From: "Seshagiri Deva"
To: am-global@earthlink.net
Subject: Short Stories About Naive People
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:37:19 +0530
Baba
== SHORT STORIES ABOUT NAIVE PEOPLE ==
Namaskar,
Some friends went to the zoo and were very intrigued by the lion. There were big, thick iron bars all around the area and red warning signs stating "Alert - Dangerous Animal: Keep your hands and feet away".
Seeing the magnificence of the lion, some of the people were very mesmerized and were tempted to extend their hands within the boundary line. The zoo keeper noticed what was going on and warned everyone not to place their hands. He told them all to go back.
Immediately, the naive visitors became quite angry with the zoo keeper. They said, "Why are you terrorizing us, why are you trying to scare us; everything is alright, nothing bad is going to happen." This was their reaction to the zoo keeper's guideline.
Of course, we all know that the zoo keeper was not trying to scare or curse anyone. The zoo keeper's sole intention was to warn them of the dangers and keep everyone safe and happy. If those visitors to the zoo understood this then they would not have argued with the zoo-keeper. Instead they would have calmly accepted his guideline, knowing that the zoo keeper was watching for their well-being.
Here is another story.
Once a team of travelers were driving from the flat lands up into a hilly and mountainous region. Soon they began to see lots of road signs: "Winding Road, Drive Slow"; "Dangerous Roadway, Exercise Caution"; and, "Deadly Turn - 200 Foot Chasm" etc.
Seeing all the signs, the drivers became furious and started a court case against the department of transportation for trying to terrify and scare them.
But we all know that the highway authorities were not trying to frighten anyone. Their sole intention was to warn drivers of the very real dangers and keep everyone safe and happy.
So those are the two stories. Now let's see how they relate with our AM way of life.
RELATING THIS TO OUR ANANDA MARGA
At present in our Marga, a few people are upset and want to change or delete certain words from our Supreme Command. In particular they do not like these lines:
"Those who perform sadhana twice a day regularly, the thought of Parama Purusa will certainly arise in their minds at the time of death...Disobedience to this command is nothing but to throw oneself into the tortures of animal life for crores of years...".
They especially do not like the second half of the aforementioned quote, which is intrinsically inseparable from the first line.
These naive people contend that Baba is trying to scare and terrify them - hence they do not want to speak or repeat this line, nor the entire Supreme Command.
But we all know that Baba wants our welfare and as the Supreme Father He is merely alerting us of the dangers of not doing sadhana twice daily. It is similar to the zoo keeper warning those visitors not to extend their hand beyond the boundary line and the department of transportation warning about the deadly turn.
Baba wants our progress to hasten along the path of bliss. He does not want to see anyone fall into problem.
Due to their simplicity, some people do not realise this. For this reason they are no different from those naive visitors to the zoo or those ignorant travelers on that mountain road.
THE PROBLEM AND THE SOLUTION
Here the critical problem is that some people are not aware about Baba's teachings on brahmcakra, saincara, pratisaincara and negative pratisaincara. If they knew those points, they would understand that not doing sadhana and indulging only in materialistic thinking causes one to get turned into matter: stone, iron, wood and rock etc.
Unfortunately, such people do not realize that this line of the Supreme Command has been given to warn every aspirant about the dangers of materialistic and sensual pursuits. Baba wants everyone to make their life successful.
If those people were properly taught by their acaryas and understood Baba's teachings about pratisaincara and the cycle of creation, they would have felt gratitude for Baba's reminder in The Supreme Command.
Just like high-blood pressure patients feel gratitude towards their doctors for saving them by educating them about the dangers of a eating meat; in result, they can extend their life. Such patients feel grateful.
If those people understood how Baba's guideline will help save them, they too would feel gratitude. But naive people cannot think in this way and instead become furious upon hearing Baba's good advice.
Namaskar,
Seshagiri
Note: THE WORK OF OUR DADAS
My deepest respects to those wts doing pracara work in difficult fields. I appreciate their sacrifice and hard work. They have dedicated their life to propagate the gospel of neo-humanism and truth. My request is that they should do just that by educating these sympathizers who have newly come to the Marga. Such sympathizers do not understand Ananda Marga philosophy. Dadas should educate them. Then this type of problem will be eliminated permanently. And they will be grateful to those Dadas for saving them.
PRABHAT SAMGIITA
"Dhya'nete a'ji dekhechi a'sabe tumi a'ma'r ghare..." (P.S. 4594)
Purport:
O' my dearmost Baba, by Your divine grace, today I have seen You in my dhya'na and You told me that You will be coming to my house. O' my Lord, You are so gracious. And now everything is ready for Your grand arrival. The seat has been properly prepared and the colorful a'lpana' decorations have been beautifully placed on the path of Your arrival. Baba, since then how many days and how many nights have passed-- I have no calculation. Why is it that You did not come. You must have taken a strong vow not to come. But by Your grace today You have broken that vow-- and that is why You are coming. It is Your grace.
Baba, we are so very close; we have been together since the dawn of creation. Your and my introduction did not only happen hundreds and thousands of years ago. O' all-pervading Entity, all along-- each and every moment-- You have secretly been with me, since the beginning of time. Baba, always You have remained by my side.
Baba, today You blessed me in my dhyana and You told me that You are coming to my house. This is Your causeless grace...
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Slowly Moving Towards Cemetery
Baba says, "Human beings often attach less importance to the spiritual aspect of nitya karma and more importance to the physical aspect. This is detrimental because one should not forget that human life is short. From the moment of birth one slowly and steadily advances towards death with every passing second. This short period of time from birth to death is human life. Human beings have come from the world of invisibility and at the end of this short span of time will return to the world of invisibility. Those people can be called intelligent who utilize every moment of their short life engaged in spiritual practice." (APH-4, p. 251)
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To: am-global@earthlink.net
Subject: Short Stories About Naive People
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:37:19 +0530
Baba
== SHORT STORIES ABOUT NAIVE PEOPLE ==
Namaskar,
Some friends went to the zoo and were very intrigued by the lion. There were big, thick iron bars all around the area and red warning signs stating "Alert - Dangerous Animal: Keep your hands and feet away".
Seeing the magnificence of the lion, some of the people were very mesmerized and were tempted to extend their hands within the boundary line. The zoo keeper noticed what was going on and warned everyone not to place their hands. He told them all to go back.
Immediately, the naive visitors became quite angry with the zoo keeper. They said, "Why are you terrorizing us, why are you trying to scare us; everything is alright, nothing bad is going to happen." This was their reaction to the zoo keeper's guideline.
Of course, we all know that the zoo keeper was not trying to scare or curse anyone. The zoo keeper's sole intention was to warn them of the dangers and keep everyone safe and happy. If those visitors to the zoo understood this then they would not have argued with the zoo-keeper. Instead they would have calmly accepted his guideline, knowing that the zoo keeper was watching for their well-being.
Here is another story.
Once a team of travelers were driving from the flat lands up into a hilly and mountainous region. Soon they began to see lots of road signs: "Winding Road, Drive Slow"; "Dangerous Roadway, Exercise Caution"; and, "Deadly Turn - 200 Foot Chasm" etc.
Seeing all the signs, the drivers became furious and started a court case against the department of transportation for trying to terrify and scare them.
But we all know that the highway authorities were not trying to frighten anyone. Their sole intention was to warn drivers of the very real dangers and keep everyone safe and happy.
So those are the two stories. Now let's see how they relate with our AM way of life.
RELATING THIS TO OUR ANANDA MARGA
At present in our Marga, a few people are upset and want to change or delete certain words from our Supreme Command. In particular they do not like these lines:
"Those who perform sadhana twice a day regularly, the thought of Parama Purusa will certainly arise in their minds at the time of death...Disobedience to this command is nothing but to throw oneself into the tortures of animal life for crores of years...".
They especially do not like the second half of the aforementioned quote, which is intrinsically inseparable from the first line.
These naive people contend that Baba is trying to scare and terrify them - hence they do not want to speak or repeat this line, nor the entire Supreme Command.
But we all know that Baba wants our welfare and as the Supreme Father He is merely alerting us of the dangers of not doing sadhana twice daily. It is similar to the zoo keeper warning those visitors not to extend their hand beyond the boundary line and the department of transportation warning about the deadly turn.
Baba wants our progress to hasten along the path of bliss. He does not want to see anyone fall into problem.
Due to their simplicity, some people do not realise this. For this reason they are no different from those naive visitors to the zoo or those ignorant travelers on that mountain road.
THE PROBLEM AND THE SOLUTION
Here the critical problem is that some people are not aware about Baba's teachings on brahmcakra, saincara, pratisaincara and negative pratisaincara. If they knew those points, they would understand that not doing sadhana and indulging only in materialistic thinking causes one to get turned into matter: stone, iron, wood and rock etc.
Unfortunately, such people do not realize that this line of the Supreme Command has been given to warn every aspirant about the dangers of materialistic and sensual pursuits. Baba wants everyone to make their life successful.
If those people were properly taught by their acaryas and understood Baba's teachings about pratisaincara and the cycle of creation, they would have felt gratitude for Baba's reminder in The Supreme Command.
Just like high-blood pressure patients feel gratitude towards their doctors for saving them by educating them about the dangers of a eating meat; in result, they can extend their life. Such patients feel grateful.
If those people understood how Baba's guideline will help save them, they too would feel gratitude. But naive people cannot think in this way and instead become furious upon hearing Baba's good advice.
Namaskar,
Seshagiri
Note: THE WORK OF OUR DADAS
My deepest respects to those wts doing pracara work in difficult fields. I appreciate their sacrifice and hard work. They have dedicated their life to propagate the gospel of neo-humanism and truth. My request is that they should do just that by educating these sympathizers who have newly come to the Marga. Such sympathizers do not understand Ananda Marga philosophy. Dadas should educate them. Then this type of problem will be eliminated permanently. And they will be grateful to those Dadas for saving them.
PRABHAT SAMGIITA
"Dhya'nete a'ji dekhechi a'sabe tumi a'ma'r ghare..." (P.S. 4594)
Purport:
O' my dearmost Baba, by Your divine grace, today I have seen You in my dhya'na and You told me that You will be coming to my house. O' my Lord, You are so gracious. And now everything is ready for Your grand arrival. The seat has been properly prepared and the colorful a'lpana' decorations have been beautifully placed on the path of Your arrival. Baba, since then how many days and how many nights have passed-- I have no calculation. Why is it that You did not come. You must have taken a strong vow not to come. But by Your grace today You have broken that vow-- and that is why You are coming. It is Your grace.
Baba, we are so very close; we have been together since the dawn of creation. Your and my introduction did not only happen hundreds and thousands of years ago. O' all-pervading Entity, all along-- each and every moment-- You have secretly been with me, since the beginning of time. Baba, always You have remained by my side.
Baba, today You blessed me in my dhyana and You told me that You are coming to my house. This is Your causeless grace...
****************************************
Slowly Moving Towards Cemetery
Baba says, "Human beings often attach less importance to the spiritual aspect of nitya karma and more importance to the physical aspect. This is detrimental because one should not forget that human life is short. From the moment of birth one slowly and steadily advances towards death with every passing second. This short period of time from birth to death is human life. Human beings have come from the world of invisibility and at the end of this short span of time will return to the world of invisibility. Those people can be called intelligent who utilize every moment of their short life engaged in spiritual practice." (APH-4, p. 251)
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