AWAKE ASPIRE AND ACHIEVE

AWAKE ASPIRE AND ACHIEVE

 

The king of the entire world is unhappy. He alone is truly happy who meditates on the Name of God." This text is from the Sukhmani, a sacred scripture of the Sikhs.

 

The king of the entire world is unhappy! Happiness is not in wealth and power. A Maharani once told me: "I am unhappy." Kings and queens are not happy. They are too "big" to be happy. They are not simple: they are not free.

 

To be happy, you must (1) Awake, (2) Aspire, and (3) Achieve.

 

Awake: Happiness is not bhoga, sense enjoyment. Who wandering in pursuit of pleasures, was ever happy? This night-wandering, this sleep of the senses, must go. Hence the ancient teaching: "Uttishtha! Jagrata!" "Stand up! Awake!"

 

Aspire: Many are unhappy, for they have clipped their wings. Ambition, power, ease and enjoyment hold men down. Happiness is in the realm which transcends enjoyment. Aspiration becomes an achievement some day.

 

Achieve: Happiness is not a passive experience. And happiness is not merely a quest. Happiness is a conquest. And none may achieve it without meeting the challenge of sorrow and suffering. They discipline, they purify, and they strengthen us. They teach us sympathy and love. And without love none may be truly happy.

 

 

 

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Psychologist provides 'scientific evidence' to reincarnation

Psychologist provides 'scientific evidence' to reincarnation Saturday January 29 2005 00:00 IST   BANGALORE: CASE 1: A vague memory hit a pair of twins in Agra, Surender and Narendar, while travelling on a bike. The older one was the first to spell it out. They had died in a road accident in their previous birth. They went back and told their parents but were silenced. The duo were desperate to meet parents and relatives of their previous birth. They spoke about it to their milkman, who hailed from the village where they lived in their previous birth. They milkman takes their message to the village teacher. The teacher visited them and at once she was convinced and arranged for the two families to meet. CASE 2: A man was shot dead in a police cross fire. Fifteen months later, a child is born with marks on his chest. When he began to speak, he said he was shot dead in the previous birth. The cases were verified and the documents like the death certificate, FIRs from various government agencies stand testimony to their cases, claimed Satwant K Pasricha, Head of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Sciences (NIMHANS). She was presenting scientific evidences of reincarnation from an ongoing study NIMHANS had been doing for the last two decades along with the University of Virginia. The two centres had interviewed and documented at least 2,500 children, who were referred to them ``with memories of previous births.'' The research team, she claims, has substantial evidences in at least 67 percent of the samples. Most children, she said, forget about the past by age of 10 and become normal adults. The average time between death and birth was 15 months. At least 51 percent of the reported cases either died of accidents or were murdered. But the public lecture had more questions than answers. Pasricha is yet to find out why only some children remember their previous birth? Is it always from one human being to another or is also from animals? Why do the children forget the incidents by the time they are ten? How are the dead ones reborn? Do they travel through light? Are they waves? "We are in the advanced stages of confirming reincarnation. We don't know answers to any of these questions. All we can say now is reincarnation looks possible,'' said Pasricha, while answering to querries from the audience. The research, she said, was not to dispute to genetic theory but only to suppliement them. "It will take a long time for us establish this as we need data and evidences from several other children. But we are hopeful we would,'' she said signing off.   -Source:Newindpress

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ANYONE FOR DIVINE KINGDOM?

ANYONE FOR DIVINE KINGDOM?   Baba said, "The illusion of attachment or the love for money is a deep eddy (whirlpool) of pain full of crocodiles in the form of conceit and jealousy. He, who is desireless, can alone cross this whirlpool" in Sri Sai Satcharitra, Ch. XVI & XVII.   There is a suggestive little story told us concerning Udhava, a dear disciple of Sri Krishna. Udhava could not bear to see the suffering which abounded in the world.   He said to the Master, "All around us we see the misery of millions. The people are desperately unhappy. You, Master, are All-powerful. Why don't you take them to the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Eternal Bliss?"   Krishna smiled and said, "What can I do? The people are not willing to enter the Kingdom."   Amazed, Udhava said to himself, "How can that be? Let me go and find out for myself!"   The first living creature he met was a pig, wallowing in the mud. "Brother Pig," said Udhava, "living in such filth, you must be feeling miserable. Wouldn't you like to dwell in the Kingdom of Heaven, where all is neat and clean, where beauty smiles and wisdom is radiant?"   However, the pig had his own doubts. So he asked, "Does one have children in the Kingdom?'   Udhava's answer was in the negative. "In the Kingdom, people do not have children, but they are happy as waves dancing on the sea."   The pig again asked, "In the Kingdom, will I get delicious swill and faeces that I love to eat?"   "Of course not!" said Udhava, shocked.   "In that case," said the pig, "I am not interested in your Kingdom. You will have to find out some other customer."   So it is, that the Lord says in the Bhagavad Gita, "Among thousands of men there is scarce one who striveth for perfection!"     http://vasukimahal.blogspot.com

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