Does God operate through us in this universe?
    Date : 11 May 2009
  THOUGHT FOR CONTEMPLATION


Yes, God operates through every being in this creation. God has his own agenda for the creation and has assigned different roles to different people to fulfill his agenda but humans in their greed and lust, forget this truth and live to fulfill their own selfish interest.

Humans overlook the existence of divine power within them, that which is the main source for their knowledge, intelligence, wisdom and action. They work to fulfill their own selfish interest, live a luxurious life and amass individual wealth. We must remember that all these material possession will be left behind when we depart from this world. What will go with us is our mental state and that mental state will be hell-ish unless we die with inner satisfaction and inner peace. This is possible only when we live in this world as God’s representative and work to fulfill his agenda rather than our own agenda.

Try experiencing this state of being, i.e. God’s representative at least once and you shall realize the presence of immense satisfaction, joy and bliss within you. The world would be a different experience all together.

Ramesh Jain

 
  A Short Story

One day a person saw from his limousine, a poor girl begging on the streets. The poor girl was dirty, thin, wearing torn clothes with uncombed hair. In the evening while he was about to eat the first bite of his 8 course dinner on a luxurious dinning table, he suddenly remembered the poor girl he saw on the streets. He felt bad and pity for the girl. He closed his eye and said,

‘Oh God, why don’t you do something.

There is so much poverty and suffering in this world, why don’t you do something………’

God replied ‘I did my son….. I created you’.

Listening to these words he felt ashamed and tears flowed in his eyes. He realized that all the wealth which he earned is the gift given by God for fulfilling his goals of helping people but under ignorance he considered that wealth as his own.
 Question and Answer:

Q: My daughter is physically disabled. Is there anything special that I can do to help her overcome difficulties in life and give her happiness?

A: Try some of these things:

(1) Give happiness to some physically disabled people by making them smile, giving food of their liking, entertaining them in some way or other.

(2) Offer Financial help to physically disabled people.

(3) Help them get jobs and make them earn their livelihood.

(4) Help them restore their self esteem and make them feel proud of their existence.

(5) Visualize and pray for happiness of every disabled person in this world.

All these will help your daughter get happiness in life and mitigate her difficulties. However please do not perform these acts with any selfish interest. Positive life energy will flow at its own pace and at an appropriate time.
 
THE JOY OF SEEING OTHERS JOY IS A BIGGER JOY THAN OUR OWN JOY