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PRABUDDH JEEVAN
SEPTEMBER 2014
good acts and push it to be as "an act of God"? Ghantakarna Mahavir, or Shankeshwar Parshwanath Is there a mode of measurement employed by the Gods or seek respite in a Bhaktamar Stotra ? that only certain desires are fulfilled or only those And all I can say is yes, 'desperation is a tender trap desires that seem harmless on the surface like a good and I have been confused, lost, desperate more than boy/girl to marry or a desire to get into the best college most, I have been at crossroads and still have inspite of bad grades, or just a hundred crore more to
grades, or just a hundred crore more to thousands of questions unanswered and occasional make a township or a politician's signature to get the
wishful thinking that hopes there is a magic wand but land that actually was marked for some lesser privileged
dear friends then I remember 'sarvaade to mehnat members of society.
taarij hashe.'; I want to know how does Lord Ganesh pick, choose,
You need to pray so you invite humility in you; you compartmentalise your 'kaamna poorti' and I want you need to pray to be grateful because you are nothing to please tell me what is it that you are thinking when without Grace and nimit but finally - in the making of you see a Lord Mahavir and what are you feeling whenvour blueprint of this or the next life and additions or you were listening to stories of Chandanbala or Mira or subtractions of comforts are all completely totally Shabri or Nem Rajul or hear the songs of Ganga Sati?
written by you, your acts, your thoughts, your inner Do you feel. oh poor thing, all they had to do was bhaavs and feelings. appease Ganpati Bappa and he would have set things
You have a choice - To pray whoever your heart syncs right for them?
with, whoever your heart sings for but Kaam to aapdei Perhaps I am beginning to sound patronising so I am
karvu padshe...., buddhi ma shuddhi aapdej karvi going to stop
padshe ane chit ne ahit and svahit ni odkhan potej People have asked me - what would you do if you were karavi padshe.' desperate? Desperate to get a good mark or a job or a Let us embark upon the journey where we take our seat or save someone you love who is dying or losing life's and our soul's responsibility in our own hands. to another? What would you do if you had enemies or
Amen. ill health? What would you do if you were at life's
Reshma Jain crossroads confused and directionless? Would you not get tempted then to give in and pray, to fast, ask of
The Narrators Ganesh ji's kripa, or that if Padmavati devi or
Tel: +91 9920951074 LET GO . You will only come to know God when you give up body. the past and the future in your mind and merge totally The body is servant of mind. It obeys the operations into it now.
of the mind. Make an effort to remove all labels that you have thought is the source of action in life and manifestation placed on yourself. Lables serve to negate you.
make the source pure and all will be pure. • Letting go does not mean-only giving it up. It means To think well of others, to be cheerful with all, to accepting reality and being in the present moment. patiently learn to find the good in all, such unselfish • Having aspirations is not bad thing. But having desires thoughts are the very portals of heaven. that keep you enslaved is unhealthy.
.To dwell in thoughts of peace towards every creature • Humour is an essential part of man's wholeness and will bring the abounding peace to their possessor. it's missing from religion.
.There is no physician like cheerful thought for • Laughter is more sacred than prayer. It requires dissipating the ills of the body intelligence and presence of mind.
To live continuously in the thought of ill will cynicism, • There are only two activities in which you can feel suspicion and envy is to be confind in a selfmade agelessness easily-aughter and dancing.
prison cell. But to think well of, to be cheerful with all, . Out of clean heart comes a clean life and a clean to find good in are very portals of heaven.
