What Are We Holding On To???

Yay!!yay!!!, today is a big day,completing half a century here,attempting to put down my thoughts in my own way.A sense of achievement actually.... I was feeling quite proud about myself...you know why... this will be post number 50 for me!!! So the thoughts going around in the mind were, Vow,not bad at all,in fact great,so certainly needs a bit of bragging about my scribbling skills........well alongside another thought too was present, well ,so what?? what is the big deal anyway....50 is just a number isn't it??It is no way an indication of anything other than the fact that the next post will be number 51.

Well, well, lot of conflicting and confusing thoughts in the mind as I make an attempt to write.One important and noteworthy point at this moment that comes to my mind is "what am I clinging on to'....when actually nothing belongs to me.

It is indeed funny that all the time the mind is making claims about every little thing and also wants recognition and a pat on the back all the time.More than half the life has been spent claiming ownership,being possessive about insignificant stuff and letting the mind rule and have its way,well not any more I imagine...

Had the gift of listening to a very beautiful talk on surrender last evening during the knowledge session,where offering our positives as well as negatives entirely to the divine was explained so wonderfully.When we offer our positives our positives grow more and make us stronger,and when we offer our negatives they wear off slowly and steadily and make us stronger and Rise up.I thought those were truly great words.Offering ourselves totally to the divine and making ourselves hollow and empty is surrender.In fact at one point Guruji said, well what is it that is yours anyway.. .. nothing is yours, nothing belongs to you... you are nothing....

All the great masters have been teaching this only.Buddha's teaching was "Buddham Sharanam Gacchami"!!Jesus Christ too said...."come unto me.....,Krishna in the Gita says: "Surrender to me and everything will be taken care of",in fact Krishna says "you have no option but to suurender to me",so better you do it or you will anyway have to do it.....'Manam Ekam Saranam Gacchami'....which means "I am the only way".........

So irrespective of religion,caste,creed the teachings are the same.it is important to believe there is a superior power and we need to surrender totally to that divine to be happy.

Unfortunately,we have limited the meaning of love to such trivial and mundane matters in our life,and hence the search for love and happiness is perennially on.
Love is Divine and this can be illustrated by a very beautiful example:

"The first experience as a child is pain. When we are inside the mother’s womb, we are happily floating in the water and then after some time, we have to come out through a small passage that is painful. So we cry. Little children then twist, turn and yawn as though they have done a big job. After sometime, they open their eyes and look at the mother and smile that is the first experience of love".

Be sure you have achieved real success when you have a smile and no one can take that away from you..............



Jai Guru Dev!!!!