Spiritual Serendipity

Every storm that has come into your life has widened your horizon, has made you deeper and more powerful.  Every storm has destroyed some smallness in you.  My individual self, simply dissolves into my big, true nature! ~ Ashtavakra Gita Pic courtesy: Prabu Vijayan

I have forgiven mistakes that were indeed almost unforgivable. I've tried to replace people who were irreplaceable and tried to forget those who were unforgettable. I've acted on impulse, have been disappointed by people when I thought that this could never be possible. But I have also disappointed those who I love. Life is too short to be insignificant - Charlie Chaplin I have laughed at inappropriate occasions. I've made friends that are now friends for life. I've screamed and jumped for joy. I've loved and I've been loved. But I have also been rejected and I have been loved without loving the person back. I've lived for love alone and made vows of eternal love. I've had my heart broken many, many times! I've cried while listening to music and looking at old pictures. I've called someone just to hear their voice on the other side. I have fallen in love with a smile. At times, I thought I would die because I missed someone so much. At oth...

Compassion is forgiving someone without them knowing it Buddha was in an assembly and then a gentleman came and he was very furious. He thought Buddha was doing something wrong. He was pulling people away and people were all meditating now and they were very calm and quiet. He was a restless businessman and he found his children going and sitting with Buddha and meditating, two hours every day. He thought that if his children would engage themselves in business at that time, they could make more money and they would be better off. Two hours of going and spending with somebody with your eyes closed! What will anyone get? So he was very upset and said, “I am going to teach a lesson to this man”. So, with furiousness, he came and looked at Buddha. He  walked straight to Buddha. You see, he was a well-known businessman of that locality. As soon as he came near Buddha, all his other thoughts disappeared but anger was still there. He was shaking. He could not speak. Now...

What is the most important truth of life - There is some element within us that does not perish, does not diminish, is inerasable,  unchanging and undying.  If even the slightest attention is directed to it, life becomes easy and uncomplicated..

"Events come and go, they perish like flowers.  But every event and every person contains some honey.  Like a bee, just take the honey out of every event and every moment and move on.  Be like a busy bee and be in the being." and "Life teaches you the art of letting go in every event.  When you have learnt to let go,  you will be joyful and as you start being joyful,  more will be given to you." Sri Sri life's like that.... One would get subtle hints from circumstances, nature etc ki kya sahi hai... Nature guides us! One gets  certain notifications and subtle hints from Nature indicating about what should happen next... Our guiding force... I sometimes see every event as symbolic... Teaching us something and giving the answers we have been seeking...

‎"Upanishad says when we start on the path, let there be no rejection. Acceptance is the path. Let there be no rejection at all, of any sort, because everything, every moment in life, pleasant and unpleasant, good and bad is making you grow. Let all this righteousness, this knowledge and this wisdom that is contained in the Upanishads and that is present in my soul, my being, blossom."  Sri Sri in Kena Upanishad