Diwali is lighting:
The lamp of love in one's heart;
The lamp of abundance in one's home;
The lamp of compassion to serve others;
The lamp of Knowledge to dispel darkness
Every lamp that you light is symbolic of a good quality. There are good qualities in every human being. Some have forbearance, some have love, strength, generosity; others have the ability to accept all as one' own, yet others have a scientific temperament that will uplift humanity; and others
have the ability to unite people from all religions. A latent talent is a lamp. When latent talents awaken, that is Diwali.
Don't be satisfied with simply lighting one lamp; light a thousand. Eg. If you are a good sevak, don't be satisfied only with that; light the lamp of wisdom in you. Acquire knowledge. If you are interested in acquiring knowledge, don't limit yourself only to that. Take an interest in the
creative arts, in dance, music etc.
Do you know why we do aarti? It is so that light of our life always rotates around the Divine.
Do you know why we burst crackers? We suppress many emotions within ourselves; cravings, aversions, hatred or too much attachment and we reach bursting point. When there are a lot of worries, people say, "I feel my head is going to burst." If there is a lot of sorrow, people say, "My heart is going to burst."
Knowing this experience, the ancient people said that when you see an explosion outside, you feel similar sensations within you as well. Along with the explosion, there is so much light. Similarly by lighting the crackers, when there is an explosion outside, you release the suppressed emotions and become hollow and empty. You become free and are able to celebrate the festival and distribute sweets. The darkness is dispelled, light has come into the house, and joy spreads. This is a festival of joy.
Sri Sri..
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Prayer.........The Call of the Soul
When You achieve something you are very happy, very Proud about it. But there is nothing to be proud of in your achievement. If You have achieved something by your effort, that means it is something which is within your capacity to do.
All that you gain by your own effort is not worth gaining because you already have it. That something which is greater than you, bigger than you, is worth having. And that which is graeter than you can't be achieved by your effort. It's that so? So your achievement really means nothing.
All that is worth having in the life comes out of Prayer. And prayer can happen only when you know that something is beyond your capacity, that you can't achieve it. Then You Pray, and all that then descends to you by grace is what is worth having.
Prayer......... who can pray? Just see this point. Who can pray? Only those who feel helpless can pray. If you think you can do something, you can achieve something, there is no need to pray. But when you become aware of your inability, when you aware of the futility of your efforts, when you become aware that you are insignificant, that your existence is insignificant in the world, then you can pray. It's only a matter of realization. If you keep thinking you are very important person, very significant, or that you are achieving great things, Prayer can never happen to you.
Prayer happens only when you become aware of the insignificance and then turn your depression, tensions, unhappiness etc into a prayer. Every Helpless moment is a golden opportunity to pray. And if you can turn your helpless moment into a moment of Prayer, I tell you, you will never face unpleasant moments in your life.
Sometimes We offer Fruits, flowers, incense, everything to God, taking vows and fasting and participating in ceremonies. By doing all these actions, superficial actions, you think you are pleasing God. That is not Prayer.
It is Nothing great to be an Atheist. A very supid person can become an atheist. it doesn't take much to disprove God- you can very easily disprove god. But to prove the existence of supreme intelligence you need intelligence. only an intelligent man can have faith in God- not just believing, but having faith, which is deeper, which comes from the depth of your heart. When you know, you have faith. when you don't know, then you can only believe.
Prayer is not Demanding. Prayer is not asking for something. NO. Prayer is Gratefulness. Prayer is being in totality, Being aware of love that God is pouring on you every moment, The huge waves of Love that eternity blows on you.
God loves you so dearly. Every day and night, god is doing puja to you. God is giving water to you, giving food to you, being a companian to you, giving love in many forms.
PRAYER IS EXPERIENCING THE PRESENCE OF GOD. YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE TEMPLE OR ANY WHERE, WHEREEVER YOU PRAY THERE IS GOD.
Prayer is not a serious thing. You don't need to be sad to pray. Prayer is joy. Prayer is a game, it's a play. If you have once tasted the joy, ecstasy of prayer, you can never forget it. There is no experience that equal to pray. So a devotee takes every opportunity to Pray, every opportunity to dance, Every opportunity for God to dawn...........
- HIS HOLINESS SRISRI RAVISHANKAR JI
All that you gain by your own effort is not worth gaining because you already have it. That something which is greater than you, bigger than you, is worth having. And that which is graeter than you can't be achieved by your effort. It's that so? So your achievement really means nothing.
All that is worth having in the life comes out of Prayer. And prayer can happen only when you know that something is beyond your capacity, that you can't achieve it. Then You Pray, and all that then descends to you by grace is what is worth having.
Prayer......... who can pray? Just see this point. Who can pray? Only those who feel helpless can pray. If you think you can do something, you can achieve something, there is no need to pray. But when you become aware of your inability, when you aware of the futility of your efforts, when you become aware that you are insignificant, that your existence is insignificant in the world, then you can pray. It's only a matter of realization. If you keep thinking you are very important person, very significant, or that you are achieving great things, Prayer can never happen to you.
Prayer happens only when you become aware of the insignificance and then turn your depression, tensions, unhappiness etc into a prayer. Every Helpless moment is a golden opportunity to pray. And if you can turn your helpless moment into a moment of Prayer, I tell you, you will never face unpleasant moments in your life.
Sometimes We offer Fruits, flowers, incense, everything to God, taking vows and fasting and participating in ceremonies. By doing all these actions, superficial actions, you think you are pleasing God. That is not Prayer.
It is Nothing great to be an Atheist. A very supid person can become an atheist. it doesn't take much to disprove God- you can very easily disprove god. But to prove the existence of supreme intelligence you need intelligence. only an intelligent man can have faith in God- not just believing, but having faith, which is deeper, which comes from the depth of your heart. When you know, you have faith. when you don't know, then you can only believe.
Prayer is not Demanding. Prayer is not asking for something. NO. Prayer is Gratefulness. Prayer is being in totality, Being aware of love that God is pouring on you every moment, The huge waves of Love that eternity blows on you.
God loves you so dearly. Every day and night, god is doing puja to you. God is giving water to you, giving food to you, being a companian to you, giving love in many forms.
PRAYER IS EXPERIENCING THE PRESENCE OF GOD. YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE TEMPLE OR ANY WHERE, WHEREEVER YOU PRAY THERE IS GOD.
Prayer is not a serious thing. You don't need to be sad to pray. Prayer is joy. Prayer is a game, it's a play. If you have once tasted the joy, ecstasy of prayer, you can never forget it. There is no experience that equal to pray. So a devotee takes every opportunity to Pray, every opportunity to dance, Every opportunity for God to dawn...........
- HIS HOLINESS SRISRI RAVISHANKAR JI
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