Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Forget and Forgive Do not develop ill-feeling inside your heart for the man who has insulted you or injured you. This is worse than open anger. This is mental cancer. Do not nourish grievances. Forget and forgive. This is not just an idealistic maxim. This is the only way to retain your peace. The habit of nurturing grievances is highly injurious to one's own self. You will lose sleep. You will poison your blood. You will develop blood pressure and neurasthenia. After all, the injury or insult was done to you once. Now it is past. It is all over. It is spilt milk. Why do you want to perpetuate the misery of that injury or insult by constantly remembering it? Why do you want to feed the dying embers of hatred and ill-will? Is it not high foolishness? The span of human life is so short that you cannot afford to waste time and life in such trifles. Get over the bad habit. The best way to do so is to keep yourself ever busy in any work which absorbs your interest. You can gain peace of mind if you actively follow a calling or profession, or even hobby, which holds your interest. You will then have a sense of fulfillment, of achievement. Remember the proverb: Man does not live by bread alone. If you can afford it, and if you value peace of mind more than money, you would even do well to take to a calling or job which you like but which is monetarily less rewarding than one which you dislike all the time but monetarily more rewarding. Do not aspire for worldly glory, worldly recognition. This is the surest way to mental and physical restlessness. Why do you crave for recognition by others? The "others" are mostly ignorant people. The most successful men of the world are often men of little real wisdom. Why do you place so much value on their recognition? Instead, aspire for God's blessings, the blessings of wise men of saintly souls. That is worth earning, worth striving for. Do not attach much importance to public opinion. Public opinion is often wrong. Attach importance to moral values, codes of conduct, scriptural teachings, opinion of saints and holy men. You can never go wrong. Baba Said.... "I always think of him, who remembers Me. I require no conveyance, carriage, tonga, train or airplane. I can run and manifest Myself, who calls Me". Jai Sai Ram Swamy Mahadevan Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all Baba Bless you ever!!! Related Link: 1. Sai Baba News & pictures: " on the web. Terms of Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 om sai ram 'After all, the injury or insult was done to you once. Now it is past. It is all over'.'You can gain peace of mind if you actively follow a calling or profession, or even hobby, which holds your interest.'-a good and very valuable advice. sai ram --- Swamy Mahadevan <mahadevanvnswamy > wrote: > > Forget and Forgive > > Do not develop ill-feeling inside your heart for the > man who has > insulted you or injured you. This is worse than open > anAfter all, the injury or insult was done to you once. Now it is past. It is all overger. This is > mental cancer. Do not nourish grievances. Forget and > forgive. This is > not just an idealistic maxim. This is the only way > to retain your > peace. The habit of nurturing grievances is highly > injurious to one's > own self. You will lose sleep. You will poison your > blood. You will > develop blood pressure and neurasthenia. After all, > the injury or > insult was done to you once. Now it is past. It is > all over. It is > spilt milk. Why do you want to perpetuate the misery > of that injury > or insult by constantly remembering it? Why do you > want to feed the > dying embers of hatred and ill-will? Is it not high > foolishness? The > span of human life is so short that you cannot > afford to waste time > and life in such trifles. Get over the bad habit. > The best way to do > so is to keep yourself ever busy in any work which > absorbs your > interest. You can gain peace of mind if you actively > follow a calling > or profession, or even hobby, which holds your > interest. You will > then have a sense of fulfillment, of achievement. > Remember the > proverb: Man does not live by bread alone. If you > can afford it, and > if you value peace of mind more than money, you > would even do well to > take to a calling or job which you like but which is > monetarily less > rewarding than one which you dislike all the time > but monetarily more > rewarding. > > Do not aspire for worldly glory, worldly > recognition. This is the > surest way to mental and physical restlessness. Why > do you crave for > recognition by others? The "others" are mostly > ignorant people. The > most successful men of the world are often men of > little real wisdom. > Why do you place so much value on their recognition? > Instead, aspire > for God's blessings, the blessings of wise men of > saintly souls. That > is worth earning, worth striving for. > > Do not attach much importance to public opinion. > Public opinion is > often wrong. Attach importance to moral values, > codes of conduct, > scriptural teachings, opinion of saints and holy > men. You can never > go wrong. > > Baba Said.... > "I always think of him, who remembers Me. I require > no conveyance, > carriage, tonga, train or airplane. I can run and > manifest Myself, > who calls Me". > > Jai Sai Ram > Swamy Mahadevan > Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all > Baba Bless you ever!!! > > > > > > > > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam protection around Related Link: 1. Sai Baba News & pictures: [url="http://www..com/saidailynews.htm"]http://www..com/saidailynews.htm 2. Wallpapers: " on the web. Terms of Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Sai Ram, With Pranams at Bhagawan Baba`s lotus feet, this humble self would like to share some thoughts on "forgive and forget". Alexander Pope once said "To err is human, to forgive, Divine". In English language, to forgive means "to give up", to let go. It also means to restore oneself to basic goodness and health. Bio- Scientists assert that the act of forgiving changes the energy and physical structures of our cells, and of ourDNA. Guilt is a powerful and deadening emotion. Guilt by itself can close down the energy sysytems of our body, and thereby lessen and in extreme cases, cut off the flow of Divine Energy and Love to the body entirely, because each and every one of our cells has Consciousness. They too can carry the essence of energy of guilt within them that makes their energy denser. Scientists have demonstrated that serious mental, emotional and physical consequences such as depression and chronic back pain are attributable to an unforgiving heart. Mother Theressa used to say'If we really want to love, we must learn to forgive." Love, Compassion and forgiveness are all divine qualities and are as good as synonyms as opposed to hatred, apathy, vengence, vindictiveness etc., etc.,. . We should learn to offer forgiveness to the person who has wronged us. If we can not forgive such persons , we are continuing to suffer for what they did or did not do to us. Forgiveness is something like a gift we give to ourself. Forgiveness helps us to give up our negative thoughts about the situation and to believe in the posisbility of a better future. It builds confidence that we can survive the pain and grow from it. Refusing to forgive by holding on to the anger, resentment and possibly, a sense of betrayal can make our own life miserable. A vindictive mind-set creates bitterness. The greatest misconception about forgiveness is the belief that forgiving the offense can be interpreted as condoning it. Not at all. In fact, we can forgive that only which we know to be wrong. Forgiveness does not necessarily mean that we reconcile with somebody who ill-treated us. Forgiveness is the experience of finding peace inside and can neither be compelled nor stopped by another. The most important thing in forgiveness is that when we forgive somebody, we have to do it for ourselves and not for the other`s sake. WE can not love anybody unless we can forgive them. If one is willing to forgive , it can bring in him a sense of peace and well-being. It can enhance one`s depression and give him hope. Forgiveness is a creative act that changes us from slaves of the past to liberated people at peace with our memories. It is not somethingwe have to do, but something we must allow to flow through us. Forgiveness helps us to move forward. No one benefits from forgiveness than the one who forgives. Let me conclude this sharing of ideas with the Mahatma Gandhi`s saying,"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong". Sai Ram Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 om sai ram 'No one benefits from forgiveness than the one who forgives.''Forgiveness does not necessarily mean that we reconcile with somebody who ill-treated us. Forgiveness is the experience of finding peace inside yourself'-very well said.-explained in a nice fashion-every line is conveying some meaning. sai ram --- G Balasubramanian <gbsub > wrote: > Sai Ram, > With Pranams at Bhagawan Baba`s lotus feet, this > humble self would like to share some thoughts on > "forgive and forget". > > Alexander Pope once said "To err is human, to > forgive, Divine". In English language, to forgive > means "to give up", to let go. It also means to > restore oneself to basic goodness and health. Bio- > Scientists assert that the act of forgiving > changes the energy and physical structures of our > cells, and of ourDNA. Guilt is a powerful and > deadening emotion. Guilt by itself can close down > the energy sysytems of our body, and thereby lessen > and in extreme cases, cut off the flow of Divine > Energy and Love to the body entirely, because each > and every one of our cells has Consciousness. They > too can carry the essence of energy of guilt within > them that makes their energy denser. Scientists have > demonstrated that serious mental, emotional and > physical consequences such as depression and > chronic back pain are attributable to an unforgiving > heart. > > Mother Theressa used to say'If we really want to > love, we must learn to forgive." Love, Compassion > and forgiveness are all divine qualities and are > as good as synonyms as opposed to hatred, apathy, > vengence, vindictiveness etc., etc.,. . We should > learn to offer forgiveness to the person who has > wronged us. If we can not forgive such persons , we > are continuing to suffer for what they did or did > not do to us. > > Forgiveness is something like a gift we give to > ourself. Forgiveness helps us to give up our > negative thoughts about the situation and to believe > in the posisbility of a better future. It builds > confidence that we can survive the pain and grow > from it. Refusing to forgive by holding on to the > anger, resentment and possibly, a sense of betrayal > can make our own life miserable. A vindictive > mind-set creates bitterness. > > The greatest misconception about forgiveness is > the belief that forgiving the offense can be > interpreted as condoning it. Not at all. In fact, > we can forgive that only which we know to be wrong. > Forgiveness does not necessarily mean that we > reconcile with somebody who ill-treated us. > Forgiveness is the experience of finding peace > inside and can neither be compelled nor stopped by > another. > > The most important thing in forgiveness is that > when we forgive somebody, we have to do it for > ourselves and not for the other`s sake. WE can not > love anybody unless we can forgive them. If one is > willing to forgive , it can bring in him a sense of > peace and well-being. It can enhance one`s > depression and give him hope. > Forgiveness is a creative act that changes us > from slaves of the past to liberated people at peace > with our memories. It is not somethingwe have to > do, but something we must allow to flow through us. > Forgiveness helps us to move forward. No one > benefits from forgiveness than the one who forgives. > > Let me conclude this sharing of ideas with the > Mahatma Gandhi`s saying,"The weak can never forgive. > Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong". > Sai Ram > > > > Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for > ridiculously low rates. Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam protection around Related Link: 1. Sai Baba News & pictures: [url="http://www..com/saidailynews.htm"]http://www..com/saidailynews.htm 2. Wallpapers: " on the web. Terms of Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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