God.... the foody way

உடம்பினை முன்னம் இழுக்கென் றிருந்தேன்

உடம்பினுக் குள்ளே யுறுபொருள் கண்டேன்

உடம்புளே உத்தமன் கோயில்கொண் டான்என்று

உடம்பினை யானிருந் தோம்புகின் றேனே.

- திருமந்திரம் 

Takes me to 

Bhagavan's moment of

Death experience. 

In the process 

Ramana Maharishi asks, 

'Is the body 'I'?'

And 

Answers as well, 

"The body dies. 

But the spirit doesn't. 

It transcends.... 

This means

I'm the 

Deathless Spirit."

கவியரசர் கூறியது

நினைவில் நிழலாடுகிறது. 

" எந்த நிலையிலும் எனக்கு 

மரணமில்லை. "

Well,

Who is there inside you? 

Or

Are you away from God? 

The abode -

That's the body

Is the 

Absolute 

Sanctum -

Where reside

You,

Yes

The God,  சாக்க்ஷாத். 

No need to emphasize 

How well one should care

One's own body. 

For,  the body's 

Purpose is to

Disburse the clouds

And let the

Lord dwelling 

Inside shine forth. 

How would you care the body? 

The food jumps first. 

Can we take any food 

Left,  right and centre? 

Remember 

Your body is 

The Holy kshetra. 

So,  the first No

Is to meat. 

For your body is not the 

Dumping yard

For dead animals. 

Besides,  the pain

That the meaty animal 

Undergoes while slaughter 

Would haunt and add

To doshas. 

Well, 

Your murmuring knocks

My earlobes, 

"can I then take all vegetables?".

The answer is -

In order that 

The food you 

Consume facilitates 

Your Godliness -

There are certain vegetables 

To avoid. 

What are they? 

Heard of Jain food?

They are devoid of 

Onion and 

Garlic. 

These two fall in the tamasic -

Mode of ignorance - category. 

These have an adverse effects 

On our consciousness. 

Clouds our intelligence 

And keeps us

Away

Self-realisation. 

Have more Jain food 

And 

Be Godly. 

Why worry?

Why worry

Worries are like birds,
let them fly over you.
But don't make them build a nest on your head.

-   Martin Lutherking.

A celebrity author was die-hard in willing to listen only lectures of winners. Considered nothing  about spiritual talks.

One day his friend invited him to a discourse by a monk from India. 

Our author friend shrugged. 

But the friend was a stitapragya - dead determined to take the author to monk's discourse.  The author relented on a stipulation that the friend would offer him drink session post the discourse. Friend agreed. 

Far from drink the reason why our author relented was because of Monk's profile. Monk was an alumnus of IIT-Mumbai, considered an MIT in India. 

Hitherto the author used to interact only with topnotch CEOs,  Successful leaders. 

First time now he was to listen to a clean shaven monk, who has given up and renounced in his prime of youth - just about in his thirties. 

As the Monk progressed in the discourse,  our author friend went keen and totally absorbed. 

I don't want to hold the suspense who the author was.  He is Jay Shetty, author of 'Think Like a Monk'. 

An excerpt from him:

"My whole life I'd been fascinated by people who'd gone from nothing to something - rags-to-riches stories.  I was in the presence of someone who'd done deliberately the opposite.  He'd given up the life the world had told me we should all want.  But instead of being an embittered failure,  he appears joyous,  confident and at peace.  In fact,  he seemed happier than anyone I'd ever met.  At the age of eighteen,  I had encountered a lot of people who were rich.  I'd listened to a lot of people who were famous, strong,  good-looking,  or all the three.  But I don't think I'd met anyone who was truly happy."

Dale Carnegie used to make a distinction between worry and concern. You can be concerned about an issue and with your leadership skills, you may try riddling out and bring about an agreeable and positive solution. But worry kills. Analytics is the buzz word in business and IT industry. Take analytics beyond. And you can feel yourself that the worry is a really  vacuum, getting you nowhere but rather keeping you stagnated, suffocated and robbing you full of your energy. 

You may have come across a flow chart by yet another Monk,  Monk Gaur Gopaldas. 

He asks you two questions :

1. Do you have a problem? 

2. Then why worry? 

Coincidentally the second question is answer in itself.

If your answer to q 1 is affirmative,  the next question follows suit. That is Can you do something about it . If you say yes, the answer takes you to question 2. Why worry. 

If you say no also -  that you can't do anything is no also,  then also the answer is q. 2 Why worry. 

Feel You are a unique jewel that God has brought you here about to waft positive vibes.