Contentment

 We discover something new everyday. I realised that a feeling of contentment depends greatly on acceptability. The reason we often burn on the inside is the conflict that arises from not accepting things as they are.

And the most arduous and conflicting of all is to embark on a project of changing people or situations.

How many of these have you all been able to change ? I am certain of the answer. So, what next ? Accept what is. And if you look for pluses in what is, wonders of wonders , you will actually find them.

Life always compensates a lack of something with something else. Only the human mind gets stuck and refuses to accept a different scenario. The mind is really like the rusty pin of an erstwhile record player which used to get stuck on the deepening grooves of old records with every play.

Well… the only way is to heave ho and catapult yourself onto a new space with energy . Regretfully, that energy is also stagnant within the mind space. So, once you accept only , can you move into a better space.

So much knowledge but half baked ! Until you actually apply it with understanding. And THEN you learn to smile, shrug and move on without any internal damage…….And there comes your contentment !

Surekha Kothari

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Opportunity

 Today, we are so involved in what we think is our real life that we don’t have time for “frills”. The same frills , if they are loving people and tools for personal evolution, will become very important later in life. When we are young, we don’t have the bandwidth to understand this.

When realisation does dawn, many of the loving people around us who we regret not valuing , have passed on . And the ones we thought were ours, have moved on. What is left is regret !

At any stage in life, the vision must always have a broader perspective to carry the “valuables” in our lives with us, despite being busy in our own little world. And I don’t mean material riches. Because life is a vast experience , provided we have a thirst for understanding its  validity and impact on our journey. There is always a purpose . Nothing is meaningless.

But we fail to understand it. The opportunity to heal our darker spaces are manifold but we are blindfolded. Only fear makes us limited. Otherwise, we are luminous, unlimited beings.  But who is to explain this to anyone until the right realisation triggers change ?

Surekha Kothari

www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com

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Compassion

 

A man came to a Zen master and asked, “I would like to become a Buddha.” And the master hit him hard.

The man was puzzled. He went out and asked some old disciple, “What kind of man is this? I asked such a simple question and he got so angry. He hit me hard! My cheek is still burning. Is it wrong to ask how to become a Buddha? This man seems to be very cruel and violent!” And the disciple laughed. He said, “You don’t understand his compassion. It is out of his compassion that he has hit you hard. And he is old, ninety years old; just think of his hand – it will be burning more than your cheek! You are young. Think of his compassion, you fool! Go back!” But the man asked, “But what is the message in it?” And the disciple said. “The message is simple. If a Buddha comes and asks how to become a Buddha, what else is there to do? You can hit him and make him aware that you are it. What nonsense you are talking about!” If a rosebush starts trying to become a rosebush, it will go mad. It is already the rosebush. You may have forgotten. Zen says you are in a state of slumber, you have forgotten who you are, that’s all. Nothing has to be done, just a remembrance. That’s what Nanak calls surati, Kabir calls surati – just a remembrance. You have only to remember who you are!

Surekha Kothari

www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com

surekhakothari.wordpress.com

Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari