Hari! Om!
We all like to be praised. And also like to flatter. But praising those who don't deserve praise, or praising a person, with a view to gaining power, position or wealth through the person, is most undesirable.
Only the deserving should be praised, and in this category would come the devotees of the The Almighty. We would do well to read the works of devotees, that we come across, singing in praise of The Almighty.
Many of the devotees when singing in praise of The Almighty also tell us how we should approach the path of liberation. The message is we should be generous with our wealth and give to those who are needy. We should shed our pride and control our senses.
It is not easy to be humble. We make our mind to be so but hold on to our pride like leaches. The pride is such a hazard to us that it blinds us like veil from the concerns for others, to reality and carries us far into our ways.
The true nature of things is mistaken in this world like how we mistake a rope for a snake. We firmly believe that our body alone matters and never think of the immortal soul. Ultimately, what happens is we are confused about what is perishable and what is not.
As we are preoccupied with the needs of our body,with our senses, we have no time for higher ideals. Someone said, "The way to sorrow is desire". Our five senses have us in control, instead of we controlling them.
We have a host of gross examples of various animals or plants, on how they behave in fear of danger. But as Human Beings, we are the only species at least on this Earth who have the gift of Thinking Faculties with Choice of Action, from The Almighty. And we need to use these in controlling our senses when in danger on the path of our higher goal.
Only when we have our senses in control, shed our pride, sing in praise of The Almighty and each other, we would be free of the entanglements of birth & death cycles and gain liberation.
Jai! Hind!
We all like to be praised. And also like to flatter. But praising those who don't deserve praise, or praising a person, with a view to gaining power, position or wealth through the person, is most undesirable.
Only the deserving should be praised, and in this category would come the devotees of the The Almighty. We would do well to read the works of devotees, that we come across, singing in praise of The Almighty.
Many of the devotees when singing in praise of The Almighty also tell us how we should approach the path of liberation. The message is we should be generous with our wealth and give to those who are needy. We should shed our pride and control our senses.
It is not easy to be humble. We make our mind to be so but hold on to our pride like leaches. The pride is such a hazard to us that it blinds us like veil from the concerns for others, to reality and carries us far into our ways.
The true nature of things is mistaken in this world like how we mistake a rope for a snake. We firmly believe that our body alone matters and never think of the immortal soul. Ultimately, what happens is we are confused about what is perishable and what is not.
As we are preoccupied with the needs of our body,with our senses, we have no time for higher ideals. Someone said, "The way to sorrow is desire". Our five senses have us in control, instead of we controlling them.
We have a host of gross examples of various animals or plants, on how they behave in fear of danger. But as Human Beings, we are the only species at least on this Earth who have the gift of Thinking Faculties with Choice of Action, from The Almighty. And we need to use these in controlling our senses when in danger on the path of our higher goal.
Only when we have our senses in control, shed our pride, sing in praise of The Almighty and each other, we would be free of the entanglements of birth & death cycles and gain liberation.
Jai! Hind!
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