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"Think in terms of optimism, don’t be a pessimist

Even if you come across a negative, find something positive in it. You will always be able to find something. And the day you become skillful at finding the positive in the negative, you will dance with joy.

Try it, try the new vision of life. Think in terms of optimism, don’t be a pessimist. The pessimist creates hell around himself and lives in it — you live in the world you create. Remember, there is not only one world, there are as many worlds as there are minds in the world. I live in my world, you live in your own world. They are not only different, they never overlap. They are utterly different, they exist on different planes.

Then you start turning each opportunity into a challenge for growth. For example, somebody insults you. Now it is so clear that you have been insulted, how can you practice a happy frame of mind now? Yes, it can be practiced.

This is how one should use situations, this is how a sannyasin should use negative opportunities for inner growth, for inner understanding, for meditativeness, for love, for compassion. And once you have learned this happy frame of mind, this positive vision of life, you will be surprised that the whole existence starts functioning in a totally different way. It starts mothering you. It starts helping you in every possible way, it becomes a great friend.

~ Osho - Book “The Book of Wisdom”

The essence of bhagwat geeta

When Lord Chaitanya was traveling in South India, in a big temple, Ranganatha temple, He went to see the Deity, and He saw one brahmana was reading Bhagavad-gita. And people were joking with him, ‘Oh, Mr. Brahmana, how you are reading Bhagavad-gita?’ Because they were neighbors, they knew that this brahmana was illiterate, and he was studying Bhagavad-gita. So they were joking. But the brahmana did not care about them. He was taking the book and in his own way he was reading. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu saw this incident. He came to the brahmana. He asked the brahmana, ‘My dear brahmana, what you are reading?’ The brahmana could understand, ‘This person is not joking with me; he is serious.’ So he explained, ‘My dear sir, I am reading Bhagavad-gita. Unfortunately, I am illiterate. I do not know even the alphabet.’ ‘Why you are reading Bhagavad-gita?’ So he said, ‘My spiritual master knows that I am illiterate, but still, he has asked me to read Bhagavad-gita. What can I do? Therefore I have taken this book. I am simply seeing. I do not know how to read.’ ‘Oh, that’s all right. You cannot read. But I see that you are crying. How you are crying, if you are not reading?’ ‘Yes, I am crying. Of course, there is cause.’ ‘What is that?’ ‘As soon as I take this Bhagavad-gita, I remember Krishna. Krishna is sitting as driver and Arjuna is hearing. I have heard the story. I know something of the instruction but cannot read. So as soon as I take this book, this picture comes before me and I simply think how Krishna is nice that He has become a charioteer of His devotee. He is so great. Still, He has accepted a menial service of His devotee. This gives me so much pleasure that I cry.’ Chaitanya Mahaprabhu embraced him, ‘Your Bhagavad-gita reading is perfect. You have taken the essence.’
“If you simply remember how Krishna is teaching Arjuna and Arjuna is hearing—if you simply remember the picture—that is sufficient. Even if you think that you cannot read. Because after all, we have to become Krishna conscious. We don’t have to become a learned man to argue with another learned man. If it is possible, we can do that. But it does not make any difference if I cannot argue with others or if I cannot teach very nicely Bhagavad-gita to others. Simply if I remember this picture, that is perfection. Because we have to become Krishna conscious. We have to simply think of Krishna. You think in any way. That is your perfection. Smartavyah satatam visnuh [Padma Purana]. This is the injunction. You have to think of Visnu always. This is samadhi; this is meditation; this is yoga siddhi, perfection of yoga.
“One who has learned to think of Krishna always, he is already on the perfectional stage. Aradhito yadi haris tapasa tatah kim [Narada Pancaratra]. If one has come to this stage, just to understand Krishna to be the great, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he’s a surrendered soul: ‘Krishna, whatever You like You do. I am surrendered.’ This is aradhana. Then he isn’t required to undergo any austerities or penance. His everything is finished. And naradhito yadi haris tapasa tatah kim. And if he does not come to this stage, his so-called scholarship, learned argument, this or that—all nonsense, finished. Useless. One has to come to this stage. Therefore Lord Chaitanya embraced the brahmana: ‘Yes, your study of Bhagavad-gita is perfect.’ Because one has to come to this stage, thinking of Krishna always.

Silence ~

Spiritual knowledge is nothing but this: that there is a constant longing in the heart of man to have something of its origin, to experience something of its original state, the state of peace and joy which has been disturbed, and yet is sought after throughout its whole life, and never can cease to be sought after until the real source has at length been realized. What was it in the wilderness that gave peace and joy? What was it that came to us in the forest, the solitude? In either case it was nothing else but the depth of our own life, which is silent like the depths of the great sea, so silent and still. It is the surface of the sea that makes waves and roaring breakers; the depth is silent. So the depth of our own being is silent also.

And this all-pervading, unbroken, inseparable, unlimited, ever-present, omnipotent silence unites with our silence like the meeting of flames. Something goes out from the depths of our being to receive something from there, which comes to meet us; our eyes cannot see and our ears cannot hear and our mind cannot perceive because it is beyond mind, thought, and comprehension. It is the meeting of the soul and the Spirit.

~from Volume VII, In an Eastern Rose Garden, Silence~

Kahlil Gibran says

Silence is painful, but in silence things take form, and we must wait and watch, In us, in our secret depth, lies the knowing element which sees and hears that which we do not see nor hear. All our perceptions, all the things we have done, all that we are today, dwelt once in that knowing, silent depth, that treasure chamber in the soul. And we are more than we think. We are more than we know. That which is more than we think and know is always seeking and adding to itself while we are doing nothing - or think we are doing nothing. But to be conscious of what is going in our depth is to help it along. When subconsciousness becomes consciousness, the seeds in our winter-clad-selves turn to flowers, and the silent life in us sings with all its might.

~Kahlil Gibran, Beloved Prophet: the love letters, p268~

OSHO QUOTES ON DEATH

Death Is the Most Misunderstood Phenomenon

“Death is the most misunderstood phenomenon. People have thought of death as the end of life. That is the first, basic misunderstanding.

“Death is not the end, but the beginning of a new life. Yes, it is an end of something that is already dead. It is also a crescendo of what we call life, although very few know what life is. They live, but they live in such ignorance that they never encounter their own life. And it is impossible for these people to know their own death, because death is the ultimate experience of this life, and the beginning experience of another. Death is the door between two lives; one is left behind, one is waiting ahead.

“There is nothing ugly about death; but man, out of his fear, has made even the word, death ugly and unutterable. People don’t like to talk about it. They won’t even listen to the word death.

“The fear has reasons. The fear arises because it is always somebody else who dies. You always see death from the outside, and death is an experience of the innermost being. It is just like watching love from the outside. You may watch for years, but you will not come to know anything of what love is. You may come to know the manifestations of love, but not love itself. We know the same about death. Just the manifestations on the surface – the breathing has stopped, the heart has stopped, the man as he used to talk and walk is no more there: just a corpse is lying there instead of a living body.

“These are only outer symptoms. Death is the transfer of the soul from one body to another body, or in cases when a man is fully awakened, from one body to the body of the whole universe. It is a great journey, but you cannot know it from the outside. From outside, only symptoms are available; and those symptoms have made people afraid.

“Those who have known death from inside lose all fear of death.”

【Osho, Zarathustra: A God That Can Dance, Talk 16】

Checklist of Self Development

1. Every thought I create whether I am
awake or asleep, creates my energy
field, and this is the energy I have to
offer in every interaction.
2. Check - Am I thinking too much?
What is the quality of my thoughts?
Whenever I want to change any
particular thought, am I able to do it
easily.
3. When the quality of thoughts is
right, the speed is slow. When it is
negative or waste thinking, the
quantity increases. The mind thinks
too much and we feel that it is not in
our control.
4. Let us start building a beautiful
relationship with our self. Check what
are the CRITICAL thoughts we have
about our self. Gently change the
quality of every critical thought to
acceptance and love.
5. The more we criticise ourselves, we
are reaffirming that part of our
personality. We want to change our
sanskars, and so our internal
conversation needs to be positive,
loving and empowering.
Soul Connections
🌻Sister Shivani🌻
      ~om shanti~

Excerpt from The Last Morning Star

Excerpt from: The Last Morning Star, Chapter 1
"Remembering the divine,
The serpent of time and the creepers of sorrow
Do not bother you.

"Daya says, if you remember the divine, then all of life’s sorrows, the whole conflagration of life’s sorrows, will be soothed. Then nothing will be able to burn you. Right now, everything burns you. Right now, what you call life is not life, it is a funeral pyre. You are burning in all sorts of ways. Sometimes you burn with fury, sometimes you burn in a funeral pyre, but you are burning the whole time. Sometimes the funeral pyre is obvious, sometimes it is hidden; sometimes it is visible, sometimes invisible – but you continue to burn. Have you ever known a taste of nectar in your life? Have you ever known a moment when your heart did not burn, when the burning was completely alleviated? Sometimes the burning is intense, sometimes it is less intense, sometimes the burn marks go away, sometimes not, but have you ever known a moment of peace, have you ever known a moment of bliss? Did the door ever open? Never!

"Remembering the divine,
The serpent of time and the creepers of sorrow
Do not bother you.

"But only he who remembers the divine attains to that supreme peace and goes beyond the raging flames of the world.

"What is meant by remembering the divine?

"If man considers himself to be the peak as he is, he will live in sorrow and then be finished – just as no flowers will ever blossom if a seed assumes itself to be the end of things. A seed has to transcend, it has to go beyond itself. It is when man also tries to go beyond himself that he remembers the divine.

"What does remembering the divine mean? It does not mean sitting down and saying "Rama-Rama, Rama-Rama," or covering yourself with a shawl which has the name of Rama printed on it. This matter is not so cheap! Remembrance of the divine means that you have begun to go beyond yourself, that you have begun to raise your eyes upwards, that the seed has begun to search for the flower… It is not a flower yet, but it can become one… The seed has begun to search for the flower, the flame of the lamp has begun to rise towards the sky, towards the sun. The journey has begun: the seed has burst, the sprout has emerged and has started its journey towards the sky."
~Osho~

Friendship

Friendship is a relationship. You can be in relationship with a few people. Friendliness is a quality not a relationship. It has nothing to do with anybody else; it is basically your inner quality. You can be friendly even when you are alone. You cannot be in friendship when you are alone - the other is needed - but friendliness is a kind of fragrance. A flower opens in the jungle; nobody passes by - still it is fragrant. It does not matter whether anybody comes to know of it or not, it is its quality. Nobody may ever come to know about it, but that does not matter. The flower is rejoicing.

Friendship can exist only between one man and another man or at the most between a man and an animal - a horse, a dog. But friendliness can exist even with a rock, with a river, with a mountain, with a cloud, with a far-away star. Friendliness is unlimited because it is not dependent on the other; it is absolutely your own flowering.

So, be friendly, just friendly to all that exists. And in that friendliness you will find all that is worth finding. In friendliness you will find the ultimate friend.

🌻Osho, Going All the Way🌻

【Photo courtesy Google】

Conversation with Krishna

CONVERSATION WITH KRISHNA ..

Me- I can’t find free time. Life has become hectic.

KRISHNA : Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you free.

Me :why has life become complicated now?

KRISHNA : Stop analyzing life. Just live it. It makes it complicated.

Me : Why are we then constantly unhappy?

KRISHNA : Worrying has become your
habit. That’s why you are not happy.

Me: why do good people always suffer?

KRISHNA : Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don’t suffer.
With that experience their life becomes better, not bitter.

Me : You mean to say such experience is useful?

KRISHNA : Yes. In every term, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.

Me : bcos of so many problems, we don’t know where we are heading…

KRISHNA : If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides d way.

Me : y does failure hurt
more than moving in the right direction?

KRISHNA : Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you.

Me : In tough times, how do you stay motivated?

KRISHNA : Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.

Me : What surprises you about people?

KRISHNA : When they suffer they ask, “why me?” When they prosper, they never ask “Why me?”

Me : How can I get the best out of life?

KRISHNA : Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.

Me : One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.

KRISHNA : There are no unanswered prayers. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Life is a mystery to solve, not a

problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live.
Worth forwarding!

Why Sri Sainath Maharaj is called Sacchidananda Sadguru?

Every time the aarti is sung or some devotee visits Sri Sainath Maharaj, they hail him as 'Sri Sacchidananda Sadguru Sainath Maharaj ki jai'. What is the real significance of this term 'Sacchidananda' ?

The famous sage Shuka, son of Sri Vyasa Maharshi, goes into deep forests for penancing in search of 'Brahman'. After sometime, he returns and tells his father ' O father, I found Brahman. It is nothing but the Food we eat. All the beings on this earth sustain because of food. They take form from food and after leaving this body, they again enter food.' Vyasa tells his son that it is incorrect and asks him to continue his penance.

After some more time, Shuka returns and conveys to his father that Brahman is nothing but Life. Because, it is the life that is making everything active and any object on the earth is inactive without life in it. The father sends the son to the forest again.

Shuka was in a deep penance this time and after some more time, comes with an explanation for Brahman. He says this time that the Mind is the Brahman. Because, it is where all this thoughts and ideas start, develop and end finally. It is the one which is playing a crucial part in all the human beings activities to do or not to do something. Yet, the untiring father, Vyasa, is not convinced and sends his son into the deep woods again.

The boy retires to the forest with more zeal and vigour to know the real form of Brahman. He forces himself to still more severe penances and comes home after some more time and submits to his father; 'O father, Brahman is nothing but Knowledge. Though one has food, life and mind. Without the knowledge of realizing all these, there is nothing.' Sage Vyasa seems not to be fully convinced and asks his son to explore still further.

Sage Shuka returns to forest and this time after a long time, he returns to his father to submit that happiness or eternal bliss is nothing but Brahman. Here, the real meaning of happiness is contentment. Though you have everything at your disposal, lack of contentment would throw all this into dark and make you unhappy.

Then, Vyasa explains to his son, 'O, my dear son, Brahman contains all the aspects you put forth till now. But that is not the entirety of Brahman. Note the subtle difference that this is all Brahman but Brahman is just not this. Brahman is nothing but Sat (Truth), Chit (Eternal or immortal, the soul) and Ananda (infinite). In real terms of Shastra, ananda is not happiness but infiniteness.

The term 'Sacchidananda' is made of 'SAT', 'CHIT' & 'ANANDA'. Thus, Sri Sainath Maharaj is the embodiment of Truth (always existent), Eternal or immortal & infinite shape of Brahman in physical form.

The following question was asked from Osho

【Osho, Walk Without Feet, Fly Without Wings and Think Without Mind, Ch 8】

If truth cannot be expressed in words, then why have all the buddhas used words?

A parable:
The great mystic, Rabia of Basra, was immensely beautiful. And a beauty not of this world. Once a rich young man from Iran comes to Basra. He asks people, “Is there anything that is out of the way, something special here?”
“Yes,” they all tell him. “We have the most beautiful woman of the world!”
The young man naturally becomes interested and he asks, “Where can I find her?”
And they all laugh and say, “Well, where else?… in a brothel!”
That repulses the rich young man, but finally he decides to go. And when he gets there, the matron asks for an exorbitant fee. He pays the fee and is ushered in. There, in a silent and simple room, a figure is praying. What beauty she has! He has never seen such beauty and grace, not even in his dreams. Just to be there is a benediction, and the prayerful atmosphere starts affecting him. He forgets about his passion. He is entering into another kind of space. He is drugged. He is turned on to God.
An hour passes and he intensely feels he is in a temple! Oh, such joy and such purity! He goes on feasting on her beauty. But it is no more the beauty of a human being – it is God’s beauty. It no more has anything to do with the body – it is utterly other-worldly.
And then Rabia opens her eyes, those lotus eyes, and he looks into them, and there is no woman in front of him – he is facing God. And this way the whole night passes, as if it were only a moment.
The sun is rising and its rays are coming through the windows, and he feels it is time to go. He says to Rabia, “I am your slave. Tell me anything, anything in the world that I can do for you.”
She says, “I have only one little request.”
He asks, “What is it?”
Rabia says, “Never tell anybody what you have seen and experienced here. Allow the people to come to me – this beauty is nothing but a trap set for them. I use it as a door for them to enter God. Please, promise me that you will never tell others what you have experienced here tonight. Let them come to a whore and a brothel, because otherwise they will never come to me.”
“Oh!” he says, “So this is the secret of this city. The whole city clamours after your beauty, yet nobody tells me about his experience.”
Rabia laughs and says, “Yes, I extract the promise, this promise, from all of them.”
Rabia used her beauty as a trap. Buddha used his words as a trap. Krishna used his flute as a trap. Meera used her dance as a trap.
You have to be trapped. And you can only be trapped in ways that you can understand. You have to be taken from the known into the unknown, but the beginning has to be in the known.
You understand passion. The young man was not in search of God, but he became interested in a beautiful body, in a beautiful woman – and was trapped. He had gone there because of his passion. Once he was there in the presence of Rabia, the passion started changing – it became prayer

[Picture Courtsey Google]

कालिदास का घमंड

   महाकवि कालिदास अपने समय के महान
विद्वान थे। उनके कंठ में साक्षात सरस्वती का वास था। शास्त्रार्थ में उन्हें कोई पराजित
नहीं कर सकता था। अपार यश, प्रतिष्ठा और
सम्मान पाकर एक बार कालिदास को अपनी
विद्वत्ता का घमंड हो गया। उन्हें लगा कि
उन्होंने विश्व का सारा ज्ञान प्राप्त कर
लिया है और अब सीखने को कुछ बाकी नहीं
बचा। उनसे बड़ा ज्ञानी संसार में कोई दूसरा
नहीं। एक बार पड़ोसी राज्य से शास्त्रार्थ
का निमंत्रण पाकर कालिदास महाराज
विक्रमादित्य से अनुमति लेकर अपने घोड़े पर
रवाना हुए।
गर्मी का मौसम था, धूप काफी तेज़ और
लगातार यात्रा से कालिदास को प्यास लग
आई। जंगल का रास्ता था और दूर तक कोई
बस्ती दिखाई नहीं दे रही थी। थोङी तलाश
करने पर उन्हें एक टूटी झोपड़ी दिखाई दी।
पानी की आशा में वो उस ओर बढ चले। झोपड़ी
के सामने एक कुआं भी था। कालिदास जी ने
सोचा कि कोई झोपड़ी में हो तो उससे पानी
देने का अनुरोध किया जाए। उसी समय
झोपड़ी से एक छोटी बच्ची मटका लेकर
निकली। बच्ची ने कुएं से पानी भरा और जाने
लगी।
कालिदास उसके पास जाकर बोले ” बालिके!
बहुत प्यास लगी है ज़रा पानी पिला दे।”
बच्ची ने कहा, “आप कौन हैं? मैं आपको जानती
भी नहीं, पहले अपना परिचय दीजिए।”
कालिदास को लगा कि मुझे कौन नहीं
जानता मुझे परिचय देने की क्या आवश्यकता?
फिर भी प्यास से बेहाल थे तो बोले, “बालिके
अभी तुम छोटी हो। इसलिए मुझे नहीं जानती।
घर में कोई बड़ा हो तो उसको भेजो। वो मुझे
देखते ही पहचान लेगा। मेरा बहुत नाम और
सम्मान है दूर-दूर तक। मैं बहुत विद्वान व्यक्ति
हूं।”
कालिदास के बड़बोलेपन और घमंड भरे वचनों से
अप्रभावित बालिका बोली, “आप असत्य कह
रहे हैं। संसार में सिर्फ दो ही बलवान हैं और उन
दोनों को मैं जानती हूं। अपनी प्यास बुझाना
चाहते हैं तो उन दोनों का नाम बाताएं?”
थोङी देर सोचकर कालिदास बोले, “मुझे नहीं
पता, तुम ही बता दो। मगर मुझे पानी पिला
दो। मेरा गला सूख रहा है।”
बालिका बोली, “दो बलवान हैं ‘अन्न’ और
‘जल’। भूख और प्यास में इतनी शक्ति है कि बड़े से
बड़े बलवान को भी झुका दें। देखिए तेज़ प्यास ने
आपकी क्या हालत बना दी है।”
कलिदास चकित रह गए। लड़की का तर्क
अकाट्य था। बड़े से बड़े विद्वानों को
पराजित कर चुके कालिदास एक बच्ची के सामने
निरुत्तर खङे थे।
बालिका ने पुनः पूछा, “सत्य बताएं, कौन हैं
आप?” वो चलने की तैयारी में थी, कालिदास
थोड़ा नम्र होकर बोले, “बालिके! मैं बटोही
हूं।”
मुस्कुराते हुए बच्ची बोली, “आप अभी भी झूठ
बोल रहे हैं। संसार में दो ही बटोही हैं। उन
दोनों को मैं जानती हूँ, बताइए वो दोनों
कौन हैं?”
तेज़ प्यास ने पहले ही कालिदास जी की
बुद्धि क्षीण कर दी थी। लेकिन लाचार होकर
उन्होंने फिर अनभिज्ञता व्यक्त कर दी।
बच्ची बोली, “आप स्वयं को बङा विद्वान
बता रहे हैं और ये भी नहीं जानते? एक स्थान से
दूसरे स्थान तक बिना थके जाने वाला बटोही
कहलाता है। बटोही दो ही हैं, एक चंद्रमा और
दूसरा सूर्य जो बिना थके चलते रहते हैं। आप तो
थक गए हैं। भूख प्यास से बेदम हो रहे हैं। आप कैसे
बटोही हो सकते हैं?”
इतना कहकर बालिका ने पानी से भरा मटका
उठाया और झोपड़ी के भीतर चली गई। अब तो
कालिदास और भी दुखी हो गए। इतने
अपमानित वे जीवन में कभी नहीं हुए। प्यास से
शरीर की शक्ति घट रही थी। दिमाग़ चकरा
रहा था। उन्होंने आशा से झोपड़ी की तरफ़
देखा। तभी अंदर से एक वृद्ध स्त्री निकली। उसके
हाथ में खाली मटका था। वो कुएं से पानी
भरने लगी।
अब तक काफी विनम्र हो चुके कालिदास
बोले, “माते प्यास से मेरा बुरा हाल है। भर पेट
पानी पिला दीजिए बङा पुण्य होगा।”
बूढी माँ बोलीं, ” बेटा मैं तुम्हे जानती नहीं।
अपना परिचय दो। मैं अवश्य पानी पिला
दूँगी।”
कालिदास ने कहा, “मैं मेहमान हूँ, कृपया
पानी पिला दें।” “तुम मेहमान कैसे हो सकते
हो? संसार में दो ही मेहमान हैं। पहला धन और
दूसरा यौवन। इन्हें जाने में समय नहीं लगता,
सत्य बताओ कौन हो तुम?”
अब तक के सारे तर्क से पराजित हताश
कालिदास बोले “मैं सहनशील हूं। पानी पिला
दें।”
“नहीं, सहनशील तो दो ही हैं। पहली, धरती
जो पापी-पुण्यात्मा सबका बोझ सहती है,
उसकी छाती चीरकर बीज बो देने से भी अनाज
के भंडार देती है। दूसरे, पेड़ जिनको पत्थर मारो
फिर भी मीठे फल देते हैं। तुम सहनशील नहीं। सच
बाताओ कौन हो?”
कालिदास लगभग मूर्छा की स्थिति में आ गए
और तर्क-वितर्क से झल्लाकर बोले, ” मैं हठी
हूं।”
“फिर असत्य। हठी तो दो ही हैं, पहला नख और
दूसरा केश। कितना भी काटो बार-बार
निकल आते हैं। सत्य कहें ब्राह्मण कौन हैं आप?”
पूरी तरह अपमानित और पराजित हो चुके
कालिदास ने कहा, “फिर तो मैं मूर्ख ही हूं।”
“नहीं तुम मूर्ख कैसे हो सकते हो। मूर्ख दो ही हैं।
पहला राजा जो बिना योग्यता के भी सब
पर शासन करता है, और दूसरा दरबारी पंडित
जो राजा को प्रसन्न करने के लिए ग़लत बात पर
भी तर्क करके उसको सही सिद्ध करने की चेष्टा
करता है।”
कुछ बोल न सकने की स्थिति में कालिदास
वृद्धा के पैर पर गिर पड़े और पानी की याचना
में गिड़गिड़ाने लगे।
उठो वत्स… ये आवाज़ सुनकर जब कालिदास ने
ऊपर देखा तो साक्षात माता सरस्वती वहां
खड़ी थी। कालिदास पुनः नतमस्तक हो गए।
“शिक्षा से ज्ञान आता है न कि अहंकार। तूने
शिक्षा के बल पर प्राप्त मान और प्रतिष्ठा
को ही अपनी उपलब्धि मान लिया और
अहंकार कर बैठे। इसलिए मुझे तुम्हारे चक्षु खोलने
के लिए ये स्वांग करना पड़ा।”
कालिदास को अपनी गलती समझ में आ गई और
भरपेट पानी पीकर वे आगे चल पड़े।...:::!!!

श्रीकृष्ण और बहते दीये

ॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐ          श्रीकृष्ण और बहते दीये ॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐॐ

एक बार मैया यशोदा नदी मे दीप-दान के लिए तैयार हुई। कन्हैया ने उन्हें देख लिया और साथ जाने  की जिद्द करने लगे। मैया ने उन्हें अपने साथ ले लिया।

🔸जब मैया यमुना जी में दीप बहा रही थीं तो श्रीकृष्ण यमुनाजी में उतर गए और जहाँ पर घुटने तक पानी था , वहाँ पहुँच गए। और दीये पकड़ कर किनारे पर लाने लगे। मैया यशोदा ने उन्हें देखा और कहा कि ये क्या कर रहे हो ? उन्होंने कहा कि दीये किनारे लगा रहा हूँ। मैया ने कहा कि दीप तो बहने के लिए ही हैं।

🔸श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं कि - बहतो को किनारे लगाना ही तो मेरा काम है और वही मैं कर रहा हूँ। मैया कहती है कि इतने असंख्य दीप बहे जा रहे हैं , सब को किनारे किसलिए नहीं लगाते। तो श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं कि यही तो राज की बात है। जो बहते हुए मेरे समीप आ जाता है , मैं उसे ही किनारे लगाता हूँ।

🔸हमारा बहाव भी ईश्वर की ओर होना चाहिए , किनारे लगाना उसका काम है।
एक बार एक व्यक्ति श्री धाम वृंदावन में दर्शन करने गया !
वह दर्शन करके जब लौट रहा था तभी एक संत अपनी कुटिया के बाहर बैठे बड़ा अच्छा पद गा रहे थे कि -
हो नयन हमारे अटके ;
श्री बिहारी जी के चरण कमल में !
बार-बार यही गाये जा रहे थे !उस व्यक्ति ने जब इतना मीठा पद सुना तो वह आगे न बढ़ सका और संत के पास बैठकर ही पद सुनने लगा और संत के साथ-साथ गाने लगा !कुछ देर बाद वह इस पद को गाता-गाता अपने घर आ गया और सोचता जा रहा था कि वाह संत ने बड़ा प्यारा पद गाया !
पर जब घर पहुँचा तो वह पद भूल गया !अब याद करने लगा कि संत क्या गा रहे थे !बहुत देर याद करने पर भी उसे याद नहीं आ रहा था !फिर कुछ देर बाद उसने गाया -
हो नयन बिहारी जी के अटके ;
हमारे चरण कमल में !
उलटा गाने लगा !उसे गाना था नयन हमारे अटके बिहारी जी के चरण कमल में अर्थात बिहारी जी के चरण कमल इतने प्यारे है कि नजर उनके चरणों से हटती ही नहीं है ;नयन मानो वही अटक के रह गये है !
पर वो गा रहा था कि बिहारी जी के नयन हमारे चरणों में अटक गये अब ये पंक्ति उसे इतनी अच्छी लगी कि वह बार-बार बस यही गाये जाता !आँखे बंद है बिहारी के चरण ह्रदय में है और बड़े भाव से गाये जा रहा है !
जब उसने ११ बार ये पक्ति गाई तो क्या देखता है सामने साक्षात् बिहारी जी खड़े है ;झट से उनके श्री चरणों में गिर पड़ा !बिहारी जी ने मुस्करा कर कहा -भईया एक से बढकर एक भक्त हुए पर तुम जैसा भक्त मिलना बड़ा मुश्किल है !लोगो के नयन तो हमारे चरणों के अटक जाते है पर तुमने तो हमारे ही नयन अपने चरणों में अटका दिये और जब नयन अटक गये तो फिर दर्शन देने कैसे नहीं आता !
वास्तव में बिहारी जी ने उसके शब्दों की भाषा सुनी ही नहीं क्योकि बिहारी जी शब्दों की भाषा जानते ही नहीं है !वे तो एक ही भाषा जानते है वह है भाव की भाषा !भले ही उस भक्त ने उलटा गाया पर बिहारी जी ने उसके भाव देखे कि वास्तव में ये गाना तो सही चाहता है !शब्द उलटे हो गये तो क्या भाव तो कितना उच्च है !
सही अर्थो में भगवान तो भक्त के ह्रदय का भाव ही देखते है !