"A mind that is fast is sick,

A mind that is slow is sound,

A mind that is still is divine."

Living in Time ....The Mystery of the Moment

'Time' is our customary home. We are born in time, live in time and pass out in time. Throughout our life, we face time in various ways. There are good times and there are bad times. At times, we run short of time, and rush to meet the deadline--to catch a train, or submit an application, or complete a project, or finish an examination. . Time, as long as we live, is with us, always.

We also know the dynamics of time-force. Time plays a pivotal role in our life. There are specific times to do certain things. A farmer, for instance, knows what the right time is to sow the seeds, and when to start and stop irrigation. A railway guard knows when to show the signal and how important it is to do so. Even a housewife knows when to remove the rice pot from the oven and when to open its lid.As in the case of all other activities of life, time plays a vital role in spiritual matters as well. Much before one tries to live a spiritual life, a time must come for living it. If one's time has not come, no amount of advice and attempt to live a higher life is of much value. It is necessary to practise some spiritual discipline. Similar is the plan of nature with regard to human life. One cannot avoid struggles and challenges in life, for the simple reason that they contribute to our growth.Good and evil have an equal share in moulding our characters. Misery teaches more than happiness, poverty teaches more than wealth and blows bring out inner fire more than praise.
The gardener waters the garden with a hundred pails of water, but only when the season comes the trees bear fruit.
One has to keep watering the plants meanwhile. This requires cultivating patience. One should not remain inactive in the name of patience for patience is not lack of activity; it is activity with persistence, with endurance, without losing heart.
What is meant by mystery of the moment is that one does not know when the right time would arrive. One should be ready, ever-ready. If one is not ready now, one will be never-ready in future. One should be willing to undergo the pain and joy of patient waiting. Patience means availability. A person should be available for the moment.
It is very necessary to have a fixed time for these things [spiritual practices]. For it cannot be said when the auspicious moment will come. It arrives so suddenly. No one gets any hint of it beforehand. The auspicious moment means the moment when one discovers one's inner divine core or some pointer towards it. No one can ever schedule its arrival.
Suppose you bring a light into a room that has been dark a thousand years; does it remove the darkness little by little? The room is lighted all at once.
Readiness is all... ....Are we ready? "

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The Two Villages

Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, came with one of his disciples into a village where most of the people were very nice, sweet, generous and religious. Nanak and his disciple were extremely happy to see this village where people were so pious. Nanak was very pleased. He said, "Let this place be extinguished. Let this place have no existence."

"How can you do this?" said his disciple. "This is such a wonderful village! All the villagers are so devoted to God. Is this how you show your compassion?"

Then Nanak took the disciple to another village where the people were corrupt and evil and there was all kinds of fighting and quarreling. Nanak said, "I wish this village to prosper." "What is this? This is the place that deserves to be destroyed and you are saying it should prosper!"

Nanak replied, "Look here. I said that the first place should be destroyed. This is why:

The people there are so good, so spiritual. When the village is destroyed, those people will be scattered. One will go to one village, another to another village, another to some other place, so that each person will be able to spread his good qualities. In destruction good will be spread, so therefore, there is no real destruction.

In the second village, which is very bad, I said, let them prosper. Let them not go outside the boundaries of their own village or otherwise their evil will spread everywhere. Let them prosper here.

This is divine justice. If we go deep within we will see the larger reality and then we will understand the divine dispensation. Otherwise, we will be really confused."

What do you think?

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Tranquility

'Tranquility is a state of mind, in which a person, while living in this materialistic world of transient happiness and suffering, is absorbed in devotional meditation within.

In order to achieve it,we have to develop perpetual consciousness of The Divine and full faith in His Grace, adhering to spiritual self-discipline, earning truthful and honest living, accepting in profound calmness... the Will of God.

The foremost perquisite to happy life is 'equipoise' -the inner peace.

The Bliss can be felt and experienced in the deepest of silence."

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"The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility"............ (Swami Sivananda)

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Divine Voice

"A Divine Voice is always in our hearts and always calling us.But we are not available. We are always engaged in ordinary things or unnecessary rubbish. So we go on missing the still voice within.

Once the thoughts disappear and the mind is silent, suddenly the voice is heard. And that is the beginning of transformation.

It is a revelation.God comes as a Revelation, never as a knowledge."

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