Remembering the Roots of Life

     A  New  year  is  not  a  new  year  if  there  is  no  attempt  from  our  side  to  have  a  re look  at  our  own  life. Just  a  change  of  calender  is  not  a  wise  way  of  celebrating  a  new  year. Let  us  take  a  few  important  decisions  to  make  our  lives  really  meaningful. I  would  like  to  call  them  ROOTS  OF  LIFE.
It  is  time  to  remember  these  roots.
                                                        1.I  will  speak  Truth,  and  Truth  only. I  will not  escape  with  a  lie. I  may  face  a  few  troubles  if  I  speak  Truth , but  I  stick  to it. .                                                                                                                2.The  world  may  hurt  me  and  the  people  in  it  may  insult  me ,but  I  will  be  kind  with  everything  and  everybody. I  will  hate  none; dislike  none  and  hurt none.                         
                                                        3.As  much  as  possible , I  will  remain  silent  because  God  likes  silence. I  will  not  take  any  interest  in  useless  talk  and  idle  chat . But  this  does  not  mean  that  I  am not  concerned  with the  world. I  will  try  my  best  to  reduce  the  suffering  of  the  world  at  least  to  a  very  little  extent. For  that  I  pray  God  for  His  grace, without  which  nothing  is  possible.                        
                                                        4. I  will  treat  every  woman  as  another  form  of  my  Divine  Mother. If  I  find  any  woman  either  in a trouble  or  on  a  wrong  path , I  will  try  to  bring  a  good  change  in  her. If  they  misunderstand  my  intentions, I  will  come  out  of  their  path ,  without  any  hatred  towards  them. But  I  will not  forget  my  path. My  path  is  the  path  to  God.                                         
                                                        5.I  will  live  a  very  simple  life. As  much  simple  as  possible. I  will eat  only  to  live ,  will not  live  to  eat. As  much  as  possible,  I  will not  eat  out side, because  parties, functions  and  other  such  gatherings  have  become  artificial, expensive  and  rather  misleading.  if  I  were  to  attend  any  function, and  offered  some thing  to  eat, I  will  take  very  little  and  waste  nothing.  I  respect  food  as  God.  Annam  parabrahma  swaroopam.                                                                                                                                     6. I  will wear  very  simple, inexpensive  clothes  just  enough  to  protect  me  from  cold,  heat  and  rain. I  understand  that   a  man  in  poor  clothes  with  a  kind  and  honest  attitude  is  much  more  beautiful  than  a  millionaire  without  kindness. I  will  always  remember  what  Henry  David  Thoreau  has  said :''  I  had  been  rich  with out  any  damage   to   my  poverty.                                                                                                                                          [ to  be  continued]                                                                               

The last part of Spiritual Revolution

Terribly  sorry  for the  delay  in writing  the  third  blog. My  mother's  ill-ness,   frequent  power-cuts  and  above all  my  laziness  are  responsible  for  it.

            29th May, 1953  at  11.30  was   very significant  in  the  history  of  man. He  was able  to  set  his feet  on  the top  of  Mount  Everest  on  that  day.  The  next  day  the  Western  print  media  carried  the  head lines  ''Today  Man  has  conquered  Mount Everest.'' On  the  same  day,  at  their ashrams [places  where  monks live]  the  saints  and  sages  of  the  Himalayas  kept  boards  with  words  like  these : ''Today  Man  and Mount  Everest  have  become  friends."  This  sums  up  the  whole  attitude  of  two civilizations..The  modern  man  first  explored  the  earth  with  Columbus  going  westward  and Vasco-de-gama  eastward.  The  exploration  of  man  did  not  stop  with  those  two  bitter  enemies  or most  controversial  explorers. Man's  greed-filled  search  did  not  spare  mountains,  oceans,  poles,and  even  the sky. Rockets  were  sent  into  the  sky. Then  the  more  powerful  ones  were  left  into  the  emptiness  above. But  the 'adventurous  and  clever'  man  left  one  thing  unexplored :  His  own  consciousness. On  the  other  hand ,  the  saints  and  seers  of  India  went  deep  into their  hearts.Vyasa , Valmiki,  Agastya, Buddha, Ramakrishna  Paramahansa  and  countless  other  sages  have  devoted  their  lives  to  reach  the  final  frontiers  of  human  consciousness. The  energy  released  by  these  great  men  and  women  continues  to  affect  the  lives  of  scientists,  intellectuals,  writers,  and  also  of  crores  of  common  people  in  India as well as  those in  other  lands. The  impact  of  a  Napolean,  an Alexander, a  Lenin,  a Marx  or  any  other  worldly  individual  is  limited,  but  a  Buddha  influences  an  eternity . The  Spiritual  Revolution  ignited  by  a  man  of  heart ,who  is  completely  self-less  and   immersed  in  God-Consciousness  is  the  last  remaining  hope  of  humanity  that  is at  cross roads  today.

Why Spiritual Revolution?

         Previous week we tried to understand the back ground to spiritual revolution. This week we will try to focus on the meaning of ''spiritual revolution''. A revolution of social or economic type is a drastic change in the thinking and ideas of people in a country or a place.Such a revolution may affect the administration of a country and bring in a new system of government.It has happened in Russia.France,England etc.An old system of ruling was replaced by a new one,which,interestingly, had many ingredients of the old model.Players changed, game continued.There is no significant change in man and in his attitude towards the real meaning and purpose of his life and existence.As a result, the societies in the above said countries have seen tremendous progress in the material life,but remained greatly ignorant of ''the other side.'' The ''other side'' is'' human transformation''. It is the human transformation that is needed today.Swami Ranganathananda's  words are a pointer towards this much needed Change:'' We have transformed external nature by controlling the energies of the Sun,of the rivers,of lightning,of wind and of the atomic nucleus.Now we shall be wise if we turn our attention to explore the spectrum of energy resources hidden within man himself.''