Ocean of Love

ajay S replied 2mo ago Goto discussion

Hello Sri ji,

Very hard question you have asked, to pick favorite video of Swamiji 🙂 . I just love his each and every video. I have picked two which i saw quite long back and loved it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEXUBtf2ET0 - Suffering and You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp22PH6BUO0 - The Journey of Self-Evolution

- Jai Shri Hari!!

Manjul... replied 2mo ago Goto discussion

Whatever you do, give your 100% unless you are donating blood!!

A replied 1mo ago Goto discussion

Aparna,

I used to think that way too but  I have come to appreciate Swamiji's life story in a new light. As we move along the path one of the changes that occurs in the mind of a sadhak is the ability to take a step back and gaze at the big picture of life more and dwell less on the details. IMO, Swamiji would not be the guru that he is today if Naga Baba had not been the guru he was back in the day. Things people have come to love and revere like Os.me, Sadhana app, Black lotus App, Swamiji's Ashram and all the initiates of Swamiji etc etc ..none of that would exist today as we know it if it weren't for Naga Baba.  In a way, all of us owe Naga Baba a huge debt of gratitude if you think about it.

All the things we are grateful for with respect to Swamiji came about as fruits of his intense tapas in the Himalayas. However, If Naga Baba was even ever so slightly different in his disposition, Swamiji would never have left the ashram in the first place and his life story would have taken a different trajectory.  It eventually might have led to his realization in some other form no doubt,  but It would have looked different from the story we have come to love and appreciate right now in our present. Therefore, when you step back and gaze at the totality of it, you will find that all the characters in a story add so much color and beauty to the story. That's why in a movie or a novel,  the person playing an antagonist is just as important as the protagonist. Because the role of a villain is to make you fall in love with the Hero and root for him!  The character of Ravana makes us fall in love with Rama and Sita and aren't we grateful that he exists in the story?

When you take a step back and reflect on the big picture in its totality, you will start to appreciate the intricacies and nuances in a whole new light and glimpse at the immense beauty contained in it! Beauty is an emergent quality.  To give you a music analogy, the high and low notes together is what makes a song so beautiful and melodious :).

I will also add one final note which is that sometimes great beings go through enormous challenges not necessarily for themselves but to show the world how to handle such situations if the rest of us ever find ourselves in one. Isn’t that what inspiration is all about? 🙂

Wishing you a brilliant 2023!!!

Promit R replied 2mo ago Goto discussion

2. How we live determines how we die. As humans, we have a great degree of freedom in choosing our actions, responses and conditions.

3. Check out the life of Diogenes the Cynic. Dude just stopped breathing through sheer force of will.

4. I imagine a beautiful way to die would be to expend every ounce of our life energies in service of this world, then...detachedly watch it merge away. From a no-thing, to nothing.

Jai Sri Hari 🙏

Komal Om replied 2mo ago Goto discussion

I am sorry to hear that you are going through a tough situation, Shailu. 

It isn’t easy but the best way is surrender. 
In such situations as long as you have done the best you can and things are out of your control, speak your heart out to the Divine and leave the outcome at His feet.

Surrendering and after telling Him that now it is for Him to handle, you will feel a burden be lifted off your shoulders.

Additionally what Anu suggested about relying on a trusted friend is super helpful. If you don’t have such a friend, I’d suggest praying for one or life guides if you feel completely overwhelmed.