I will start with an anecdotal (?) narrative about a young man who is the only heir to his extremely rich parents. Greedy for getting rich much quicker and faster, the young fellow kills both his parents but alas gets caught.
He is found guilty by the judge who however still wants to hear him out. He therefore gives the man a chance to say something in his defense. The man surprises the judge with this observation:
"My lord, considering that I am now an orphan, I deserve mercy".
Well folks humor apart, this story gives me some serious thoughts to ponder over.
My present life is a result of my karma out of my own free-will is something which is drilled unto me from my childhood days. And yet in times of absolute distress, like that young man I feel that I am no better. So what do I do? I just seek His Mercy with absolute faith, that being the Ultimate Judge, He has the authority/power, without any veto (notwithstanding laments like mother kaushalya's about Vidhi being more powerful than Vidhaatha Himself) to pardon me and take me earlier than what is scripted as my date of redemption. Is this laughable?
Having either been witness to "miracles" or hear -says to such from devotees, it is too tempting not to totally believe that (pardon my oft repeated theme) absolute "saranaagathy" surrendering every Will unto Him, seeking mercy and have that absolute faith that He will hear & deliver is a very attractive option if not the only one. Losing of all identities and total surrender is one hell of a tough Job though. His repeated testing of your faith is also heart breaking.
Even then, this seems an easier option (as of now to me) than that of pursuing scholarships stakes, getting to understand and escaping all those tantalizing lure of better expressions and language finery and then to share my "I seem to Know" paradigm, and get to that ultimate contemplative yoga stage, to realize and merge etc...
There is no gainsaying however that this path is extremely appealing since my identity is intact, nay it's even entertaining. But there is a huge pitfall; one may get carried away in these "means" & so enjoy oneself as to miss the desired objective completely, which is "release from all bondage".
Adi Shankara calls it "Dukrung Karane" and to me it is a very ponder-able observation.
Think it over folks
Love
Vichu
He is found guilty by the judge who however still wants to hear him out. He therefore gives the man a chance to say something in his defense. The man surprises the judge with this observation:
"My lord, considering that I am now an orphan, I deserve mercy".
Well folks humor apart, this story gives me some serious thoughts to ponder over.
My present life is a result of my karma out of my own free-will is something which is drilled unto me from my childhood days. And yet in times of absolute distress, like that young man I feel that I am no better. So what do I do? I just seek His Mercy with absolute faith, that being the Ultimate Judge, He has the authority/power, without any veto (notwithstanding laments like mother kaushalya's about Vidhi being more powerful than Vidhaatha Himself) to pardon me and take me earlier than what is scripted as my date of redemption. Is this laughable?
Having either been witness to "miracles" or hear -says to such from devotees, it is too tempting not to totally believe that (pardon my oft repeated theme) absolute "saranaagathy" surrendering every Will unto Him, seeking mercy and have that absolute faith that He will hear & deliver is a very attractive option if not the only one. Losing of all identities and total surrender is one hell of a tough Job though. His repeated testing of your faith is also heart breaking.
Even then, this seems an easier option (as of now to me) than that of pursuing scholarships stakes, getting to understand and escaping all those tantalizing lure of better expressions and language finery and then to share my "I seem to Know" paradigm, and get to that ultimate contemplative yoga stage, to realize and merge etc...
There is no gainsaying however that this path is extremely appealing since my identity is intact, nay it's even entertaining. But there is a huge pitfall; one may get carried away in these "means" & so enjoy oneself as to miss the desired objective completely, which is "release from all bondage".
Adi Shankara calls it "Dukrung Karane" and to me it is a very ponder-able observation.
Think it over folks
Love
Vichu
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