Guest guest Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 OM NAMAH SIVAYA a small poem i read once that i always liked and these words from Swami Sivananda on striving made me think how in some respects the striving simply is the goal. because eventually doing becomes being. In life, the glory lies not in the quarry, but in the chase. The success is not in the trophy won but in the race run STRIVE Strive. Strive to realise God. This is the purpose of human birth. The perfection of the realisation of absolute knowledge, supreme bliss and immortality is the one and only goal in human life. Release from the round of births and life in eternity is the goal of man. Till self-realisation is attained, man is subject to the law of karma and rebirth. Finish your task --- God realisation in this life itself; do not postpone it. Just as food is necessary for the body so also daily meditation and prayer are necessary for the soul. O man! Wake up from this slumber of ignorance. Why do you waste your life building castles in the air? Turn your gaze within. Stop all this hurry and worry. Sit down and relax. Dive deep within. Discover the pearl of atman. You will be freed from birth and death here and now. Remember the goal every moment of this life. Strive incessantly to realize it by living a life of detachment, dispassion, devotion, deep meditation and samadhi (self-knowledge) . O man! Nothing is permanent. All things change. All things pass away. Seek the permanent, changeless, immortal atman and be free. He is truly wise who lives in the eternal and who is endowed with discrimination and dispassion. Life is a transforming process by which attachment, fear, anger, hatred and lust are transformed by steady and rigorous discipline and meditation into joy, bliss, peace and love. In simplicity is the secret of real beauty. Simplify your life. Be humble, pure, straight forward and true to yourself and others. Be good and do good so that each tomorrow will find you farther than today. Be humble, be meek, be pure, be holy, be godly and peaceful. Be charitable. Be moral. Be humble. Be courageous. Be pure. Meditate. Become wise. Whoever does anything with enthusiasm, patience and perseverance, never fails to achieve his object. Annihilate desires. Seek the company of saints and devotees. Control the mind. Control anger. Be charitable. Help the needy. Kill the ego. Be grateful. Respect the great. Be truthful. Indulge not in gossip. You will attain the supreme blessedness. JAI MA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 ONS Gorgeous! This sounds so much like Haidakhan Babaji's teachings. JAI MA AMMACHI --- ecjensen_us <ecjensen_us > wrote: > OM NAMAH SIVAYA > > a small poem i read once that i always liked and > these words from > Swami Sivananda on striving made me think how in > some respects the > striving simply is the goal. because eventually > doing becomes being. > > In life, > the glory lies > not in the quarry, > but in the chase. > The success is not in the trophy won > but in the race run > > STRIVE > > Strive. Strive to realise God. This is the purpose > of human birth. > The perfection of the realisation of absolute > knowledge, supreme > bliss and immortality is the one and only goal in > human life. Release > from the round of births and life in eternity is the > goal of man. > Till self-realisation is attained, man is subject to > the law of karma > and rebirth. Finish your task --- God realisation > in this life > itself; do not postpone it. Just as food is > necessary for the body so > also daily meditation and prayer are necessary for > the soul. > > O man! Wake up from this slumber of ignorance. Why > do you waste your > life building castles in the air? Turn your gaze > within. Stop all > this hurry and worry. Sit down and relax. Dive deep > within. Discover > the pearl of atman. You will be freed from birth and > death here and > now. > > Remember the goal every moment of this life. Strive > incessantly to > realize it by living a life of detachment, > dispassion, devotion, deep > meditation and samadhi (self-knowledge) . > > O man! Nothing is permanent. All things change. All > things pass away. > Seek the permanent, changeless, immortal atman and > be free. He is > truly wise who lives in the eternal and who is > endowed with > discrimination and dispassion. > > Life is a transforming process by which attachment, > fear, anger, > hatred and lust are transformed by steady and > rigorous discipline and > meditation into joy, bliss, peace and love. > > In simplicity is the secret of real beauty. Simplify > your life. Be > humble, pure, straight forward and true to yourself > and others. Be > good and do good so that each tomorrow will find you > farther than > today. Be humble, be meek, be pure, be holy, be > godly and peaceful. > Be charitable. Be moral. Be humble. Be courageous. > Be pure. Meditate. > Become wise. Whoever does anything with enthusiasm, > patience and > perseverance, never fails to achieve his object. > Annihilate desires. > > Seek the company of saints and devotees. Control the > mind. Control > anger. Be charitable. Help the needy. Kill the ego. > Be grateful. > Respect the great. Be truthful. Indulge not in > gossip. You will > attain the supreme blessedness. > > JAI MA > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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