Day: January 20, 2024

Swami ji said…

” अगर तुम मेरी सलाह मानो तो…” If you were to ask me for advice, my advice to you would be…” “मेरा अनुभव ये कहता है…My experience tells me that … In my experience…” We are rather familiar with these words. Aren’t we ! We might have lost count of the number of times we were close to feeling incapable of solving the problem at hand ; unsure whether our next step would take us towards our desired goal or not ; uncertain about the choice that we had to make within a fixed duration of time – would it be right or wrong ? Try as we might – we seemed to have met with no success…”उस समय ऐसा लगाता है जैसे कि हमारी बुद्धि ने ही काम करना बंद कर दिया हो…” – and that inflated ego of ours refuses to seek advice from another person – as we foolishly feel that in doing so – we could come across as weak and indecisive to them.

But is this the right attitude to adopt ? It is not uncommon for us to be in a state of dilemma – when it comes to taking decisions about
our personal and professional lives ; decisions
which will lead to our success or failure in the future. We must remember during such moments or times, in particular, that there is just no harm in reaching out to family members or friends – who could help us – by providing us with the ideal way to tackle , overcome and deal successfully
with what appeared to be an impossible ‘issue’ earlier. There is nothing to feel small about in seeking advice from the elderly, in particular, as their grey hair reflects the rich experiences that they have gone and grown through.

We somehow fail to understand that we can learn something, imbibe something valuable – from every person we meet in our lifetime. It is not always only people with rank , status and power – from whom we can learn something.The simplest and humblest of individuals can surprise us with their gems of wisdom. We need to remember that…”सलाह हारे हुए इन्सान की भी बहुत काम आती है…”as he would know how best to rise from the ashes once again ; rework on the causes of his failure ; learn a never to be forgotten lesson from his defeat and to not repeat the mistakes made by him in the past…” हम सफलता कभी भी अकेले प्राप्त नही
कर सकते है।”

It is next to impossible for us to proceed and progress single handedly in life. We have a team alongwith us in every stage of our life – right from the moment of our birth – to support us , to guide us. We would be wrong in taking solo credit for our success – as it would not have been possible for us to reach – where we are in the present time – without the contribution of the experienced minds of winners ; people who have planned and executed victories and wins for themselves…” जीते हुए लोगो के अनुभवो को सुन ने से भी , उनसे सीखने से भी हमे जीवन मे
सफल होने मे बहुत मदद मिलती है…” The process to be successful – can be called a collective process. A combination of the advice of people who have tasted the bitterness of defeat and have worked on their flaws later – as well as the motivational stories of those who have tasted sweet success ; और साथ – साथ अपनी बुद्धि का सही उपयोग करें तो हम सफलता ज़रूर
प्राप्त कर सकतें हैं।”

A spiritual seeker who has made up his mind to be successful on the spiritual path – will remain steadfast to his promise to himself – as he would have learnt a lesson or two from a few devotees – who had given up the same sacred path easily ; without putting up a fight against all the distractions that had lured them away from the spiritual path – and they on regretting the mistakes made by them had cautioned him from making the same mistakes. At the same time, a few other devotees who have experienced bliss and sublime joy on the spiritual path will share their unparalleled happiness on evolving spiritually – and will instil in him too the relevance of pursuing this divine path – and to never deviate from it – come what may. He, now, needs to use his mind and intelligence – to decide on the ways and means that could be pursued by him to focus intently on God ; cleanse his soul further and understand the true purpose of his life…” हमें अपनी बुद्धि का इस्तेमाल कर के आध्यत्मिक रास्ते पर चलने का महत्व भी समझना चाहिए और सफल होना चाहिए…“