Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Sairam dear Sai family, Wish you all a very happy Dussera. May the benevolent grace of BABA shine upon one and all. BABA protect us and guide us always in our life. Dussera, is about celebrating good in this world. It is celebration of Victory over evil, it is celebration of hope, knowing that good tidings will come what ever be the sufferings. it is about being successful in all our good ventures. For all of us, Baba's devotees, it is celebrating life of BABA. He left His body on this day, but also left behind a wealth of knowledge to us, if we were to follow it then we would be successful in this life. My kids and their friends have taught me something which I want to share with you on Dussera, they were all at my home one day and there was an argument about some sort among kids. Being a controlling mum, I said "enough boys, otherwise I will have to put an end to the fun and you will be sad". Then boys said, "do you know why wars happen?" In my absent minded way I said, "people want to make money so they wage wars". Then the boys said no... "WAR happens when each one thinks We Are Right" I was spell bounded for a moment. They are kids and yet they are so right. Often we adults might think we know it all, but kids teach us a lot, all we have to do is pay attention to their words. In fact BABA Himself said in Chapter 18/19 that "you ignorant fools leave off all these fighting's and arguments and live in peace". The boys might have been taught this in their school. I always wondered why can't we all be happy and peaceful. Why does there have to be fights, misunderstandings, pain, suffering, cheating. But lest did I realise that I am one of the contributor to the suffering in this world. It is ego that breeds arguments and it is ego that makes one think they are always right. If there is a difference of opinion, then I would never bend down and say, so be it, and go my own way. May be momentarily the person who raises the issue might think he won, but that victory would be short lived, because God always shows the right path, and truth always prevails. Why do I not act like this always? It is because of my ego, and my urge to prove my point. One thing I have to ask myself and which I fail to do so is "is it worth to waste time to prove a point to somebody. May be this somebody is one who I do not care enough or is not important enough in my life, even if they were important, may be I do not love them enough. Because if it is somebody who I do not care enough or they are not important in my life then I am wasting my time in trying to prove a point, because it should not matter to me what they think. If I loved them enough then I would let them win the argument and see them happy. So the point is, I am wasting my time and energy by releasing these emotions. I would have been better off to divert this energy in thinking of BABA, doing His work than end up in a useless argument which made me lose my stability of mind and adding to the misery. This Dussera let us make a resolution, let us minimise the arguments, and let go of things. Let us try it for a short time, because the sweet victory of controlling our emotions and ego is greater than see somebody else win an argument. Let us test to see if refraining from arguments, and letting go of issues would give us any happiness. May be we can reconvene again in this forum and share our experiences of what the situation was and how we were able to control our urge to argue or prove a point and averted an uncomfortable situation. BABA please do give us strength to be able to hold back our tongue and not be involved in arguments. Humble pranams Sairam Anitha Kandukuri http://www.angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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