I have a request to devotees who sit in silence-room to be tolerant and bear with the aquaitances. You will benefit only if you bear this apparent suffering with love and sacrifice. Everybody has to bear the unjust behavior of other people in the society. If it is done with love, then only it leads to your own benefit. It leads to unhappiness if it is done unwillingly. It is BHAKTI if we bear this suffering with love. And you should also believe that this suffering is the result of our past karma and fate. You become happy or unhappy according to the way you approach this ( with love and willingness or as a burden that you have to carry unwillingly ).
It is not proper for someone to complain about this suffering. You should convince your mind that it is the result of karma and fate. We have to sacrifice for each other in this society, then only society will improve and progress. Quality of life gets better, if this sacrifice is done with love. We do not get any energy if it is done without willingness on our part. Fortunate is the person, who gets this fresh breeze of love in his heart, when the time comes for this kind of sacrifice. You should not go and look for this kind of sacrifice, but when time comes for it, bear it with love. At the same time understand that you are burning your past karmas with that particular person. Anybody who looks for faults in others is ignorant and will be unhappy and repentant. In fact, you should understand, that these happenings are because of you only.
If you love others, then your life will be filled with tremendous and incomparable joy in this world. But there is nobody in this society who is willing to sacrifice and enjoy this immense joy.
Pujya Shree Mota
Maun akantani kediae ( મૌન એકાંતની કેડીએ )
Edition 1; page 91-92
PUJYA SHREE MOTA
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
ALWAYS BE ON YOUR GUARD
You should definitely know, understand, and believe that you forge and create your life, according to natural tendencies. You create life with same tendencies depending upon the manner and content of your listening, thinking, speaking and acting. Always keep this in mind, and remember that this is not a play of imagination. Precisely for the same reason, it important and needed, to be on your guard a moment before and during the activity of listening, thinking, talking, behaving, interacting and contacting other people.
The soul, that has positively decided to avoid creating negative influences for future life, is always on his guard and gets inner alerts, as soon as he feels this kind of negative influences in his outer or inner being. As the practice of inner alertness becomes lively and active, his vision, inner tendencies and inclination towards his own life, are expressed in his life in very appropriate and right manner.
From this time on, he starts to live for the appropriate development of his life.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pokar ( જીવન પોકાર )
Edition 4; page 20.
The soul, that has positively decided to avoid creating negative influences for future life, is always on his guard and gets inner alerts, as soon as he feels this kind of negative influences in his outer or inner being. As the practice of inner alertness becomes lively and active, his vision, inner tendencies and inclination towards his own life, are expressed in his life in very appropriate and right manner.
From this time on, he starts to live for the appropriate development of his life.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pokar ( જીવન પોકાર )
Edition 4; page 20.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
MEASURE OF PROGRESS ( TRANSFORMATION )
Devotee ; I cannot stop the passion and natural tendencies ( vrutti, વૃિ-ત ) that floods my mind. I do become aware of it, but only after the fact. Is this considered a progress?
Pujya Shree Mota ; We should be keenly aware of our own nature and accordingly we must have awareness that all our works are neither guided nor the slave of our nature. You can not have true life without this live awareness. It is entirely possible that novice sadhak may not be able to stop the flooding of these vrutti of his nature. Yet if he is aware of this flooding at that instant, then he may be able to use this for good purpose, if and when it happens again. One will not progress without this instantaneous awareness. Awareness after the fact is very inappropriate for sadhak. He must have awareness right at the moment.
You must pay attention to, the example of an alcoholic realizing his bad behavior under the influence, after becoming sober. Your condition will exactly be like that. If you experience deep, profound and forceful regret after the fact, then it may be appropriate. But it is not appropriate for sadhak, if this awareness comes after the incident, each and every time. If the degree awareness increases, only then it can be concluded, that it is handled with some understanding. Earlier one was aware after the force of nature was spent, now one is aware at that very instant.
Pujya Shree Mota
Dhan no yog ( ધનનો યોગ )
Edition 1 ; page 134
Pujya Shree Mota ; We should be keenly aware of our own nature and accordingly we must have awareness that all our works are neither guided nor the slave of our nature. You can not have true life without this live awareness. It is entirely possible that novice sadhak may not be able to stop the flooding of these vrutti of his nature. Yet if he is aware of this flooding at that instant, then he may be able to use this for good purpose, if and when it happens again. One will not progress without this instantaneous awareness. Awareness after the fact is very inappropriate for sadhak. He must have awareness right at the moment.
You must pay attention to, the example of an alcoholic realizing his bad behavior under the influence, after becoming sober. Your condition will exactly be like that. If you experience deep, profound and forceful regret after the fact, then it may be appropriate. But it is not appropriate for sadhak, if this awareness comes after the incident, each and every time. If the degree awareness increases, only then it can be concluded, that it is handled with some understanding. Earlier one was aware after the force of nature was spent, now one is aware at that very instant.
Pujya Shree Mota
Dhan no yog ( ધનનો યોગ )
Edition 1 ; page 134
Thursday, May 5, 2011
KARMA ( કર્મ ) IT'S PURPOSE AND METHODOLOGY
Harmony of knowledge, aspiration and the spirit behind karma, can be expressed only through actual performance of work.
If there is no living awareness of the surrender of karma to the divine, then karma becomes dull and lifeless. Performing work in this manner is meaningless. The only purpose of karma, whether small or large, is to inspire and kindle the flame of life. All work is to be done to increase the awareness of the purpose, the purpose being the spiritual development of this life. Work needs to be done in a way that decreases the duality in life.
Prana and ego should not be the inspiring forces behind the performance of work, but love and devotion should be guiding, inspiring and expressing themselves in work. Then only is this work for a definite purpose, with the power to shape our lives, provide necessary strength and change our inner being. Work itself does not have any force, but continuous awareness of the purpose behind the work is the real force.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pokar ( જીવન પોકાર )
Edition 4; page 90
If there is no living awareness of the surrender of karma to the divine, then karma becomes dull and lifeless. Performing work in this manner is meaningless. The only purpose of karma, whether small or large, is to inspire and kindle the flame of life. All work is to be done to increase the awareness of the purpose, the purpose being the spiritual development of this life. Work needs to be done in a way that decreases the duality in life.
Prana and ego should not be the inspiring forces behind the performance of work, but love and devotion should be guiding, inspiring and expressing themselves in work. Then only is this work for a definite purpose, with the power to shape our lives, provide necessary strength and change our inner being. Work itself does not have any force, but continuous awareness of the purpose behind the work is the real force.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pokar ( જીવન પોકાર )
Edition 4; page 90