PERFECTIONS AND IMPERFECTIONS

All our mythological events whether it is Ramayana, Mahabharata or Bible or Koran has given us tremendous lessons for leading our lives.

When Lord Krishna approached Duryodhana – He tells Krishna- “Krishna I know what is right but I am not able to indulge in it”. “And also know what is wrong, but I am not able to avoid it.” This is called as Duryodhana’s predicament.

If you think about it – We are all Duryodhana in one form or another. Only the degree varies. All of us in some way I know what is right but we are unable to indulge in it. We all know what is wrong and not able to avoid it. None of us are exceptions to it. It is just that some of us are 10% Duryodhana, some are 25% and some are 50%. Some are Duryodhana’s incarnation -100%. There are some people who will give a complex to Duryodhana and if he sees them, he will probably say “Oh my god, I am better than these people”.

The question is when we deal with this Duryodhana predicament with people who we come across in our life that they know what is right, they are not indulging in it, they know what is wrong, and they are unable to avoid and continue to do, how do we deal with them and go through this. First, you go through that by understanding that there is a Duryodhana within you as well. I recall what Leo Buscaglia, which is something very beautiful –“I will not expect perfection from you until I make myself perfect”. This means you are safe for the lifetime.

We all, as human beings, come as a package with some perfection and some imperfections and only the degree varies in the areas of thinking, attitude, behavior, responses etc. Accept people as what they are with those perfections and imperfections. If we can understand this, we become less judgmental, more positive in our living.

Wishing you all a Very Happy and a Prosperous New Year 2017.

Have a great day and a wonderful weekend

Be Blissful.

S.Sekar

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Do you know what Systematic study of Scriptures and doing Meditation teaches you the most

1. How to be happy 
2. Give instead of take 
3. Reduction in wants/ desires
4. Accountability 
5. Bold decision making 
6. No fear of failures 
7. Not blaming others 
8. Only we can make it happen
9. That we are nobody

Believe me they are true to the core

Be blissful.

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Teachings and Teacher

Ramakant Acharekar was not a better cricketer than Sachin. Yet, it was his coaching that showed Sachin to Sachin, and in turn showed him to the world and world of cricket.

O.M.Nambiar was no match to P.T.Usha, but it was he who gave India one of the greatest athletes.

Gopichand in Badminton is no way better than Sindhu , but it was his coaching , perseverance, identifying the potential gave India the Silver medal in recent Olympics.

The glory of Dronacharya was to have developed Arjuna to the point where Arjuna was able to win the battle with his own teacher.

• We need someone outside to us to guide us. 
• They are the mirrors that reflect us to ourselves, that show us the strengths with which we can challenge our weaknesses. 
• We need coaches to sharpen our skills. 
• We need teachers to expand our knowledge. 
• We need Gurus to realize our spiritual life.

Our nursery teachers may not have made it as big as we in our life, but our life was built on the foundation of knowledge he or she gave us. Let us not compare ourselves with our guiding light.

• If you remove the Sun from the rays, nothing will remain. 
• If you remove the mud from the pot, nothing will remain. 
• If you remove the cause from the effect, nothing remains. 
• If we remove the teachings of our teachers from us, nothing of us will remain.

The math’s teacher wrote “ 1000” on the board and asked the student who was constantly disturbing the classes, “ How much is this “ confident, yet embarrassed by the simplicity of the question, the boy replied “ One thousand” . Now the teacher added a zero to the right and pointing at “ 10000” asked, “ How much is this “ “ Ten Thousand”, came the prompt reply. Now the teacher added another zero, but this time to the left of “ 1” and pointing “ 010000” again enquired, “ how much now ?” The Same…. Ten thousand , the boy replied.

The teacher smiled , winked and then said, “ When an insignificant number follows a significant number, it gains value. When the same insignificant number tries to go ahead of the significant number, then it has no value. So is the relationship between a teacher and a student. When a student follows the teacher, he or she gains value. The other way round…. Well , I don’t want to state the obvious.

The greatness of a coach is to show the player how capable he or she is. The greatness of a player how capable he is and live up to the capability he has been shown.

Be Blissful

S.Sekar

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Notebook and Our Life

Think of a notebook with several pages. Each page in itself is just an open page. It is up to us to either scribble on it or write poetry on it. Irrespective of what we do with the page, we can still turn to the next page. Once again, we have the choice of either scribbling on it or writing poetry on this new page. Till the notebook ends, the freedom of choice to use or abuse the pages of the notebook purely rests with us. More importantly, even if we have wasted the first half of the notebook with just scribbling, we can still write poetries after poetries in the second half of the notebook and make the notebook worth preserving.

Metaphorically, the notebook can be compared with our life and each open page in it to a day in our life. The dawn of every day offers you the choice of using or abusing the day. Till you embrace death, the freedom of choice to use or abuse the days of your life purely rests with you. Whatever be our age, as worst-case scenario, even if you have wasted the entire past of your life, you can still make a beginning, starting today.

• The past is irrelevant. 
• We cannot undo the past. 
• There are no ctrl+Z options in life. So, let it go. 
• Draw a line to the past. 
• The present forms the building blocks to our future. 
• Begin from where we can begin and that is now. 
• Start now. Use our present to build our future. 
• Our future is yet to be and it begins from today,

We can make the most of every day of our life from now on and create a life that will be cherished. It is never late to begin. It is never too late to get awakened in life. Our future begins now. Move with this confidence and we can make a difference in our life.

Life is not about finding yourself, Life is about creating yourself.

Wishing you most and more

Have a wonderful day and a great week.

Be Blissful.

S.Sekar

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Beyond Me, Mine, Myself

Without an element of Selflessness, there is no peace. Unless there is something beyond me, mine and myself, there is no peace. Any work done with a selfless intent is doing God’s work and the reward of doing God’s work is peace. Selfless work does not mean only social work and charity. By going the extra mile by surpassing expectations, by focusing on what you can give than what you can receive, by doing something without expecting something in reciprocation, in sharing, in caring, in listening, doing something without a personal motive wiping a tear of a friend, relative, colleague, causing a smile, by simply asking “ Who needs me”? than “who is there for me”- in any way you put the other above yourself, you are selfless. The fragrance cannot be separated from the flower. The fragrance of selflessness is PEACE.

• Create a moment of non-doing. 
• Gift yourself moments with nature. 
• Discipline some time slots that are free from sensory overload. 
• Spend some time without talking.
• Spend some time listening to the sound of silence.
• Spend some time eyes closed.
• Connect with yourself

There are times to run, there are times to slow down, further slowdown and further slowdown and in it, you discover peace.

People believe “In finding God, Creator, they will find peace”. The truth is “In finding peace. You will find it”. In fact, God will find you…

Have a great day and wonderful weekend.

Be blissful

S.Sekar

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Brilliant post I have read...

Son decides to admit the father in the old age home as desired by his wife (the daughter in law).

He brings his father in the car to an old age home run by a Christian priest.
The receptionist gives diff choices like TV, AC, Veg etc. Father says No TV, AC etc. 

Son goes out to bring luggage from car. The wife calls up to check whether all fine. In addition, insists that father need not come home even for festivals.

The Christian priest appears and talks to the old man. Son wonders and asks the Christian priest whether he knows his father before as they were talking as though they knew each other.

Christian priest says.Yes. He came here 30 years back and took with him an orphan boy in adoption.

Speechless!

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What is MATURITY by Adi Sankara

1. Maturity is when you stop trying to change others, instead focus on changing
yourself.

2. Maturity is when you accept people as they are.

3. Maturity is when you understand everyone is right in his or her own perspective.

4. Maturity is when you learn to "let go".

5. Maturity is when you are able to drop "expectations" from a relationship and give
for the sake of giving.

6. Maturity is when you understand whatever you do; you do for your own peace.

7. Maturity is when you stop proving to the world, how intelligent you are.

8. Maturity is when you don't seek approval from others.

9. Maturity is when you stop comparing with others.

10. Maturity is when you are at peace with yourself.

11. Maturity is when you are able to differentiate between "need" and "want" and are able to let go of your wants.

And the last but most meaningful!

12. You gain Maturity when you stop attaching "happiness" to material things!

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