HAPPY BHAKTI DIWAS TO ALL DEAR FRIENDS ACROSS THE GLOBE: The year end is round the corner and the New Year will be ringing in soon. Many of us make New Year resolutions every year. Some may have a resolution to buy a new house, some to get married this coming year or to lose 30 lbs within the coming year. A student has an ambition to ace in all his classes. No matter what your resolution, goal or ambition is, you have to work towards achieving it. The student will have to study hard, the person who wants to get married needs to start looking for a bride. The one who wants to buy a new house has to start saving money and start looking for houses. The one who wants to lose 30 lbs needs to make sure he will be burning 500 calories everyday. If they dont work towards it, they will not reach their goal and their resolution will only remain a resolution again when the New Year is about to end and will have the same resolution again next year. Let us make a firm resolve to work very hard this coming year. You may not remember but when you were little, you used to think that you will never be able to turn and never be able to walk. It was so hard for you to turn. But, you were successful. It was so hard for you to take your first step but you succeeded and even started running. An acrobat is able to perform miraculous stunts of walking up a wall or walking on a thin stick and we think, hes so talented and applaud for him. But, how did he become so talented? He didnt know these tricks when he was born. There was a lot of hard work and years of practice put into it. Now, think if we are able to do so many things by practice and firm belief then why cant we do the most important thing for which God has graced us with a human body for? God wants us to use it to attain Him. But, we are using it for everything else. Do we even think that my life is getting wasted? I may have only just a year more or just a day more or just a second more to live? If I dont do devotion now, I may never be able to do it in this life and my life will be wasted? We have achieved so many goals in life but we do not even want to seriously attempt to work towards our ultimate goal for which God has graced us with a human body? Why? We do not really believe that we can attain God and ultimate happiness. We still believe there is happiness in the world. We need to have a firm belief in the words of God and Saints and really believe that we will be able to attain Him one day. It is Gods promise: Jo Tu Dhyave Ek Pag, To Mein Dhyavun Saath - If you take one small step towards me, I will run 60 steps towards you. He is waiting to embrace you with open arms and benevolent eyes. He wants to give you unlimited, ever-lasting and ever-increasing bliss. But, he just wants you to ask him in the right way. Be humble, shed tears for God like an innocent child does for his mother and purify your mind with loving remembrance of God. When your surrender is 100%, you will get all Gods qualities except for the task of creation, maintenance and destruction of the world. Also, you wont get the task of noting down every souls thoughts and karmas and giving them the fruits of their deeds. But, everything else that God has will be yours. Also, remember that human birth is precious but life is short. In fact, very short in Kaliyug. Remember that death can come and knock on your doorstep at any time. Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj has said in some of the Radha Govind Geet lines: “Ayu Jal Bulbula Govind Radhey, Jane Kab Phoot Jaye Sab Ko Bata De” “Kali Te Bhajunga Kahu Govind Radhey, Jane Kaal Tera Kali Aane hi Na De” Life is like a bubble of water Govind Radhey, let everyone know that you never know when it will break. Do not keep on saying all the time that I will do devotion from tomorrow; you never know if death may not let your tomorrow come. Make a firm resolve this year to progress on the path of devotion. Gauge your progress everyday, every month and every year. Make a conscious effort with firm faith that you will attain God. Ask yourself how many tears of longing have you shed for God? How much of your anger has been controlled? How much more patient and tolerant have you become? Has your humility increased? How much more has your mind got attached more to God? Also, make sure you protect your spiritual earnings. Just like a person who has an aim to lose weight and is losing many calories a day but at the same time, he is eating chocolates, pizza, junk food and sweets all day, then will he lose weight? He may even gain weight. So, in a similar manner protect your spiritual earnings and safeguard what you have earned already. Remember God is with you in this endeavor and success will be yours. All you have to do is put in the effort. Remember that Roop Dhyan - Loving Remembrance of God (Naam, Roop, Leela, Gun, Dham and Sant - Names, Form, Pastimes, Qualities, Abode and Saints) with the mind, is the life of devotion. Wishing all the readers a very Happy and Devotional Year ahead. **************RADHEY-RADHEY************
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 01:28:26 +0000