Om Sri Sainathaya Namaha
Om Sri Sainathaya Namaha
Om Sri Sainathaya Namaha
Life is ever full of twists and turns. It has ups and downs. And we feel happy when things are right and sad when it is bad. But all this is a state of the mind. Despite our knowing this fact, as simple human beings, we succumb to these emotions, of course this is not wrong. But even as feel sad, hurt and dejected we strongly wish to come out of these depressive feelings. Being adamant to get back what we have lost (especially when it is unattainable) will further push us into self pity and self destructive mode. The holy scriptures are full of wisdom and sayings. But these have no effect on our low morale. BUT our dearest Baba has so beautifully explained how we can get out of such situations. AND IT IS NOT REALLY DIFFICULT TO PRACTICE. Be it for love or some thing. Following is the extract from the SSC.
On fully believing in Baba's words, he left Shirdi and came to Vile Parle (a suburb of
Bombay), and stayed with Kakasaheb Dixit. There the next day, when Das Ganu was
enjoying his morning nap (some say when he was engaged in worship), he heard a poor
girl singing a beautiful song in clear and melodious tones. The subject matter of the song
was a crimson coloured Sari, how nice it was, how fine was its embroidery, how beautiful
were its ends and borders etc. He liked the song so much that he came out, and saw that it
was being sung by a young girl, the sister of Namya, who was a servant of Kakasaheb.
The girl was cleaning vessels, and had only a torn rag on her person. On seeing her
impoverished condition, and her jovial temperament, Das Ganu felt pity for her and when
Rao Bahadur M.V.Pradhan next day gave him a pair of dhotars, he requested him to give
a sari to the poor little girl also. Rao Bahadur bought a good Chirdi (small Sari) and
presented it to her. Like a starving person getting luckily good dishes to eat, her joy knew
to bounds. Next day she wore the new Sari, and out of great joy and merriment, whirled,
danced round and played `Fugadi' with other girls and excelled them all. The Day
following, she kept the new Sari in her box at home and came with the old and torn rags,
but she looked as merry as she did the previous day. On seeing this, Das Ganu's pity was
transferred into admiration. He thought that the girl being poor had to wear a torn rag, but
now she had a new Sari which she kept in reserve and putting on the old rag, strutted
herself, showing no trace of sorrow or dejection. Thus he realized that all our feelings of
pain and pleasure depend upon the attitude of our mind. On thinking deeply over this
incident, he realized that a man ought to enjoy whatever God has bestowed on him in the
firm conviction that He besets every thing, from behind and before, and on all sides and
that whatever is bestowed on him by God must be for his good.
It is clear here. That happiness and sorrow are just 2 states of the mind. The same has been mentioned it the scriptures in one liners and parables, which we cannot understand or accept. Like "what has been yours that you feel sorrow , what will be yours tomorrow "
Can we just say "unreachable grapes are sour" and forget the issue .....
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