Do we know what we want?

Have you ever thought about it - Do you know what you want? Maybe we don’t know what life has installed for us yet (I know I don’t, and kudos to those who have already got that figured), but do we know what we really really want? Say I have a genie in front of you to grant one wish, just ONE wish. What would you ask for? (Asking for your every wish to come true is not counted.) How many would ask for world peace? Or solution to environmental stresses?

The point is, most of us would ask for fulfilment of a need, or some personal achievement. That’s why some of us make resolutions year after year after year right? To a point that some of us give up doing that cos we’ve never been able to do all those things we had listed. I mean come to end of year, do we even remember what resolution we made for this year??

Some of us may know what we don’t want better than what we want. "I don’t want to be caught sneaking back to the office late today." "I don’t want to fight with my spouse tonight." "I don’t want to be late for my appointment." "I hope I don’t run into that horrible person today." "I hope I don’t miss the bus" – sounds familiar? No wonder we have so many stresses.

Now, when you are doing the subconscious programming given by His Divine Grace, have you ever paid attention to your thoughts? Are you putting in a positive thought or a negative thought? Compare the following 2 statements:

(a) I don’t want my kid to fail the exam

(b) I want my kid to pass the exam

Statement (b) sounds more positive than statement (a) right? So why not from now, pay more attention to your thoughts, and make them positive ones? It’s very difficult to have positive thoughts all the time, but why not start with the subconscious programming? I mean before you start with the method, be more conscious about what you are really asking (Is this what I really want?), and make it more positive (Can I phrase this any better?).

So now that we are approaching a brand new year, you might have started working on your brand new resolutions. Why not include this in your list – "I’ll do positive subconscious programming always". That’s my only resolution for the new year.

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This is part of His Divine Grace's quote published in the Newspaper earlier this year. 

The first line translates: Examine yourself always.

The 2nd line translates: Failures are not for you.

When I first came across this quote, I read it as failures are not for me if I put in effort in finding out more about myself. Well if I know myself well, I will know my strengths and weakness. This in turn will help me deal with other people and situations. Thus, get better in avoiding failures.

Well, this is not bad an understanding I believed, but I gained a better spiritual insight when I read a chapter from a book by Paramahansa Yogananda.

My reflections based on the book:

Search yourself through meditation

This will lead to realization about the Self,

That the spirit is free

Realization leads to detachment of the Self from the body,

And that the Self doesnt experience failures and pain

This book came to me in a most unexpected manner, and it came at the time I needed answer to my many questions about spirituality. What is faith? Can faith be developed? How can I believe in something without questioning it? We're always told that we need to do prathanai (petition) with complete faith. But how can I do that when I don't understand what faith really means? I asked some people these questions, and they were not able to help me. Someone told me to put this question forward to Guruji through prathanai. And I tried it.

I got my answers.

I visited a friend at her place that week, and found the book on her coffee table. Picked it up and opened it. The first thing I saw was a chapter titled "Faith".

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We recently found out the meaning of this familiar Bhajan, originally written by Adi Shankara:

Guru Brahma
Guru Vishnu
Guru Devo Maheswara
Guru Sakshath Parambrahma
Tasimai Shri Guruve Namaha
Translates:
Guru is the creator Brahma
Guru is the preserver Vishnu
Guru is the destroyer Shiva
Guru is directly the supreme spirit
I offer my salutations to this Guru

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Oli Sudar for Desktop

We took these beautiful pictures in New Zealand, and decided our Guruji's oli sudar will add an inspirational flavour to it. Hope you like it. Email us if you want any of these desktop pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

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Like the Sunrise that rises above the smashing waves,

our lives will be changed for the good, the moment

we have Guruji in our lives....

...His Divine Grace's disciple

21/09/07

 

 

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