AN SMS CHAT WITH GOD

God: - Hello, you called me.

I, Me, Myself: - Called you? No, who is this?

God: - This is God; I heard your prayers so I thought I will chat with you.

IMM: - Sure, I pray. Just makes me feel good. Actually I am busy now. In the midst of something, you know.

God: - What are you busy with? Ants are busy too?

IMM: - Don’t know. But I can’t find free time. Life has become hectic. It’s rush hour all the time.

God: - Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.

IMM: - But I still can’t figure it out. By the way, I was not expecting you to buzz me on instant messaging chat.

God: - Well I wanted to help you resolve your fight for time by giving you some clarity. I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with.

IMM: - Tell me, why has life become so complicated?

God: - Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.

IMM: - Why are we then constantly unhappy?

God: - Your today is tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because the act of worrying has, become a habit. That’s why you are not happy.

IMM: - But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?

God: - Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.

IMM: - But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty.

God: - Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.

IMM: - If suffering is optional why do good people always suffer?

God: - Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials .With that experience, their life becomes better not bitter.

IMM: - You mean to say such experience is useful?

God: - Yes. Experience is a hard teacher, though. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.

IMM: - But still, why should we got through such tests? Why can’t we be free from problems?

God: - Problems are purposeful roadblocks offering beneficial lessons to enhance mental strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems.

IMM: - Frankly, in the midst of so many problems, we don’t know where we are heading.

God: - If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you are awaken .Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.

IMM: - Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction.

God: - Success is relative, quantified by others. Satisfaction is absolute, quantified by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead.

IMM: - Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here? I don’t know the answers? What is to be done?

God: - Seek not to find who you are, but determine who you want to be .Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.

IMM: - How can I get the best out of life?

God: - Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.

IMM: - Sometimes my prayers are not answered.

God: - There are no unanswered prayers .At times the answer is no.

IMM: - Thank you for this wonderful chat.I’ll try to be less fearful.

God: - Keep the faith and drop the fear. Life is a mystery to solve, not a problem to resolve. Life is wonderful if you know how to live. Love you my child.

MAA

When you came into the world, she held you in her arms,

You thanked her by wailing like a banshee.

When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you,

You thanked her by crying all night long.

When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk,

You thanked her by running away when she called.

When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love,

You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.

When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons,

You thanked her by coloring the dining room table.

When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays,

You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud.

When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school,

You thanked her by screaming “I am not going”.

When you were 7 years old, she bought you a baseball,

You thanked her by throwing it through the next door neighbor’s window.

When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice cream,

You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.

When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons,

You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.

When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day from soccer to gymnastics, to one birthday party after another,

You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.

When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the movie,

You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.

When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch TV shows,

You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.

Those Teenage Years

When you were 13 years old, she suggested a haircut that was becoming,

You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.

When you were 14 years old, she paid for a month away at summer camp,

You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.

When you were 15 years old, she came home from work, looking for a hug,

You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.

When you were 16 years old, she taught you how to drive her car,

You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.

When you were 17 years old, she was expecting an important call,

You thanked her by being on the phone all night.

When you were 18 years old, she cried at your high school and graduation,

You thanked her by staying out partying until down.

Growing Old and Gray

When you were 19 years old, she paid for your college tution, drove you to campus, carried your bags,

You thanked her by saying good – bye outside the Dom so wouldn’t be embarrassed in front of your friends.

When you were 20 years old, she asked whether you were seeing anyone,

You thanked her by saying, “It’s none of your business”.

When you were 21 years old, she suggested certain careers for your future,

You thanked her by saying, “I don’t want to be like you.”

When you were 22 years old, she hugged you at your college graduation,

You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe.

When you were 23 years old, she gave you furniture for your first apartment,

You thanked her by telling your friends it was ugly.

When you were 24 years old, she met your fiancée and asked about your plans for the future,

You thanked her by glaring and growling “Moth…ther….please!!!!”

When you were 25 years old, she helped to pay for your wedding and she cried and told you how deeply she loved you,

You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.

When you were 30 years old, she called with some advice on the baby,

You thanked her by telling her, “Things are different now”.

When you were 40 years old, she called to remind you of a relative’s birthday.

You thanked her by saying you were, “really busy right now”.

When you were 50 years old, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her,

You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.

And then, one day she quietly died. And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder.

There’s no substitute for her. Cherish every single moment with your mom.

Though at times she may not be the best of friends, may not agree to our thoughts, she is still you mother.

She will be there for you….to listen to your woes, your bragging, your frustrations etc.

Ask yourself………..have you put aside enough time for her, to listen to her , “blues” of working in the kitchen, her tiredness?????

Be tactful, loving and still show her respect though you may have a different view from hers.

Once gone, only fond of memories of the past and also regrets will be left.

Don’t take for granted the things closet to your heart.

Love her more than you love yourself.

Live is meaningless without her. I LOVE YOU MAA.

I read this poem somewhere felt life sharing with everyone. 

VARIOUS CHOICES IN THINKING

There is a very instructive story about Kamsa in the Srimad Bhagavatam, which is the much – acclaimed purana on the avatar of Sri Krishna. As we all know; it was foretold publicly that Kamsa would be killed by Krishna. What did Kamsa do? Instead of making the best use of the remaining time available to him, he acted in the worst possible manner. He conspired ceaselessly to kill Krishna.

Finally, he sent Akrura to Vraja to fetch the two brothers; Krishna and Balarama.They came and immediately made waves in Mathura, with everybody adoring them. Still. Kamsa wouldn’t have a change of heart thought he knew that death was inevitable. As a consequence, he began to have very fearful dreams even during waking hours; he was so possessed of inimical thoughts, that he saw only bad omens. Ultimately, Kamsa was dragged down from his throne and killed by Krishna.

Our lesson from this is that there are well defined rules for thinking. We all know that loose talk hurts but we don’t always realize that unfettered thinking hurts more, as in Kamas’s case.

Angry thoughts make us lose control over ourselves.

Lustful thoughts degrade us

Greedy thoughts turn us from the right path.

No wonder, Bhagavad Gita warns that these are roads to hell (BG 16.21).

Inimical, jealous or hateful thoughts burn us from inside. Fearful thoughts make use depressed, cowardly and sick.

Everyone faces some problem or the other. But let us find constructive solutions without being oppressed by bad thoughts. We should know that all of us have limits: we could seek guidance from others or pray to God for inspiration. Thinking of God also keeps us from being desperate or hopeless. We learn to tolerate the inevitable (BG 2.14) to avoid mental distress.

Thus we develop a positive attitude to life. If the mind must think negatively, which it is prone to do, we need drag it back (BG 6.26).The choice is ours, whether to make our mind a friend, or suffer foolishly, like Kamsa did. 

MEDITATION

What is meditation?

Meditation is silencing our thoughts. In silence we grasp more, understand more. In stillness our awareness rises and expands and we experience peace and gain wisdom.

Meditation is a state when your body is still and mind is quiet. Sit quietly in one place and count your breathing in the beginning there should be 21 breaths as a starting point, then gradually increase the duration by 3 or 5 breaths each day, one can easily  reach within a  month’s time a duration of about 20 minutes meditation with the focus of a breathing.

MY SAI

What’s the use of my life if I cannot use it for My Sai?

What’s the use of my hands if I cannot do service to My Sai?

What’s the use of my eyes if I cannot see My Sai?

What’s the use of my tongue if I cannot take name of My Sai?

What’s the use of my ears if I cannot hear name of My Sai?

My Sai, I always want to be in your conscious.

Sai Baba, please help me in getting over all these materialistic and worldly things.

I don’t want anything else except you My Sai.

I love you My Sai.

FEW LINES FROM ZNMD

Dilon mein tum apni betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho, toh zinda ho tum.

Nazar mein khwaabon ki bijliyan leke chal rahe ho,toh zinda ho tum.

Hawa ke jhokon ke jaise azad rehna seekho.

Tum ek dariya ke jaise lehron mein behna seekho.

Har ek lamhe se tum milo khole apni baahein.

Har ek pal ek naya samaa dekhe yeh nigaahein.

Jo apni aankhon mein hayraniyan leke chal rahe ho,toh zinda ho tum.

Dilon mein tum apni betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho, toh zinda ho tum.

Ten Tips for a Better Life

1. Don’t worry – Worry is the least productive of all human activities and thoughts.

2. Don’t let needless fears preoccupy your life. Most of the things we fear never happen.

3. Don’t hold grudges – that is one of the biggest and most unnecessary weights we carry through our lives.

4. Take on one problem at a time .It’s the only way to handle things anyway…one by one.

5. Don’t take your problems to bed with you. They are bad and unhealthy companions for good natural sleep and rest.

6. Don’t take on the problems of the other people. They are better equipped to handle their own problems than you are.

7. Don’t live in the past – It will always be there in your memories to enjoy….but don’t cling to it. Concentrate on what is happening right now in your life and you will be happy in the present also not just the past.

8. Be a good listener – It is only when one listens...that one gets and learns ideas different from ones.

9. Do not let frustration ruin and rule your life. Self pity more than anything interferes with positive actions with moving forwards in our lives.

10. Count your blessings – Don’t even forget the smallest blessings. As many small blessings add up to large ones.