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A joke: I was sunning myself on a park bench one spring evening.
A cute little white poodle came running up to play with trousers.
Behind it ran up its master, a little girl with freckles and pony tails.
Picking up the poodle in her arms, she apologised for her poodle bothering me.
"Not a bother at all," I said comforting her. You have a sweet little poodle. What's his name?'
The girl frowned, searching for an answer.
Then, giving up, because she wanted to get on, and not worry me any more, said quickly,
"I do not know his name. I call him Sammy."
Where Did We Go wrong?
I have read a passage in a book translating a famous religious ious book of Asia to the effect that the world is transitory. Worldly enjoyments are laced with pain. We should, therefore, shunt them away.
We should curtail all bodily desires, renounce life's responsibilities, and hide away in seclusion to meditate.That is the only way to realise one's self, and get to know of God, find our 'nirvana.'
This seemed so irrational a message from a holy scriptures that I almost thaught this translation was a sort of student prank, a spoof, of a holy message.
Then I realised that the message was not something lost in the translation.
This indeed is an interpretation of God's message accepted by millions.
People do give up wanting to strive for luxuries that wealth brings giving this guidance as an excuse to run away from life.
Others see something pious in being poor, and miserly. Even in Christianity there is a beleief that says something like "Blessed are the meek."
Meek meaning the oppressed, the poor, the troubled.
Some people even flay themselves with ropes, or suffer bodily torture thinking that doing so will make them dearer to God.
Where did we go wrong that this meaning was attached to our existence?
The truth, according to the great scriptures of India, as I have understood them to be, is that we are a part of the Universe, which is one undifferentiated Consciousness, one Awareness, one Mind.
This Mind continuously thinks. It is its inherent property to do so.
The result of the thinking of this Universal Mind is the creation of galaxies, stars, planets, and us.
Our mind is an atom of the same Universal Consciousness.
Its inherent property is to keep on expanding, creating endlessly.
So when man creates things, or wants to create things, he is only flowing with the Universe, with God.
I would say that God has given us a tongue so that we can enjoy the delicate tastes of our food. He could easily have devised a man where food necessary for survival of the body would go straight to the stomach for digestion.
Life is meant to be enjoyed, to the full. To strive for pleasure and things that give us joy is not to rebel against God's wishes. Quite the opposite. To do so is helping God continue the Creation of the Universe that He has begun.
There are overtones to this message, of course.
For example, one may strive to create luxuries for pleasure, knowing that to do so its God's will. So any disappointments in our ventures should not result in sorrow, but acceptance of any outcome also as God's will.
I am comforted that many modern thinkers like Deepak Chopra, Gill Edwards (Living Magically), Louis Hay (You can Hal your life) Pamela Oslie, etc. support my view as God being a Consciousness which wants to create through our minds.
Life is meant to explore, to expand, to create, to enjoy.
The coin of life has 'Joy' stamped on each of its sides.
Wishing you joy and abundance, Shree-1
P.S. You may also enjoy http://www.macrofacts.org
A joke: I was sunning myself on a park bench one spring evening.
A cute little white poodle came running up to play with trousers.
Behind it ran up its master, a little girl with freckles and pony tails.
Picking up the poodle in her arms, she apologised for her poodle bothering me.
"Not a bother at all," I said comforting her. You have a sweet little poodle. What's his name?'
The girl frowned, searching for an answer.
Then, giving up, because she wanted to get on, and not worry me any more, said quickly,
"I do not know his name. I call him Sammy."
Where Did We Go wrong?
I have read a passage in a book translating a famous religious ious book of Asia to the effect that the world is transitory. Worldly enjoyments are laced with pain. We should, therefore, shunt them away.
We should curtail all bodily desires, renounce life's responsibilities, and hide away in seclusion to meditate.That is the only way to realise one's self, and get to know of God, find our 'nirvana.'
This seemed so irrational a message from a holy scriptures that I almost thaught this translation was a sort of student prank, a spoof, of a holy message.
Then I realised that the message was not something lost in the translation.
This indeed is an interpretation of God's message accepted by millions.
People do give up wanting to strive for luxuries that wealth brings giving this guidance as an excuse to run away from life.
Others see something pious in being poor, and miserly. Even in Christianity there is a beleief that says something like "Blessed are the meek."
Meek meaning the oppressed, the poor, the troubled.
Some people even flay themselves with ropes, or suffer bodily torture thinking that doing so will make them dearer to God.
Where did we go wrong that this meaning was attached to our existence?
The truth, according to the great scriptures of India, as I have understood them to be, is that we are a part of the Universe, which is one undifferentiated Consciousness, one Awareness, one Mind.
This Mind continuously thinks. It is its inherent property to do so.
The result of the thinking of this Universal Mind is the creation of galaxies, stars, planets, and us.
Our mind is an atom of the same Universal Consciousness.
Its inherent property is to keep on expanding, creating endlessly.
So when man creates things, or wants to create things, he is only flowing with the Universe, with God.
I would say that God has given us a tongue so that we can enjoy the delicate tastes of our food. He could easily have devised a man where food necessary for survival of the body would go straight to the stomach for digestion.
Life is meant to be enjoyed, to the full. To strive for pleasure and things that give us joy is not to rebel against God's wishes. Quite the opposite. To do so is helping God continue the Creation of the Universe that He has begun.
There are overtones to this message, of course.
For example, one may strive to create luxuries for pleasure, knowing that to do so its God's will. So any disappointments in our ventures should not result in sorrow, but acceptance of any outcome also as God's will.
I am comforted that many modern thinkers like Deepak Chopra, Gill Edwards (Living Magically), Louis Hay (You can Hal your life) Pamela Oslie, etc. support my view as God being a Consciousness which wants to create through our minds.
Life is meant to explore, to expand, to create, to enjoy.
The coin of life has 'Joy' stamped on each of its sides.
Wishing you joy and abundance, Shree-1
P.S. You may also enjoy http://www.macrofacts.org
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