Om Shanthi, Shanthi hi..

Are you easily perturbed? 

When someone -

either at family, professional space

Or anywhere in general -

Commands you -

Legitimately or not -

Do you feel angry? 

Or inversely 

When you command any one -

In the same order, 

In family, professional spaces

Or anywhere else -

Legitimately or not 

And the other doesn't seem 

To even heed,  

Forget obeying,

Are you hurt? 

Relax,

Calm down 

It will dawn on

That we are still in the 

Tight grip of our EGO. 

Not to mean

We must compromise. 

Rather it leads to the 

Analysis. 

Has our approach been right? 

Where do we go wrong? 

Thus you amend. 

Not just it. 

Your analysis transcends. 

All 

Whys,

Whats,

Hows,

Ifs

And

Buts

Are bigger bubbles on the surface. 

The bigger force keeps pulling 

You 

Gradually to

Reach the very force. 

There cease all your questions. 

And you revel in 

Bliss, 

The Eternal Bliss. 

karma theory..... and practice too..

This day... That year

21st Aug 2011

Exactly this day that year. 

Eleven years rolled down. 

A friend shared a passage from Mahatma. 

That Mahatma stressing on need to speak what you feel as true and right, even when the whole world stand against you. 

I shared it with my senior Colleague at the NBFC I was working a few years before that. 

Then ensued a his comment and my entailing lengthy feedbacks. Forgive errors, spelling or grammatic.  

Just reproduce the same. Tinkered where I felt it expedient. 

Here goes

My senior colleague:

how much of delay is tollarable ? there was one famous builder  in chennai, who was more famous for sticking to rules, who were also firm that they will not pay bribe to cmda to get plan approval, not pay bribe to metro water to get water and sewerage connections, not pay bribe to mes to get electrical connections and thay were made to wait for 10 to 12 months by these departments. but the builder had to pay rental compensation to the buyers of their flats for such delays. you know the current financial standing of that builder? THEY HAVE GONE BANKRUPT ! HOW MANY LIKE THIS ? the government departments are so powerful, they can killllll you softly and silently.

My rejoinders:

May the soul of the Builder corporate rest in peace.  My salutes to them.  Well, it may look those, who grease the palms, may seem thriving, kicking and live.  Do you think their conscience lets them be in peace?

I believe in the Brahadaranyak Upanishad's saying:  "You are what your deep driving desire is; as is your desire, so is your WILL; as is your will, so is your deed; AS IS YOUR DEED, SO IS YOUR DESTINY"

from my previous 2 messages, you may pose a question, "are you a holy cow?".  My answer is I would try my best to be.   I had a dire occassion, where I had no other go but to grease the palm.  The occassion was when I took our driver who met with an accident to Royappettah Hospital about a decade ago.  He got hit by the pole dug by EB and he tore his left leg down the knee.  To get him admitted and start the treatment, the shylocks even to bring out the stretcher and take him in demanded Rs.400/-.  I coughed out.  In my career, I advise my clients implications and make them aware for the need as far as possible to go by law.  Thank God, till date I didn't come across a bad case to defend before authorities.  Petty greasings I did and that too no fault of ours but b'caz of the unwritten norms.  I feel bad for all these.  By the Upanishads, my fate may punish me for these, if not in this janma, some day.  I'm mentally prepared for the worse.  At the same time, I had occassions to take the bulls by horn when they tried to armtwist me, abusing their kursi and power.  I succeeded in these and that give me a hope to stand up for the right. I shall not cease trying.

Kaviarasar Kannadasan and Mahatma Gandhi were great avatars. To love them, you have plenty of reasons. I like them for two reasons:  first for their forthrightness and not holding anything close to their chest - I salute their deep concern that their followers should have lessons in their personal follies; second for their coming forward to make amends when they felt what they did were wrong.

அனுபவமே கடவுள்

அனுபவமே கடவுள்

 கிரி உரு ஆகிய கிருபைக் கடலே

கிருபை கூர்ந்து அருள்வாய் அருணாசலா!

One devotee suffered in life endlessly. 

He decided to seek way out from none other than Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi Himself. So he set out to visit the Asram. 

There the Bhagavan was in mauna, silence. 

The devotee couldn't help. Shot out his query to Bhagavan.

Listen to their conversation.

D : Bhagavan, can't you change the destiny of the suffering Bhakthas? 

Bhagavan laughed. And went on to answer. 

B : For a sage who renounced all, how does the question of thinking arise? 

D : Then what  happens to our fate?  It's in the firm belief that you will nullify our pains,  that we all pray before you. Is our prayer of no use? 

Compassionate Bhagavan answered. 

B : When you are in the presence of an enlightened sage,  your karmic burden lightens. His mere presence suffices. The sage doesn't have to do anything. Just the Sage's presence will do. He even doesn't have to do anything. The destiny of the Bhakthas change for good on its own. They feel the soul enlivening experience. Peace prevails. 

The conversation reminded of Kaviarasar Kannadasan's song:

அனுபவமே கடவுள்

பிறப்பின் வருவது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

பிறந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

படிப்பெனச் சொல்வது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

படித்துப் பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

அறிவெனச் சொல்வது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

அறிந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

அன்பெனப் படுவது என்னெனக் கேட்டேன்

அளித்துப் பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

பாசம் என்பது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

பகிர்ந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

மனையாள் சுகமெனில் யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

மணந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

பிள்ளை என்பது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

பெற்றுப் பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

முதுமை என்பது யாதெனக் கேட்டேன்

முதிர்ந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

வறுமை என்பது என்னெனக் கேட்டேன்

வாடிப் பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

இறப்பின் பின்னது ஏதெனக் கேட்டேன்

இறந்து பாரென இறைவன் பணித்தான்!

'அனுபவித்தேதான் அறிவது வாழ்க்கையெனில்

ஆண்டவனே நீ ஏன்' எனக் கேட்டேன்!

ஆண்டவன் சற்றே அருகு நெருங்கி

'அனுபவம் என்பதே நான்தான்' என்றான்!

The Shrine - Matru Bhudeshwar

The Shrine,

"Matru Bhudeshwar".

Year 1922.

Consecrated over

The space

Where Bhagavan's 

Mother 

Ma Alagamma 

Was confined 

For Her Eternal rest. 

Sad over Her

Trials and travails

To get back 

The Son, 

Venkataraman -

Maharishi,

Bhagavan Ramana 

Home. 

All through Ma's

Trials

Bhagavan stayed firm. 

And He was in 

Absolute silence, 

Mauna. 

One devotee, 

Unable to bear

Ma's pain and anguish 

In not being able to 

Convince Son 

To get back home,

Approached Bhagavan

And pleaded to

Consider Ma's wish. 

As Bhagavan was in

Silence, 

The devotee handed

A palm leaf - 

The writing material, 

Stationery those days 

Along with a

Sharp writing tool, 

Called in Tamil, 

Ezhuthani -  எழுத்தாணி. 

It's sort in A plank, 

Where on one side you 

Have a sharp tool, 

And on the other a

Steel blade. 

It's a foldable like laptop. 

Sharp tool can close on

One side of the plank

And the blade on the other. 

Coming back to Devotee's pleading -

Carrying Ma's wish to get Her Son

Back home -,

It's here the Bhagavan wrote, 

Popularly quoted quite often,

"The Ordainer controls the fate of souls in accordance with their past deeds. Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try how hard you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to stop it. This is certain."

"அவரவர் ப்ராரப்தப் பிரகாரம் அதற்கானவன் ஆங்காங்கிருந்து ஆட்டுவிப்பன்.  என்றும் நடவாதது, 

என் முயற்சிக்கினும்  நடவாது. நடப்பது என் தடை செய்யினும் நில்லாது.  இதுவே திண்ணம். ஆகலின் மௌனமாயிருக்கை நன்று."

God.... hide and seek

God, 

The question persists, 

Persists eternally.

In the minds of all, 

From Naren -

Before he turned 

Swami Vivekanand

to

All. 

Whether you utter

You believe in Him,

Or believe not. 

Is He/She a

Shape, 

Form

Or an 

Idol? 

Listen to a conversation 

Between an ardent devotee

And

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharishi

D:   Like Ramakrishna Paramahansa,  can one speak to God? 

M:  When we can speak to each other, the same way, why speaking to God isn't possible? 

D:  Then,  why aren't we able to do so? 

M: For that,  one needs to be clear headed and have  strong mind!  Plus practice of Dhyan - meditation! 

D: As you say,  if one is,  will God appear - பிரத்யக்ஷமாவாரா? 

M: Yes.

It's as real as your existence is. 

In conscious state, as you see your body you can see many things, objects around. 

In dream,  you perceive things. 

In trance - sushupti, you transcend and don't see anything at all. 

Whatever is seen is indeed in relation to who sees that. So is God! 

When you practice dhyan for long periods,  the God you meditate upon  surely comes in your dream. Then in your conscious state too. 

What all you need to do is

To ask 

To whom

Does God present Himself. 

Thus asking 

Turn your mind inwards 

And reach the

Very

Root - மூலம். 

When you so reach,  questions - will God appear - will never arise. 

ஓம் நமோ பகவதே ஸ்ரீ ரமணாய!