I attended final rites of my late eldest brother's eldest son yesterday (04.02.2016). Some elderly persons were engaged in philosophical deliberations in which an young enthusiast interfered abruptly and asked "What will happen after 'Death'? " I smiled and naively enquired " What is 'Death' ?" Being felt on tenter hooks, he immediately slipped away from the scene. Why only the young, in the gathering there was one relative (with walking stick) about to become nonagenarian who is still too worldly about assets and tastes. The same relative used to say when I was young that he knew the Bhagavadgita slokas very well by heart and I used to admire him about his knowledge of spiritual scriptures. Now I understand that it is not Gita on lips but it's message being cherished in our daily life practically, that is warranted. That's it! In the case of the two persons I referred above, perhaps it is hard to digest the fact that energy is indestructible, it is only cycling of transformations of Forms (Rupantara) between energy and matter. And the deliberations were about the Universal Eternal I ! Self Realisation is panacea for all our misunderstandings and consequential woes bogging us down without respite.
We are trying to understand as many keertanas as possible dwelling on Tatva Jnana (The True Knowledge). Annamcharya's "Manujudai Putti Manujuni Sevinchi..." (two stanzas only) is one such keertana serving as guiding light on spiritual path...
'It is rather strange that when all beings coming into this world are equal before the eyes of the Almighty, one human being is serving another human being! And not only that, instead of feeling happy he is grief-stricken about this. He is engaged in hard work for a small stomach of about a span. To eke out livelihood and earn fistful of morsels who knows in how many unsolicited places, one has to wander. being subjected to uncountable humiliations and demeaning by other human beings in the process. Having his mind attached to the place of birth, he is unable to come out of the entanglements. Ultimately what is his achievement in this world ? Nothing worthwhile.
'So after knowing how a commoner is bound in the entanglements, the repercussions falling out of this also are befitting to his (mis)deeds. He (The Atman) is taking births time and again in many wombs and growing up with many parents. These include births into many smaller kind in the ladder of creation. If known clearly about these self acquired bondages recurring in birth after birth, is it not wise for one to open eyes at least now and seek shelter in the Almighty Within, which would facilitate obtention of the final Salvation! '
Parents give us the body but it is for us how to utilise it for our best benefit in this as well as in the other world. It is not the class in which one happens to take birth and grow up that is important. Almighty's awareness is necessary, for end of our woes. A fruitful life is every body's choice. One who wishes to possess a rose must be careful about the accompanying thorns too! Let us avoid the thorns of entanglements and be mindful about our true mission of realisation in this very life.
We are trying to understand as many keertanas as possible dwelling on Tatva Jnana (The True Knowledge). Annamcharya's "Manujudai Putti Manujuni Sevinchi..." (two stanzas only) is one such keertana serving as guiding light on spiritual path...
'It is rather strange that when all beings coming into this world are equal before the eyes of the Almighty, one human being is serving another human being! And not only that, instead of feeling happy he is grief-stricken about this. He is engaged in hard work for a small stomach of about a span. To eke out livelihood and earn fistful of morsels who knows in how many unsolicited places, one has to wander. being subjected to uncountable humiliations and demeaning by other human beings in the process. Having his mind attached to the place of birth, he is unable to come out of the entanglements. Ultimately what is his achievement in this world ? Nothing worthwhile.
'So after knowing how a commoner is bound in the entanglements, the repercussions falling out of this also are befitting to his (mis)deeds. He (The Atman) is taking births time and again in many wombs and growing up with many parents. These include births into many smaller kind in the ladder of creation. If known clearly about these self acquired bondages recurring in birth after birth, is it not wise for one to open eyes at least now and seek shelter in the Almighty Within, which would facilitate obtention of the final Salvation! '
Parents give us the body but it is for us how to utilise it for our best benefit in this as well as in the other world. It is not the class in which one happens to take birth and grow up that is important. Almighty's awareness is necessary, for end of our woes. A fruitful life is every body's choice. One who wishes to possess a rose must be careful about the accompanying thorns too! Let us avoid the thorns of entanglements and be mindful about our true mission of realisation in this very life.
Means of Livelihood
Om Shanti!
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