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Why is the color of blood the same?
My only question is how someone lives life with such thinking, when his mind is full of discrimination
Today, I have decided to walk along this dusty path that leads to a lake - it seems that the lake is calling out that it needs me and us! The path signifies a sense of loneliness and unattachment, as far as the meaning of life is concerned akin to bachelorhood. How we perceive life, and how we live life is very important and worth pondering.
In retrospect, when we examine life, there is a sense of feeling that somehow, we have failed to achieve all our desires! Why do we get that feeling, and what exactly is the reason behind it? There has to be a ground of thought behind such an assertion. Does this mean that the saints and sages of yore were wrong in their assumptions about how life has to be lived?
It is a fact of life that every individual seeks happiness, health, and peace to eke out an unruffled life. If the flow of life hinges on our thought process, then where have we faltered? This question will help us tread on the spiritual path. The combination of our experiences in life does not correspond to age or the size of our bodies. It depends on our thirst to know the truth through the study of the scriptures.
We must understand life well, and I wish to explain it with a perfect example. When a boy and a girl fall in love with each other in their heart of hearts, there is a desire to be the best couple and lovers in the entire universe, much like Heer Ranjha and Sassi Punnuh. The girl desires to be the best lover ever to grace the world and wishes that her love is immortalized. In every human being, there is an unquenchable thirst to exhibit love that reaches the greatness of zenith.
In much the same way, when a man and a woman become parents, they want to be the best parents. They will be prepared to sacrifice their lives to bestow and propagate the love that their parents could not. We want to exemplify our uniqueness in life by being the best that we can ever be.
Why is it that we are attracted to the saints and sages in our lives? Needless to say, because, they are the epitome of our unfulfilled quest and yearning for acquiring absolute bliss. This is because they have already traversed the road less traveled and have attained the Highest Goal, thus they become our best guide!
I have never regarded human beings as separate entities, and I have never considered myself as a distinct body from Mother Nature. If your desire to be loved, respected, and honored, then how can you even begin to think that you are different from each other? The reason for this is that you forget to act as one unit, but rather, you react, which brings about the feeling of separateness and division respectively.
When I was in Vancouver city, Canada There was a sweet mart called Gyan Sweet. There chaat dish (chhole bhature), was very delicious. Whenever we ate at the sweet mart or ordered the chaat dish at home, Sunil, the owner who happened to be my brother Sukhdev's good friend, would take our order and prepare the delicious chaat dish and keep it ready for us.
I would playfully, tell God while eating the chaat dish, that have You been fortunate enough to have been served chhole bhature? Do one thing, why don't You come along and join me? I would remember, Bhagwan Krishna, and I would tell Him, are You so busy playing the game of chess with Arjuna? If You wish to eat chhole bhature, then You may join me. I would also remember Baba Nanak Dev Ji, and request him to visit Gyan Sweet Mart while He is on His way to Mecca or Madina.
I always had God on my mind only, whether it is Baba Nanak, Peer Paighambar, Rishis and Munis of the Vedic era, Krishna, Buddha, or Hazrat Muhammad - I would not be scared at all thinking about them, because of my devotion and boundless love for them. If you love someone so much, then what is the need of being scared? One should build a bond whereby you can have fun with God. Play is among the most essential of human actions and is extremely important in our connection with God.
I would ask God why are you still asleep? Are you scared of me? I would then tell Him, that You know very well that I will claim rule to Your throne. When I do not consider myself to be the doer, then why must I be scared of God? He is the creator, and He resides within me. He is the One who talks and walks through my body - is He not then your best friend? It is the best relationship and a friend one can have!
Unlike the lovers, I tell God, that perhaps the Rishis and the Munis failed to look at you in the way as I look at you. I then asked Bhagwan Krishna, 'Do you discern the rose flower, in the same way, as I can?' In this moving water do you see God in the same way as I can? Oh, Hazrat Muhammad, do You see the creation, in the same way as I see it today?
I asked Lao Tzu, 'How did you manage to study and analyze Nature so profoundly, that You were easily able to understand it so well?' When I look into a person's eyes, Then also I ask Hazrat Muhammad, 'How did You discern creation so well, that You were able to explain the significance and importance of relationships so well?'
Every boy and a girl in a relationship are pure and indifferent, blank just like a clean slate, and unconcealed. The latter means, that thinking or feeling is absent and that our inner Self is uncovered and pure! These three attributes encompass the following dimensions namely, mental, physical and spiritual.
Have you ever wondered, when you are hungry or thirsty, what exactly is it that brings about hunger and thirst? In short, what is the essence of both hunger and thirst? If you can understand and realize this concept, rest assured you will figure out the selfless love of both lovers easily.
I sleep well, and at that very moment I ask Krishna, 'Do You sleep just as well as I do?' T understand death, is as good as knowing the significance of deep sleep. We are all indifferent, blank just like a clean slate, and unconcealed. When True understanding dawns, the ever newness of creation is discovered. The moment, the beauty of LIFE touches your SOUL, you will experience the beautiful union of Oneness. Yet, LIFE will remain untouched and unsullied forevermore!
The death of the physical body is inevitable, but to die before you die through wedlock with the Divine is the ultimate NIRVANA, just like a philosopher's stone was a substance that could turn ordinary metals into precious metals like gold.
Can you even imagine, what it would be like to have Hazrat Muhammad, Krishna, Buddha, Nanak, Lao Tzu, and Jesus hold a congregation? How would Hazrat Muhammad discuss Eid as He had perceived it and how would He relate to it being celebrated in the present times? Krishna would emphasize His role in the Mahabharata, and how He would examine the role of the current inhabitants concerning life! Jesus would explain how He was crucified, and He would question why the people today think and believe that I died for their sins?
This beautiful creation is fathomless, it is a pilgrimage, it is the final destination for Hajj, it is a place we can celebrate the festival of Eid thereby, completing the pilgrimage once in a lifetime to wipe clean past sins and start anew before God.
The expression of universal love is harmony with everyone and everything as you are a part of it all. The entire creation knowingly or unknowingly is following this dictum, because whatever the path, the underlying principle inherent is rooted in selflessness and pure LOVE only.