Why is life not so simple?

[Govinda]

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Dear Sis,

I don't know whether you read this post!

Raji , Well Said.

Actually, when people visit other houses, they are not interested in socializing with them.

Their major interest or focus is in the whole house, and finding those newly bought stuff or fancy things around.

And to evalute how others are 'materially/monetarily/fashionably' better than them?

We dont need any media/ad/marketers, when one has it other will have it. Even intuition is a copy product.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

They may be coffee addicts.

It takes 3 glasses of water to drain away that caffeine from the brain (but never from body). Also, it takes 6 hrs for caffeine to wean away naturally.
So, if people drink before bed-time, they are awake for early coffee.

So, I quit coffee.

I can't watch movies at all, and never in theaters. I dont watch TV. We as society should get rid of these

I use internet for e-books, documentaries on Youtube/videos. I have real books

Dear sir!
You are so much like me!
I too can't stand loud movie/music/ talk/ other random sounds.
I watch only animated movies, only good ones, only in Netflix, only when we stay in USA
There are so many interesting things to do without watching the mega serials. and movies.
Congrats of securing the coveted 5 stars! *****

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

continued fro #21

My dear Raji,

We can have anything we are given by divine providence and enjoy them

with out feeling proud and without GETTING attached to them.

It is the attachment that becomes the vaasanaa for the next birth.

Minus vaasanaa we do not form any mental impressions or prints and carry

them along with us to our next birth.

So theoretically when a person is completly rid of all vaasanaas, he need

take a next birth to continue to enjoy them.

So the magnificent self-denial is suppose to lead to vairaagyam

and that leading to non-attachment and

that leading to freedom from vaasanaa and

finally freedom from samsaaraa!

Got the sequence correctly dear???

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Raji , Well Said.

Actually, when people visit other houses, they are not interested in socializing with them.

Their major interest or focus is in the whole house, and finding those newly bought stuff or fancy things around.

And to evalute how others are 'materially/monetarily/fashionably' better than them?

We dont need any media/ad/marketers, when one has it other will have it. Even intuition is a copy product.

PRYING eyes ... PRAYING minds...filled with desire!!!

 

[Raji Ram]

Dear Govinda Sir,

I have been watching many mAmis for the past four decades and I know the reactions of most of them. They keep on updating

what all new products are bought by others in the group, no matter whether it is a good or bad occasion! I sometimes get sick of

such people! One mAmi bought a fully automatic washing machine, just because her neighbour bought it. (In fact my write-up

was based on her!) Since she could not handle the instructions of that modern machine, ordered her husband to return it

immediately, saying it does NOT work well!

I have whatever I need for a comfortable living in our sweet home. Twin gas cylinders, twin tub washing machine, PC, TV and so on.

I like to dress up well even at home - a trend appreciated by my friends and their children - but not costly sarees. But I make the

sarees appear like silk, by selecting good combination of colours and making tassels for the 'pallu'!


P.S: There is a village we visit often, where the mAmis will see other ladies who are visiting them, from head to toe, to 'access'
their status and then decide whether to talk with them or not! :decision:

 

[Raji Ram]

Oh! 'Self denial'... :nono: How far are we able to achieve it is the main point!

Easy to talk; difficult to execute!

Everyone will have some desire to achieve something in life and most of them brag about their achievements too! :blah:

 

[renuka]

BTW what is so complicated about life?

I feel its quite simple..the best way to lead a simple life is to stop comparing and contrasting and also to give a damn what others think about us.

A lot of my relatives do comment that as a doctor I do not drive luxury cars..but who cares what the think.
I do not like to spend money on stuff that value depreciates the moment it hits the road.

So a simple local made car will do for me.

Secondly what others have never interest me....I might admire someone's house/car etc ..but I might not want to own it cos I don't quite like spending too much money.

The best is for us to have our own style and be happy with what we have.

Coming to clothes..we do not really need to spend much to look like a million dollars.

Shop in good places where the price is not too high too.

If you want to look like a million dollars..best is to invest in some exercise machine and work out at home...so that health is also taken care of.
When we look fit..any dress will look nice on us.

So life is actually simple..just do what we like and do not compare and contrast and only buy what we really need.

But I have a passion for books..that alone I can not live without.

 

[Raji Ram]

Life can be simple if

1. If the Almighty bestows fairly good health. (no major expenses by hospital bills)

2. We have enough bank balance and do not expect our son's / daughter's support. (gives peace of mind)

3. We live in a nice senior citizen home, where the daily boring chores will be taken care of and we can do what we like! (happiness)

4. If we can spare money for helping the not-so-fortunate fellow humans. (contentment of helping the society)

5. If we have some near and dear ones to share our joy and sorrow! :grouphug:

 

[Raji Ram]

The youngsters have to earn enough to get a peaceful life in their old age. So, tension free life may not be impossible. :ballchain:
But they can live a simple life by owning ONLY what they need for a comfortable living! :couch2:

 

[renuka]

Life can be simple if

1. If the Almighty bestows fairly good health. (no major expenses by hospital bills)

2. We have enough bank balance and do not expect our son's / daughter's support. (gives peace of mind)

3. We live in a nice senior citizen home, where the daily boring chores will be taken care of and we can do what we like! (happiness)

4. If we can spare money for helping the not-so-fortunate fellow humans. (contentment of helping the society)

5. If we have some near and dear ones to share our joy and sorrow! :grouphug:

Dear RR ji,

A simple life does not mean a life where we do no action.

After all we are entitled to action but just don't hanker too much for a fruits of our action.

What you had listed out is basic needs for life.

1)We can take care of our own health as much a possible..cos some diseases are preventable..those unpreventable types of diseases we should try to get treatment and pray to God to help us.
Out here Government hospitals are good and even better than private health care at times...so everyone will get adequate health care.

2)Save enough for ourselves and never depend on anyone else for our sustenance or well being.So do not over spend now so that we can save enough for ourselves and also for our child/children.

3)I would not like to stay in a senior citizen home cos it feels depressing..so I can only hope this situation never arises.

4)Most of us do charity from time to time anyway.

 

[tbs]

hi
simple life and high thinking.....saadha jeevan aur uccha vichaar....yahi jeevan ka dhyey hai....

 

[Raji Ram]

........
3)I would not like to stay in a senior citizen home cos it feels depressing..so I can only hope this situation never arises..........

Dear Renu,

I did NOT mean the 'homes' for poor people! You must see a few senior citizen homes which are very comfortable.

If we choose one in which like minded people live, it will be just . Ram's senior friend and his wife are living happily

in one at Coimbatore, which has provided individual tiny houses for each family! :thumb:

 

[renuka]

Dear Renu,

I did NOT mean the 'homes' for poor people! You must see a few senior citizen homes which are very comfortable.

If we choose one in which like minded people live, it will be just . Ram's senior friend and his wife are living happily

in one at Coimbatore, which has provided individual tiny houses for each family! :thumb:

Dear RR ji,

I knew what you meant..but I have noticed human behavior ..as we age many get cranky and fussy.

I see this in many of my senior citizen patients..they seem to have less compassion and low tolerance as they age.

Wisdom seldom goes hand in hand with age.

So even if the senior citizen home is like some 5 star hotel..the inmate's behavior might be no different from the inmates of a prison!LOL

Believe me ..it is not easy living with people who are cranky/fussy etc.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Now to know how the vaasanaa and ruchi affect us in this birth and the next...

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

[h=1]ருசியும், வாசனையும்![/h]
ருசியும், வாசனையும் உணவுக்கு மட்டுமல்ல;
ருசியும், வாசனையும் பிறவிக்கும் தேவை.

மணக்க மணக்க உண்டபின், ருசி நாவிலும்,
மணம் கையிலும், நெடு நேரம் தங்கிவிடும்.

அனுபவித்த பொருட்களின் பலவிதத் தாக்கம்,
மனதினில் மாறாமல் நிலை கொண்டிருக்கும்.

நமக்கு பிடித்த பொருட்களில், நமக்கு ருசி;
நமக்கு அவை வேண்டுமென்ற அவா, வாசனை.

நாம் எடுக்கும் பிறவிகள் அனைத்துமே,
நம் ருசி, வாசனைகளைப் பொறுத்தவையே !

இசையில் ஆர்வம், நடனத்தில் நாட்டம் ,
இயலில் ஆர்வம், நாடகத்தில் நாட்டம் ,

கலைகளில் நாட்டம் , கற்பதில் ஆர்வம்,
சிலை வடிப்பதில் சிந்தனை என நம்மால்,

காரணம் கூற முடியாத ஆசைகளை, நம்
கண்மணிகளிடம் நாம் காண்கின்றோமே!

எங்கிருந்து வந்தன இந்த ஆர்வங்கள்?
எப்படி உண்டாயின இந்த நாட்டங்கள்?

பூர்வ ஜன்மத்து ருசியும், வாசனையும்,
ஆர்வமாய் அவரைப் பின்தொடருவதாலே!

நல்ல ருசிகளையும், நல்ல வாசனைகளையும்,
நாமும் நித்தம் மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

இப்பிறவியில் மட்டுமின்றி அவை எல்லாம் ,
எப்பிறவியிலும் நமக்கு பயக்கும் நன்மையே.

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

RUCHI AND VAASANAA.

Tastes and smells are essential in our food items. Only then we can relish and enjoy what we eat. The taste and the smell of the food we eat linger on in our hands, mouth and mind for a long time, after we finish eating!

The mental recordings of all our experiences linger on in our minds forming our Ruchi (our likes ) and Vaasanaa ( our aptitudes). Our future births are decided by our Ruchi and Vaasanaa we have now.

We find that our children have an aptitude for music or for dancing or for writing or for acting. Some of these aptitudes are inexplicable – since there is no family history or connection to these arts!

The how and from where do they develop such tastes and likes?

It is because the mental recordings of their previous births follow them to their present births. We must develop good tastes and good aptitudes. They are useful not only in this birth but also in all our future births.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Now to investigate how our thoughts affect our actions and attitudes and also our future births...

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

[h=1]உருவமும், பிறவியும்![/h]
ஒவ்வொரு பிறவியில், ஒவ்வொரு உருவம்;
ஒவ்வொரு வடிவம், ஒவ்வொரு அறிவு.

ஏன் இந்த மாற்றம்? ஏன் இந்த ஏற்றம்?
ஏன் இந்த வடிவம்? ஏன் இந்த அறிவு?

நாம் செய்யும் செயல்களைக் கண்டும்,
நாம் எண்ணும் எண்ணங்களைக் கொண்டும்,

இறைவன் வகுக்கிறான் நம் அடுத்த பிறவியை,
உடலை, அறிவை; நம் வடிவை, செயலை.

இசையை விரும்பிக் கற்க நினைப்பவன்,
இசைக் குடும்பத்தில் வந்து பிறக்கிறான்.

ஈசனை அறியும் ஞானம் விழைபவன்,
யோகியர் சுற்றத்தில் வந்து பிறக்கிறான்.

“உண்ணுவதே தொழில்!”, என்று இருப்பவன்,
ஊன் வளர்க்கும் ஒரு விலங்காய்ப் பிறக்கிறான்.

“உடல் போகமே என் யோகமே!”, என்று திரிபவன்,
கடைத்தேற முடியா இழி பிறவி எய்துகிறான்.

வஞ்சக நெஞ்சகம் கொண்டு வாழ்ந்தவன்,
நெஞ்சுரம் இல்லா நரியாய்ப் பிறக்கிறான்.

எச்சிலை உண்டு வாழ்ந்து மகிழ்ந்தவன்,
மிச்சம் இல்லாதுண்ணும் காக்கை ஆகிறான்.

ஒருவர் சொத்தை ஏய்த்துப் பறித்தவன்,
கரையான் புற்றில் பாம்பாய் வாழ்கிறான்.

பணத்தைச் சேர்த்துப் புதைத்து வைத்தவன்,
புதையல் காக்கும் பெரும் பூதமாக ஆகிறான்.

மனித நேயத்துடன், மனிதனாக வாழ்பவனே,
மனிதனாகப் பிறக்கும் வாய்ப்புப் பெறுகிறான்!

வையத்து வாழ்வாங்கு வாழ்பவர் வானுறையும்
தெய்வத்துள் வைக்கப்படுவர் அல்லவா?

இப்பிறவியில் மனிதராய் பிறந்துள்ள நாம்,
மறுபிறவியில் தெய்வமாக மாற முயலுவோம்!

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

THE FORMS WE ASSUME.


In every birth a man gets a new form, a new shape, a new name and a new intelligence!

What causes these differences and who decides the future birth of a person?

God decides the a person’s future birth, his shape, his form, his intelligence and his course of actions, depending on these very factors exhibited in his present life.

One who wishes to learn music will be born in a family of musicians. The one who wishes for self realization will be born in the family of yogis.

One who has spent his entire life in procuring food and eating it relentlessly will be born as an animal which will be fattened for the sake of its flesh.

A man who spent his entire life in seeking and enjoying carnal pleasures will be born as a shameless animal which can indulge in such activities all the time.

A cunning person will be born as a fox; the man who eats the left over and spoiled food will be reborn as a crow – ‘the scavenger of the sky’.

The person who steals what does not belong to him will be born as a snake in an ant hill. One who hoards his wealth by living the life of a miser will be reborn as a gene to guard his own buried treasures.

Only a person who lives his life as a human being should, is reborn as a human being. If he lives a life of righteousness and justice he will be placed among Gods.

We are born as human beings. Let us strive to reach the level of God in the next birth by living a pure and God-oriented-life now

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Now to understand how the last thoughts of a person or

his constant thoughts affect his future births...

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

[h=1]ஜடபரதன்.[/h]
பரதன் என்ற பெயர் படைத்த
அரசன், மகான் ரிஷபரின் மகன்.
பாரத வர்ஷம் என்னும் அழகிய
காரணப் பெயர், இவராலேயே!

மனைவி, மக்கள் மோட்சத் தடை
எனவே நினைத்து, அவரை விடுத்து,
அனைத்தையும் துறந்து வாழ்ந்தார்,
அழகிய சக்ர நதியின் கரையினிலே.

ஒரு நாள் கண்டார், ஒரு பெண் மான்
அருகினில் ஆற்று நீர் பருகுவதை.
பூரண கர்ப்பிணியான அம் மானும்
நீர் வேட்கையைத் தீர்க்கும்போதே,

விழுந்தது செவிகளில், சிம்ம கர்ஜனை!
விழுந்தது நழுவி நீரில், அதன் கர்ப்பம்!
தாவிய பெண்மான் கரையிலேயே விழ,
ஆவி பிரிந்தது அவ்வழகிய மானின்.

நீரில் அடித்துச் செல்லப்படுகின்ற,
சீரிய கர்ப்பத்தைத் துரத்திச் சென்று,
வீரியத்துடன் மீட்ட பரதன், அதன்
காரியங்கள் அனைத்தையும் செய்ய,

தாயும் ஆகித் தந்தையுமாகிப் பேணி
தவ நியமங்களைத் துறந்துவிட்டான்.
மனம் முழுவதும் மான்குட்டி மீதே!
தினமும் விரும்பிய முக்தி மீதல்ல.

இறுதி நினைவுகள் மான் மீதே இருக்க,
பிறவி எடுத்தார், ஒரு மானாகவே!
பக்தியும், ஞானமும் மறையவில்லை,
முக்தியின் ஆசையும் குறையவில்லை.

தனியாகவே அம் மான் வாழ்ந்து வந்தது,
தவச் சீலரின் ஒருவர் ஆசிரமத்தருகே!
இலை, தழை, புல்லைத் தின்ற மான்
இயற்கை எய்தியது, நீர் நிலையிலேயே!

தவச் சீலரான அந்தணர் ஒருவருக்குத்
தவறாமல் சென்று பிறந்தான் பரதன்.
பாச வலைக்கு அஞ்சி வெருண்டதால்,
மோசம் போகாமல் காத்துக்கொண்டான்.

குருடன் போலவும், ஒரு பித்தனாகவும்,
செவிடன் போலவும், உன்மத்தனாகவும்,
கிடைத்ததை உண்டு, நிலத்தில் உறங்கி,
கிடைத்ததை அணிந்து, ஜடபரதன் ஆனான்.

இறுதி நினைவுகளே முடிவு செய்யும்,
மறுபிறவி நம்முடையது என்ன என்று!
இறை நினைவினில் திளைத்திருந்தால்,
இறையுடன் கலந்திடும் வாய்ப்பு உண்டு!

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

JADA BHARATAN.

Bharathan, the son of King Rishaban, was a famous king of ancient India. India is named as Bharatha kandam in honor of this king.He wished to obtain Mokhsham.

He thought that his love for the members of his family would disturb his spiritual saadhana. He left his palace and stared living hermit’s life near the banks of river Chakra.

One day he watched a female deer drinking water in the river. It was bulging with its baby in the womb. Suddenly the roar of a lion was heard.

The terrified deer jumped to the river bank but its fetus fell in the river and was being carried way by the stream. The female deer collapsed and died.

Bharathan saved the little baby deer from the river and took care of it.
Slowly his mind and concentration were completely absorbed by the deer and his spiritual saadhanaas took a back seat. His mind was dwelling on the deer when he gave up his spirit and so he was reborn as a deer.

The deer remembered its bakthi and desire for mukthi.But it could not do any saadanaa as now it was merely a deer. It lived by itself, eating dried leaves and grass, near the aashram of a rushi.

The deer died in the river and was reborn in the family of brahmins. He was afraid to move closely with anyone-fearing that he might get caught in the net of affection and waste one more janma.

He ate whatever he could get hold of and slept on the bare ground. He wore dirty clothes and behaved like a mentally challenged person and soon came to be called as Jada Bharathan.

The thoughts prevailing in one’s mind when his spirit leaves his body determines his next birth. It will be a safe bet to keep one’s mind always focused on God as this might give us a chance to merge with Him.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

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