
thoughts for an awakened living
By Sri Guru & the SRM Team
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Hearing these words brings back memories Of times when their secret lay steeped in mystery Until I fell in Love with You And found the hiding place of the entire universeYou leave behind a moment of Your presence And countless moments of longing for more Praying to every idol, every god, every divine nameThey don’t speak a word,...
"Creation is a misnomer; nothing in this world is created, all is manifested."
- Sri Aurobindo
Human creativity is not about making something new. It is the art of using our experiences and skills to reinterpret existing pieces of creation in a way that inspires wonder and...One of life’s strangest ironies is that we usually notice things only by their absence. The salt in our food. The electricity in our homes. The health of our bodies. It is hard to appreciate them when they are simply there.Appreciating God is equally difficult while we are surrounded by His creation. He is everywhere our eyes can see, yet He...
आज कल जीवन में जो भौतिक आकर्षण है, हर बार उनसे भिड़कर उन पर विजय प्राप्त करना ही उचित नहीं है, कभी विवेक पूर्वक उनसे दूर जाना भी उचित निर्णय होता, भले ही संसार हमें रणछोड़ का नाम दे।
इस कथा का शीर्षक “विवेकपूर्ण संयम” यथोचित है। अंतिम दो लाइन में विवेक और संयम का सम्पूर्ण सार है।
जब तक अवश्यक ना हो संयम की शक्ति का उपयोग विवेक-अनुसार ही करना चाहिए अन्यथा संचित शक्ति का ह्रास साधक के मार्ग की बाधा ही बनेगी। जो शक्ति मुझे ऊर्ध्वगामी होने में सहायक हो सकती थी उसको आवेश में आ कर व्यर्थ में खर्च कर दिया। उदाहरण के लिए, जब कभी हम व्यर्थ के वाद-विवाद को सुनते है तो उस परिस्थिति में मौन धारण कर लें अथवा उस स्थान से चले जाना चाहिए।
Sometimes, we struggle by expecting a lot out of ourselves, to be devoid of all negative emotions within us. Consequently, we put a lot of discipline and will power to achieve this, but at the cost of all the tools that are made available and explained by Sriguru… This way we aren’t able to rise above them, because we are actually practicing daman, or forcefully getting rid of them. Sometimes identifying and accepting our current state, just the way it is, does wonders in our journey! And with the consistent practice of awareness and faith in the grace of the Higher (Sri Guru) we proceed ahead in the journey. Or as Sri Guru says, Sahajta aa jaati hai!