"To love someone whom you like is insignificant. To love someone because they love you is of no consequence To love someone whom you do not like means you have learned a lesson in life. To love someone who blames you for no reason shows that you have learned the art of living..." ----- His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankarji
Saturday, 12 March 2011
Back To Space
Sri Sri: From time to time the earth shakes and in its shaking wakes up
the man who is in slumber, who not only misuses Nature but puts his
faith in bricks and mortar. Your true security is in the Self not in
bricks and mortar. Perhaps this is what Nature wants to convey to you.
Earthquakes, floods and volcanoes all drive home the truth that nothing
is permanent and you cannot find security in that which is not
permanent. They all come to you as a shock and wake you up.
When
such calamities occur we try to understand their cause so that we can
blame someone. Strangely, when you find someone to blame you feel
comfortable, but with natural calamities you cannot blame anyone. It
comes to you as a shock. With wisdom, shocks can make you grow in leaps
and bounds. Without wisdom a shock can only lead you to negativity and
depression.
Q. Why should nature destroy small innocent children?
Sri
Sri: Nature just does its job. It does not discriminate between young
and old. Do you think that all those who eat bamboo shoots and eggs or
pluck flower buds are not compassionate? ... maybe, maybe not!
(laughter)
Instead of questioning Nature, wake up and see the opportunity for seva (service).
Wisdom
is to consider the earth as your Valentine. Whether it shakes or
breaks, it is dear to you. You always see good coming from it.
The
four elements, other than space, create turbulence from time to time.
If you depend on them for support, they will shake you and lead you back
to space.
Finding security in inner space is spirituality.
|| Jai Guru Dev ||
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