do not even want to think of any exercise on a regular basis,follow very little body discipline.All this happens because we are not aware,meaning we do have the information stored in our brain but do not want to put it in practice.

A healthy body is of prime importance for a healthy mind most certainly.Though this isknown to most theoretically, in practice very few follow a self disciplined life.The major reason for this is that the mind overpowers us and the most favourite pastime of our minds is to keep prompting us short cuts and eluding us always,and almost certainly we fall to the trap,on most occasions.It is only when we start living in knowledge that we are atleast able to observe the mind and the thoughts going in our mind.
Regular sadhana and spiritual practices may over a period of time help us to rule our mind.Meditation helps a great deal over a period of time the learned and great ones say repeatedly.It is possible to dictate terms to our minds,tell our mind 'you go wherever you want, but I am not moving out of here for the next 30 minutes or whatever'.When we do this regularly then we will find that our mind slowly starts getting obedient and listening to us.When we achieve this then it is may be that we can drop the bodyfor as long as we want.
It would indeed be a beautiful experience and we will want to be there often,once we have been there....state of samadhi!!!

Another thought that keeps haunting me very often is why get stuck in the jungle of words and create problems for ourselves??
Most often we get upset by what someone said or did not say.It is natural maybe to feel agitated and frustrated when people say thoughtless words.It is purely out of ignorance and a huge ego that they carry with themselves which makes people say whatever they say.Yes, it does create a bitter taste but the best is to ignore and be thankful that you do not reply back.When one starts to live in knowledge,then it is observed that whatever people say we can just push it aside and keep ourselves out of stress and tension.Why to be a football of others opinions???Live in knowledge always!!!

Yet another thought that is in my mind is how to be attached and loving while being detached.Normally we get possessive about the people whom we think we love.We have lived in ignorance for so many years think that by being possesive love is better expressed.Infact,possesiveness can for sure create distance with your loved ones.I think the moment we start living in knowledge love takes over,and we cannot but give unconditional love.Many times people misinterpret and believe that if one has to be progress spiritually then it is important to distance oneself from everyone,the result is only stress and anxiety.There can be no progress spiritually when one has given up the basic quality of love and becomes stiff and indifferent to all that is happening around.It is very important to live in the knowledge that our true nature is "LOVE"and we can only manage to push it behind somewhere but can never be without Love.We have read and heard about all the Great Masters and enlightened ones,and all of them are filled with Love and Compassion for everyone.They cannot but be Loving.Strive to fill everyone's life with Love and Joy.

I am filled with amazement at the creation and its beauty.Each and every thing in this creation is total awesomeness and beauty.All so wonderful and it is difficult to imagine the details in every liitle thing that is there in this huge expanse.Such a beautiful blue sky with white clouds gathered here and there,such extraordinary colour combinations in birds,animals,flowers,fruits,vegetables and so much else.It is indeed such a feast to the eyes to watch the colourful fish swim and move so swiftly all the time,all beyond human imagination for sure.Every bird is made with a different colour shape and a different chirpy sound for sure.Some so delicate and tender and some majestic and grand,not to forget that each one is important in its own way. Like this one can go on and on about the beauty of nature.We only need eyes to observe and admire and appreciate this beauty all around us.
Wake up and enjoy every moment that you have,because for sure we all are travellers here on this wonderful Earth!!!!
"Mussafir hoon yaaron........
Mujhe Chalte Jaana hai bas chalte jaana"......

Jai gurudev.