As Ram Dass says in his biography/ documentary "Fierce Grace" at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ramdassfiercegrace , "All I can give you is a little of my faith" , so have I shared several instances of my personal worship and minute experiences in reaching out to Erai while traveling the path as shown by Agathiyar and the Siddhas in these posts on Siddha Heartbeat. Many have written in thanking me for sharing. I thank them for writing in and letting me know that they have benefited from these posts in one way or the other.
Many lessons have I learnt from my personal dealings and also from others lives on what to do and what not to do. I take life as a learning process, taking cues from all that life has to offer. If I were to lists them, the following observations will take center stage.
We have come here because Erai loves us. He has provided for a beautiful place to live in. He has provided for us a physical body to work with efficiently. He has provided a means to survive. He has provided good relationships. Thank him generously, every moment of your life. Add this thought in each breath you take in and leave out.
We agreed to come down and live a fulfilling life. Cherish the family. Cherish friendship. Cherish the moment. Cherish this life and all it has to offer.
We agreed to come down and live a fulfilling life. Cherish the family. Cherish friendship. Cherish the moment. Cherish this life and all it has to offer.
Just as the soul is bonded to the body we are bonded to the family. Ignore not your family and the responsibilities that comes along. You need not leave the family in search of happiness. Happiness is within your reach. Happiness is within you.
If you are a high achiever, bring some light into others life. If you have excessive wealth share it with those that have none. If you have mobility, help those disabled in their times of need. If you have the knowledge pass it on to those who seek it. These are all simple ways of being grateful and giving back. We are here to compliment each other and not to compete.
Life is short. You might not get another opportunity to do some good. Do it now. Look for openings to help others.
Quit complaining. Instead be grateful. Learn to look for the positive side of things, learning to ignore the obvious negative nature that co-exist. Positive living creates more positive things. Bring peace onto yourself.
Change how you see the world. You make the change. You bring the change. The change can happen in a second. It is all in our hands. By changing your mindset you bring happiness to one and all. You create your happiness. Ram Dass says, "We are all interconnected, the moment we change our consciousness the universe's consciousness too changes."
As Ram Dass says, "We are so caught up in methods that we need a guru who breaks our dependency on it and brings us out of it", we at AVM have come to realize that although we plan our puja and events well and to the minutest of details, the Siddhas take over the moment the show starts. I suppose they are making us drop our dependency on methods, as we are slowly coming to realize that with the Siddhas anything goes. Logic and science fails.
Upon the demise of a Guru, some asks why did he die like us, why did he suffer like us, or why did he go through all the miseries in life? We have to understand that just because you are a guru it doesn't mean you won't die, you would not suffer or face miseries.
In his life documentary Ram Dass speaks about his post stroke life and how he manages himself and his renewed understanding and relationship with God, seeing it as a blessing too. The stroke came as a test and he admits he had failed. He says that he has some work to do on re-orientating himself towards the spirit in times like this and shows us the way.
In his life documentary Ram Dass speaks about his post stroke life and how he manages himself and his renewed understanding and relationship with God, seeing it as a blessing too. The stroke came as a test and he admits he had failed. He says that he has some work to do on re-orientating himself towards the spirit in times like this and shows us the way.
Ram Dass gives us a valuable hint too on living, "The peace comes from settling in this moment. This moment is our life." And on suffering he says, "There are qualities in us that comes out with sufferings, qualities we would not otherwise know we had till we came face to face with life's misery and sufferings."