I WANT PEACE...

This is one of my favourite SMSs. I wish to share this with all of you.

A man went to god and told, "I want peace". God said, "Remove the 'I' which is ego, 'want' which is desire and you get peace. "

Simple, yet powerful message...

Donate food just with a click !

Kudos to my friend Arun abraham and others who are spreading the following message. My only request is that, we can visit those sites and give a click daily, atleast once!

"Hi buddy ,
Please can u do me a favour ? I hope u’l do it for me ! As per the latest Indian survey 7000 hungry people die in India . This is really disgusting ! A day earlier I came across two websites in which just by clicking the box in the websites , u donate a cup of food to an hungry indian at no cost. So I request u to visit these sites , and click the GREEN BOX in the first website and the YELLOW BOX in the second website. Plz visit this link daily and just give a click on the box so that u help a Indian daily.
1 . http://www.bhookh.com/
2. http://www.thehungersite.com/

And one more , just FORWARD this to all of your frnds so that they also form a part of this campaign. Thank you !"

Maha periyava s thoughts for us - PART 1

*The medicine of Grace to wipe out our sorrows is to develop unshakable faith in God and tolerance is the medicine of Grace to wipe out our sorrows. Bhakti alone can give us the capacity to put up with sorrows. Temples are the agencies for developing that Bhakti. Hence, the need for temples at all places. All offerings to the deities in the temples are tokens of our gratitude to God.

*That which is within all, which is seen as "This" is the source. He who is within and sees as "This" is God. It is the reality. It is in yourself. What is limited is Sadhana; what is unlimited is the end.

*He alone is an Acharya, who, after clearly understanding the conclusive teachings of the Sastras, makes the people of the world gain their welfare by making them stick to the path shown in the Sastras and also himself does everything according to Sastras and remains in that experience

*Many acts relating to God, like building temples, digging tanks are performed. While executing them, there would be many difficulties. There would come also several kinds of dishonour. Not minding any of these, they would complete their tasks with mental one-pointedness removing impurities from their minds and letting the mind wander. By straightening their mind, they acquire mind control and at the end, they realise the Reality that is to be known. Digging tanks, building temples and such other acts are called poorttam. The performance of sacrifices, etc., is known as ishtam. Combining these two, we have the word Ishtapoortam

*In all that you do, let love be the sole motive. Any need must be with reference to another. Let action be out of love. Passions such as desire and hatred , anger and malice must be totally eschewed. If love becomes the grounding principle of all deeds . then most of the ills of the world will vanish. to be contd...

PICS OF MAHA PERIYAVA...

The ideal prayer...

Prayer plays an important role in day-to-day life. From childhood, we have the habit of making requests to god regarding our needs. This kind of prayer is known as 'ego-centric' prayer. If the wish is answered, we thank him or else be in displeasure.

But, this is a misconception regarding prayer. Prayer should not be 'ego-centric'. We consider god to be a Genie who has to fulfill our wishes. Prayer, as said by SWAMI RAMA of the Himalayas, should be a thanking process to God('God-centric'). If a wish has to be made, let it be for the whole world (Let all be happy).

It may be difficult for you to understand this initially, but if you ponder over what the saints have said, you will realize and understand the truth.

Please spend few minutes by hearing to Swami Rama's thoughts on Prayer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TP2c0gLHH0

The Ideal Seva...

There are certain points which have to kept in mind while or after doing Seva... These are points which I learnt through various forms.

• We should keep in mind that we are not giving our property... What this means is that, whatever we (assume to) own in this world is taken from here only, as said in the GITA.
• We should not remember the service which we did to others and we should not forget the help rendered to us by others.
• We should realize that, though we are doing the SEVA, the doer is the SUPREME...
• Seva should not just be monetary-based, it should come from the heart.

SEVA IN OUR DAILY LIFE... - PART II

I wish to add some more points (as a continuation of the PART I) which i feel like sharing with you all.

• Service to parents and ancestors is service to GOD. Spending time with them, amidst all our work, will give them immense happiness. I have seen my grandma happy, whenever I enquire about her health.
• I see a lot of people(youngsters), who feel that there is some particular age for service. I strongly feel that factors like AGE, MONEY etc do not matter if we have the interest for doing service.
• Service is not just donating money. It has to be done whole-heartedly. People who have not settled in life can do service by spending their valuable time, acting as a vounteer for various organisations.

I wish to share 3 Points ( which I learnt from ART OF LIVING program) with all of you. I recite this (not orally) before taking my food. If you feel like following this, you may do so.

1. Thanks to those, because of whom, I am eating this food (parents, farmers etc)
2. Let this food be available to all other living beings in this world.
3. Pranams to GOD.