Thursday, February 01, 2007
GITA 108 DAYS - DAY 43
43. Youth is being ruined by politics and religion.
You should not become weapons that others can use; youth is not intended to be a force of destruction. Youth is the stage when a person is able to bring out the best in him to be useful to himself and the world. Don’t ruin your youth and waste your precious time of your life by stoning buses, setting fire to effigies and getting involved in ragging. Politics and religion are using you to get involved in destructive activities- don’t get into that rut. Youth must be like a banyan tree – it is not pliable for a carpenter for making something or even for fire wood. At the same time, a banyan tree has an individuality and existence that is a blessing to the surrounding world. Youth has a lot of energy and it must be directed for noble purposes. Youth is not ‘useless’; they are being ‘used less’. Now useless people are making use of the youth. Don’t surrender your creativity and individuality at the feet of useless people.
We are our own friend and foe. When we elevate ourselves to evolve as a better human being, we are our friend. When we succumb to lower tendencies and purse that path, we are our own enemy. We must awaken our tiresome mind by our discriminatory intellect. Do not slight yourself. The Lord warns that it is not true when some one says “I am there for you”. Because, in fact, there is only “you are there for you”. Only with your permission you can get in to trouble. You are the one responsible for your own rise and fall. Karma (action) is the cause for attaining ‘yoga’ state. It was when Laotse of China saw a ripened leaf falling from the branch of a tree that he got realization. What we need is only a swift moment of a split second to get enlightenment. Once we have this wisdom, we can control our mind and attain the yoga state.
Those who act in the world without getting attached to the results of their actions is a sannyasi. He is being reborn every second. He is aware and vigilant like a soldier who has entered the enemy camp, but he is as unattached as an empty street in a city. Those who avoid doing actions is not a yogi or a sannyasi.
We should keep the stuff ‘outside’ out- Gita advises us not to look outside, but to look inside. Now we look at others to assess their qualifications. Once you start contemplating on Sri Krishna, the mind typically takes us to ‘Krishnan Nair’ and the money he owes you. Otherwise we end up in sleep. In meditation we should keep the pace of our breath uniform and should concentrate on a single point. This is how we realize our dear Lord and be God ourselves. Don’t be afraid of God and don’t threaten others quoting God. If there is anyone that we shouldn't be scared of, it is God. He is the most dependable friend of all.
You should not become weapons that others can use; youth is not intended to be a force of destruction. Youth is the stage when a person is able to bring out the best in him to be useful to himself and the world. Don’t ruin your youth and waste your precious time of your life by stoning buses, setting fire to effigies and getting involved in ragging. Politics and religion are using you to get involved in destructive activities- don’t get into that rut. Youth must be like a banyan tree – it is not pliable for a carpenter for making something or even for fire wood. At the same time, a banyan tree has an individuality and existence that is a blessing to the surrounding world. Youth has a lot of energy and it must be directed for noble purposes. Youth is not ‘useless’; they are being ‘used less’. Now useless people are making use of the youth. Don’t surrender your creativity and individuality at the feet of useless people.
We are our own friend and foe. When we elevate ourselves to evolve as a better human being, we are our friend. When we succumb to lower tendencies and purse that path, we are our own enemy. We must awaken our tiresome mind by our discriminatory intellect. Do not slight yourself. The Lord warns that it is not true when some one says “I am there for you”. Because, in fact, there is only “you are there for you”. Only with your permission you can get in to trouble. You are the one responsible for your own rise and fall. Karma (action) is the cause for attaining ‘yoga’ state. It was when Laotse of China saw a ripened leaf falling from the branch of a tree that he got realization. What we need is only a swift moment of a split second to get enlightenment. Once we have this wisdom, we can control our mind and attain the yoga state.
Those who act in the world without getting attached to the results of their actions is a sannyasi. He is being reborn every second. He is aware and vigilant like a soldier who has entered the enemy camp, but he is as unattached as an empty street in a city. Those who avoid doing actions is not a yogi or a sannyasi.
We should keep the stuff ‘outside’ out- Gita advises us not to look outside, but to look inside. Now we look at others to assess their qualifications. Once you start contemplating on Sri Krishna, the mind typically takes us to ‘Krishnan Nair’ and the money he owes you. Otherwise we end up in sleep. In meditation we should keep the pace of our breath uniform and should concentrate on a single point. This is how we realize our dear Lord and be God ourselves. Don’t be afraid of God and don’t threaten others quoting God. If there is anyone that we shouldn't be scared of, it is God. He is the most dependable friend of all.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 5:11 PM 
