Swami ji said…
” I just didn’t get the chance to do that ! ” ” I never got the opportunity to accomplish that …” ” मुझे जीवन मैं आगे बढ़ने का कोई अवसर ही नहीं मिला … जीवन मैं कुछ ख़ास करने का कोई मौक़ा ही नहीं मिला …” – is a complaint made by most of us very often – but whether we want to address this issue , attend to it immediately and see better results – is known only to us. If we were to give due consideration to the fact as to why this is said by us , quite a many times in our lifetime – when we pronounce the above about ourselves – it would be quite evident that we have already typecast ourselves into one of the regular, ordinary , typical run of the mill individuals – found in the teeming millions and are happy to be one among them…” हम यह तय कर लेते हैं की हम बिलकुल साधारण इंसान है और कोई भी साधारण इंसान कौन से झंडे गाड़ देगा … जब उसे कोई अवसर ही नहीं मिला , koi mauka hi mila – तो वह क्या कर सकता है…” We give ourselves great comfort by coining up such excuses.
And, once we are successful in relaying our sob story of how unlucky we were to do anything much in life – due to lack of opportunities – to all those who know us ; care for us and love us – we find it so easy to live a life in which we don’t have to prove anything to anyone in the future. Isn’t it surprising that we don’t hear the hollowness of the defeated words said by us ? Don’t all these excuses sound so archaic ; so lame , so feeble ; with many of us having already made up our minds – as to how comfortable we ‘were’ , ‘are’ and ‘will’ remain – leading life the way we have been that way.
We fail to remember – that when we speak in such an uninspiring manner about ourselves it appears that – ” Yeh humara
एक बहाना बनाने का तरीक़ा है … अपने आप को तसल्ली देने का तरीक़ा है …” – that we couldn’t have achieved miracles – even if we had put in everything that we were capable of. We must stop doing so immediately as it is very evident to all – that more than them , we are trying to convince ourselves. All the more so – as – ” ऐसे बहाने साधारण लोग बनाते हैं – ‘असाधारण’ लोग नहीं …”
By adopting an attitude of passing the blame on to anything and everything around us – we are reinforcing the truth of the words with a deep significance –
” Ordinary people wait for opportunities ; extraordinary people create opportunities…” It us upto us – in which category – would we like to see ourselves – the vanquished or the victorious. We must start thinking afresh and
create opportunities , in every stage of our life ; instead of waiting for ‘them’ to arrive at our doorstep. A precious lifetime cannot be wasted in just waiting for things to happen ; one has to think of new, innovative ways to progress in life.
A spiritual seeker should not hold responsible the demands of a hectic lifestyle for the sharp drop in the interest taken and the time put in by him for his ‘sadhna’ and ‘bhakti’ for God. He will have to do, no matter what it takes from him, to ascertain that he doesn’t forget his first and foremost duty – towards God. As challenging as it may be , he will have to create time , find those valuable moments – which will ensure that He maintains a perfect balance between all his duties in life. As a child of God – he is supposed to be ‘extraordinary’.
Dedicated to Swamiji Ajay Jain ji 