PRAKRUTI (પ્રકૃતિ) AND EFFORT -- PART 2

I wrote you yesterday about prakruti. We are all slaves of prakruti and yet not ready to accept it. Not only that there is no daunting awareness that our actions are guided by prakruti. We will stop being the slaves of prakruti ( if not today but tomorrow) if we continuously practice naam-smaran and make an effort with knowledge to develop harmony and goodness towards the souls that come in our contact. We will definitely meet souls with different nature and tendencies in our world, society and life. There will be loss of peace in our minds if we start seeing defects of these souls. For the sake of our own peace we should not pay any attention to the nature of other people. With complete understanding we should take our mind off of other's nature in case it is attracted towards it. You must do this with determination in your mind. You should definitely believe that this is a significant  progress if this can be achieved. Be constantly aware that you must find a way to maintain peace and happiness at any cost. Continue to do naam-smaran.

Pujya Shree Mota
Samay sathe samadhan (સમય સાથે સમાધાન)
Edition 2; pages 53 - 54.


This is a follow up letter written to Late Shree Babubhai Tamakuwala on 5th December, 1958.

PRAKRUTI ( પ્રકૃતિ ) AND EFFORT -- PART 1

You have written in your letter " who am I to confront and stay tall against the forces of prakruti? ". In the end Prakruti has to bow down if we have determination and infallible firmness. We have to get an upper hand over prakruti. We can not go much further if prakruti is kept as it is. There is no alternative but to keep naam-smaran alive with determination and a firm resolve.

Even though our daily activities is needed, importance needs to be given to naam-smaran. We have to live with harmony in society. We will never make it if we constantly think of bad qualities of other people and make an excuse of it. Bad qualities can be present in others as well as in us also. We need to develop an eye to ignore the bad aspects of other people even if others may not do so. This is true penance (તપ). I have confidence that you will adopt this path (as told by me) with love and devotion. Soul that gives more importance to bad qualities of others and ignores his own can never produce harmony and we want to have harmony. It will never work in this world, society or life if the path of confrontation is adopted. We want to perfect the way of harmony. This is a message to you from my heart and follow it lovingly even if you are alone. I know that you may have to bear a lot to follow this message. I have nothing else to give it to you. So love me regardless.

Pujya Shree Mota
Samay sathe samadhan (સમય સાથે સમાધાન)
Edition 2; pages 52 - 53.

This letter was addressed to late Shree Babubhai Tamakuwala on 4th Dec 1958.

LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF EVENTS

 Various things and events have several aspects not just the one. Humans see and judge things according to their own understanding of the events and can see from only one aspect. This way of evaluating fails to produce true understanding of the events. We start deciding right and wrong from this incomplete and limited vision of events. We are so insignificant and incomplete yet have this tremendous arrogance.

Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pravesh
Edition 2; page 10.

FROM PREFACE OF JIVAN POKAR

All the letters in this book are addressed to one individual and yet it is not the only person that they are written to and meant for. These letters are also addressed to the souls that are connected with life of the writer for the express purpose of self development. Sometimes the words written for someone else but meant for us are more effective. Whenever these kind of souls read the writings and feel that some or most of the writings is addressed to and meant for them, they will be joyful and get the boost in their life's development.

Pujya Shree Mota
From the preface of Jivan pokar
Edition 1.