Sacred Gaumata

Importance and true meaning of the sacred Cow,Gaumata, as explained to us by Gurushree Dr Sudhir Shah.

In Hinduism it is considered very important to do sewa for Gaumata.

My MahaGurushree Thakurjee ShreeNathji, who loves His Gaumata

 

Kripa and Blessings

Kripa and Blessings from the super powers create miracles in our lives.

As pure and soft as these dewdrops, they enter us in the most subtle manner, many times without us even being aware of the divine miracle that has happened in our life.

Miracles may look like coincidences to the unbelieving, but in reality are part of the perfect plan in God’s work.

Blessings and kripa open us to some wonderful happenings. Blessings from the super powers transform our lives positively to the greatest extent and very few souls in our world can be worthy of receiving them. It has to be some very positive karmas of the past, that one’s life becomes worthy of being showered with kripa and blessings.

God showers blessings through the divine guru.

In my life the super powers are my God and Guru.

God – MahaGurushree – ShreeNathji

Divine Guru – Gurushree – Sudhir bhai

I bow down with gratitude for their love and kripa on all my family.

Jai Shreeji!

 

Sandesh

A message for all:

સમય + સમજ + સંજોગ = સંતોષ 

Samay + Samaj + Sanjog = Santosh 

समय + समझ + संजोग = संतोष 

Time + Understanding + Situation = Satisfaction 

This message formed as a slogan,  is given by Gurushree Dr Sudhir Shah. He has already given more than 916 public lectures on this slogan.

Gurushree uses these four words as a medium to explain Astrology, Spirituality, the Holy Gita and also our many  daily life situations .

Details about forth coming lectures on this varied meaning slogan will come soon.

Do keep visiting.

Jai Shreeji!!

 

Living flowers are the fragrance of God

“You have no right to give death penalty to these beautiful flowers”, says Gurushree Sudhir Bhai

“Flowers, in a natural way give fragrance; you cannot give untimely death to them”.

“I do not accept flowers from last nearly 8-10 years as my understanding says we should not pluck flowers for our pleasure. Living flowers are the fragrance of God, Presence of God”. “Giving a bouquet of flowers as wishes to someone is not right, as you had no right to pluck the flowers in the first place for your senses; they can be plucked when there is some correct purpose to it only”.

“But even after all the understanding that I try to give people around me, if some flowers come to me as a gift I look after them tenderly; and when all their fragrance and beauty is over I give them a proper funeral by putting them in water. I do not just throw them in the dustbin”.

“Flowers, nature, must be respected, their beauty and fragrance is to be enjoyed when they are alive in their natural surroundings. If you yet wish to gift flowers, then gift them live in a pot, or gift a garden to me, I will take full care and look after them. In this way I receive your wishes also and can enjoy the living beauty and fragrance of the plants and flowers” says Gurushree.

These are the sentiments of Gurushree and if one thinks deeply show us how we could learn enjoyment without being selfish.

                                                                  

I would also accept Nature as a gift from God which is complete with all colours and fragrances. It could also be called the canvas of God where He delights our senses with His creations. All this He provides to us free and there is no restriction placed on who can enjoy the beauty.

His painting is visible in the uncountable varieties of colour and designs and fragrance in nature.

Respect for all life in nature is very deeply connected with spirituality.

                              

 

Reading can bring transformation

    

 

To receive any kind of benefit from the time spent in reading requires us to be aware of ‘How to read’

There are various types of reading we indulge in on a regular level, like:

Recreational reading, which includes Fiction, magazines…

Reading to memorise like for exams…

Serious, transformative reading, like for Non fiction; spiritual works…

 

The third type of reading – which is done for some understanding is what I wish to talk about. When choosing to read some spiritual literature it obviously will be to receive some benefit. To be able to receive some lasting benefit and understanding requires the right ways of reading.

For the right meaning to be understood and for this meaning to stay strong in one’s mind, all books basically need to be read at least three times.

In the first reading, one has to read completely from the first to the last page, so that one knows its contents.

In the second time, one needs to go a little slow, spending extra time on each page; marking whatever one thinks is important for one self; and from what you think is the authors point of view.

The third reading would be to read all the underlined matter very slowly, trying to internalize it. During this reading one could also underline once again the most valuable contents for oneself. (To go through whenever, at intervals; like how we make notes for revision on the morning of a school exam!)

This is also called hammering.

Only after one is done with this, can one say that he understands some what, what the author might be saying.

There is never any compulsion to always agree with what one reads.

At the same time one has to be open enough to examine what one reads. It is important going deeper in the search, “reading between the lines’, and then accepting or rejecting what any writer may have expressed.

True knowledge does not mean to just memorise some works, or count the number of books read; important is to have gone in depth of its meaning and taken in some truth for oneself, trying to imbibe some understanding of the truth in one’s daily life.

Innumerable spiritual books today flood the bookshops. Majority is translated knowledge put in new words for the new modern readers. There are very few books who give some new understandings, ‘the authors experienced understandings’.

Then there are some books that talk about the eternal truths in relation to ‘now’ time period.

These books when being read require dedication and the willingness to spend enough time on ‘manan-internalisation’. As soon as one takes some truth from what is read and begins to put it in practice in daily life, will transformation begin. Then one can say that I did read with understanding and I now try to live my day to day life on the new understanding-‘Acharan’. As this happens the need to read the 100’s of other books disappears, as all speak the same truths though in different ways; which might bring confusion instead of clarity.

Continue with reading those lines which you try to imbibe in daily life; as many times as required, it soon becomes like a guideline or prayer. When the particular thought is totally accepted undoubtedly it manifests as action in daily life; it will be time well spent in reading!

    

                              

                                This is from a series of lectures on various topics, by          

                                                 Gurushree Sudhirbhai;

                                                  for creating greater awareness ;                          

                                                   lasting satisfaction in our lives.

 

                                                                     Written as understood by me

                                                                             Abha Shahra Shyama

 

 

Satisfaction from your 24 hours

  Taking out time for your” INNERSELF”-”SWA”

                          

                          “I am happy, life is going ok, all fits in perfectly”

                                    “I am frustrated, life is unfair, nothing goes right”

 

Both life situations are 2 sides of the same coin. Life on the outer is always prone to ups and downs; we like a puppet in its hand go through the extreme emotions of negativity or positiveness. Understand, that this is experienced only on the outermost layer of our selves in our lives.

  Want to know how to move beyond this so that “No matter what” your inner peace and joy is never disturbed.

 You can possess “non dependent peace and joy” for your self –

 How? The secret – mystery is not very complicated; in fact it is in our very own hands – How? Read on. It lies in taking out some special time for the special YOU

                                          The real YOU;The inner YOU

Your immortal identity – the truth in you which never changes; it is called SWA – SELF

The time spent in the outer living, in the mayic world is to do with the outer identity, and is a mask for the real, YOU. Our entire lives are spent living with this outer identity; which though true; is only till the level of the outer self.

What about the importance of trying to know

         the real YOU; your SWA – INNER SELF;

           Your true identity since eternity.

        You may ask that in the hectic pace of our lives; how and why do we need to take out some  

          quality time for our SELF

Apart from all the activities done in the entire day, the little time spent only for us as OURSELF will make the rest of the 24 hours more fulfilling in whatever activity it might be spent.

                                                      That is a guarantee.

 

There are 24 hours in a day; 7 days in a week for all – rich-poor; young-old; male-female; sick-healthy.

This fact can never be changed; it is not in our hands to do so;

 But yes, with proper awareness of each minute and hour,

 We could enjoy more time in the same 24 hours, already given to us and is free of any cost;

No one has to go earn time; like we have to earn money.

 

What we can do is steal time for ourselves from the fixed 24 hours. It’s not a huge trick; just a little management, done with a lot of awareness, a strong desire and the right understanding.

                      

 Khud ke liye samay nikalo – means taking out some time for YOURSELF – for your SWA; which is your INNER SELF– the real YOU – call it ALONE time.

In taking time out for ourselves, we may wrongly mean it to be the time that we spend in doing various activities like religious practices, or some sewa in charity, or worshipping; or maybe having fun with others – socialising, partying, hanging out with friends or family etc. 

  This is celebration with people, which is more like a dikhava, participation, a compulsion, a competition, a comparison. It is also a lot of precious time spent in purposeless pursuits. The keeping up of appearances takes away a lot of time and money.

  It is not in doing- it can only be in being that the SWA might be known.

 

  Man is a social animal, and sharing time with others in fun and enjoyment as important. All this although a very essential part of   

  our lives, cannot take up all our free time.

                                     

      How does one go about stealing time for one’s Self?

 

1 – Out of the 8-10 hours that a person spends at the office, none work for the entire period. If the person has put in even 4-5 hours of serious work it is good. Within this period one can increase the input in terms of quality and get some free time. This would be time earned; stealing time.

 

2 – Like the 5-10 paise out of the 100 paise that we keep for personal use; similar is important to keep some time out of the 24 hours for personal use. If a person is extremely busy in other activities, he can take out some time on a weekly basis at least; if not daily. Weekends are there for all. Proper management can easily create personal time.

… Don’t we all squeeze out the few hours for the movie we want to see so badly?

… For the game we don’t want to miss?

… For the shopping spree where we buy non required stuff?

… For the book we so want to read?

 

3 - Four heads get together and gossip. (Char chotli jaama ho kar kuthli karate hain).  If we stop indulging in this enough time can be stolen in search for the SWA. People gossip – do ninda –and waste the precious commodity of time.

 

4 – Do not spoil any other individual. (Kise ko bigadna bahut bada gunah hai).  -  Do not encourage wasteful expenditure of time and money in anyone. It will be a very good deed for yourself and the other; when you teach the importance and value of time and money.

  Useless shopping; mindless shopping to time pass; wastage of money and time.

 

 

5 - In every activity of one hour try to save those few minutes by doing it with total involvement and at the end of all activities  you will have stolen those precious moments required to spend with your Self.

 

6 - No excuses, (no bahanebazi.)

   Most of us always use the familiar excuse –

… There is no time now, I will do all this (being with the Self) later, when I have more time.

… At this moment I am so busy involved in the outside world how can I find time to move inwards? I am happy in this. This spiritual exercise can wait for later, what is the hurry.

…There is so much to do at this moment, so much to see and experience, there are family, friends, children, studies, work, marriages, earnings, name and fame, travel, so much fun so many pleasures, so much to shop and possess, build a few more houses, buy a few more cars, possess some more diamonds, get my kids married and settled, see their children.

… Never ending list of excuses for not being able to take out time for the most important activity in our life cycle as humans.

                        

 

  Why start now? …it can never be too early!!

 

         Why will we want to spend time in looking for the

           Inner Self – Swa ?

 

A person who knows his SWA has mastered time.

Those who have mastered time can be 100% winners.

Be before time; whatever the occasion; this will also give guaranteed self-satisfaction.

 

 

A) – Apart from every other activity in the 24 hours, the most important and quality spending is the time you have managed to take out for your self – SELF – SWA.

 

B) – This investment of the few moments in trying to touch your SELF – SWA; will give benefits which will help in this birth as well as will be carried over in the forward journey. It could be the only true permanent wealth.            

 

There is no selfishness - swarth in being with your Swa; but for this unequalled investment one has to move away slightly from regular activities for that little time. Though it may seem like you have become selfish to some non understanding people, let it not shake your determination;

                   Or else the outer world and activities will steal all your time; (Bahiri duniya aapka poorna samay cheen leti hai.)

 

C) – Introspection needs to be done; it does not mean any type of activity.

     Only being with yourself. Trying to merge with your Self; exploring your dot.   

   

When sitting on your dot; stationed there; you will realize the world moves around you.

 Try to enter your SWA – INNER SELF. In silence ask yourself…

                           Who am I?

                           Who was I earlier; where have I come from?

                           Why am I here?

                           What was my past birth?

                           Whatever I do, is it right? Is it fruitful?

                           What should I be doing?

           

Rest at the dot; Discover the dot; Know your dot.

Because by the time old age sets in the SWA will have gone in so deep you will not be able to even touch it. After having lived the entire life on the outer level; only for what the others think is right; it will not be easy to change habits.

As the fear of loneliness and disease becomes a reality in the advanced age;

We will try to look for our SWA, and touch it; try to know ourselves, our reality;

which unfortunately, now becomes impossible.

As no time was invested from day one; on a regular basis in becoming friends with one’s own SWA.

Time passes us by and very soon the end is near. 60-70 years is the average a normal human can expect to be healthy. With the fast paced lives that we live, body becomes feeble, and unhealthy symptoms appear. With this tired and feeble body how will you look for your SWA? It requires strength and determination which is now is very low.

SWA goes and hides so deep inside now, as you never gave it the required importance; it wasn’t searched for; later even though the SWA is there you will never be able to look for it.

 (SWA itna ander baith jata hai, kiyonki isko koi poochta nahin hai; isko dhoondhta nahin hai.

  SWA hote huvey bhi nahin dhood pate hain). 

 

Mind gets diverted to the several aches and pains all over the weak and old body. Indigestion symptoms become more visible. Chronic lifestyle diseases make their presence deeply felt.

Yet we continue cheating ourselves that we are very busy. With old age; in the to do lists we now have – regular checkups, meetings with doctors and specialists; and we again think,

          I will begin my search as soon as I am able to get rid of all these various physical problems.

       No time YET; Time passes us by all too quickly.

Body and mind continue to become weaker and death becomes a reality.

To be able to touch the powerful energies that awaken in this inner search; a healthy, strong and fit physical body is required;

 

 Go for darshans before time. Sit; wait for God to open His darshans.

This is investment of time for your SWA, it is not wastage. When you have gone to a particular place for the darshans, stop all other activity, be involved totally. Whatever time darshans open does not matter. Be at the mandir “for God”, “for your SWA”. Don’t include any other activity.

 

A person who is stationed on his SWA concentrates on himself; stops gossip and is in his own positivity. Thoughts are on how to be a help to others also – wishing the best for all always. (SWA kendrit vyakti doosaron ki ninda nahin karta; veh sirf apne par dhyan rakhta hai Doosaron ka bhala cahata hai. Sab ka bhala ho).

 

  

   This is from a series of lectures on various topics, by          

    Gurushree Sudhirbhai;

    for creating greater awareness ;                          

     lasting satisfaction in our lives.

 

                                                                     Written as understood by me

                                                                             Abha Shahra Shyama

 

 

 

 

 

Satisfaction from your money – 2

 

 

..(contd from the last article…)

Apart from the monetary aspect in our lives, there are the few very important realities to be followed for the lasting joy. Many of them we all know; yet in the hectic pace of our lives they require to be hammered again and again.

Other points that could be followed if you wish lasting satisfaction for yourself in life –

–Discipline – in every aspect of living.

--Punctuality – in work, in pleasure, in spiritual, in religion matters.

–Faith, Aastha, Shraddha – in the workings of the universe.

–Ethics and Principles – in every Endeavour.

–Basic moral grounds are important –

–Keep your Self respect at any cost – Atma samman. Do not fall down in your own eyes.

– Respect all as fellow humans; not only because a person may be powerful in position; or money.

– Do not challenge anyone’s self respect. Kise ke atma samman ko thes nahin pahunchana chahiye. It is a direct hurt to the soul and we all believe that soul is the place of the divine.

- Simple living and high thinking – we have all heard this very famous quote since school; we forget to walk upon it.

- Stay away from the negativity of other people. Stay with your positivity.

 - Whatever activity or moment you are in, be involved totally in it –

Play totally, Sleep totally, Travel totally, Eat totally, Read totally, Love totally, Pray totally…

 - Stop indulging in ninda.

Chaar chotlee jama hote hain to kuthli karte hain…

- Do not give opinion on others without the right knowledge about the person. Avoid gossip and the people who indulge in it. Passing judgments on someone who is not present and talking behind back is also wrong. This is a sign of a very low mentality. Don’t encourage this in anyone, neither do it for yourself.

 - Do what is required in your karm kshetra. Don’t try to do something only because some one else is earning from the particular field. Each one has a particular capability and ability; earning from this would give the best results in satisfaction and finance also.

 - How is your sleep at the end of the day? Do you evaluate the entire last 24 hours which have gone before sleeping? Are you peaceful? Is it quality sleep? Have you evaluated without cheating? Are you peaceful the next morning? ARE YOU SATISFIED?

 

This is from a series of lectures on various topics,

by  Gurushree Sudhirbhai; 

for creating greater awareness ;  lasting satisfaction in our lives.

 

 Written as understood by me

      Abha Shahra Shyama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                

 

 

Satisfaction from your money -1

 

An understanding on how to use money rightly – This is not only budgeting but a necessity required for fulfilling true dharm; and hence getting satisfaction from each earned and spent rupee….

All earn; all spend; in spite of earning and spending on living and materialistic pleasures, most of the times we have all realized that the happiness we are supposed to experience with the expenditure is never lasting. The feeling good factor does not stay for a long period and so more and more is required; it moves upscale;

 

                      Division of 1 rupee – 100 paise

If you have earned 1 rupee net – 100 paise honestly; make 10 or 20 parts of this earning according to your requirements and needs –

 ie divide the 1 rupee according to the responsibility and stage in life..

like it would be if you are a man or woman or boy or girl; married or unmarried; retired or earning; student or working.

 

5 paise–

  If you have made 20 parts of your 1 rupee you can spend only one part ie 5 paise from the 1 rupee for your personal fun spending. These 5 paise would depend on the total net earning power. Never take loans – spend only from your earnings on the personal fun and pleasure spending. Could range from Rs50 to 500 to 5000 to 500000 ….Apart from this you should not spend on your personal fun or random expenses by taking loans.

 

5 paise–

            For educating anyone who cannot afford it. Do not make a beggar out of a person by giving everything in charity. Spend for a person to educate or teach him some skill so that he becomes independent in his life and not dependant on anyone else for his food and shelter.

Associating with anyone on the grounds of humanity – manavta is true dharm.

After this is attachment to any one form of God to the extent of madness.

 

5 paise –

For the mode of travel; whatever fits into the budget according to the net earning power. It should not be done to impress other people or for fitting into some right image. The expensive model of car can be brought only if it fits into the 5 paise. eg if you have 100 crore in pocket then you have the right to spend 1 crore on the mode of travel. You should not buy on loans only to build an image for your self. Similar would be travel in 1^st class or economy. If it fits in the 5 paise, and the desire is there; travel in whatever class; or else one reaches the same destination if you cannot afford to travel in the higher class.

 Do not give all ready to the child. Though he has the advantage of being born in a rich family, let him learn the value of each rupee, and slowly rise in his enjoyment of the wealth. Budgeting is essential for all; it is very easy to get lost in figures and lose respect and importance for all that has been given by birth. Very easy also to start taking for granted all the benefits that may have come by birth in a particular setting.

A child takes birth and moves in a 50 lakh car. When he grows up to an adult age; around 25 years, will ask his father the cost of this car and  automatically demand a higher costing car or maybe a plane.

It does not mean to depriving him, but teaching the right value of all that, which is a gift from God; with the understanding to use it all wisely.

 

5 paise–

           for father

5 paise–

           for mother

This would mean ‘to give with a lot of love and affection’ to one’s parents. When you begin to earn it becomes the duty to offer a part of it to the parents who have given you birth and looked after you all your life. They may need it or not; is not important. A rich parent may not need the few 1000 that you would be able to give him out of your salary in the initial years. The amount that you can offer may be very minute to what they already have; but this is a token of respect and love; that you feel like offering something to your parent. What they do with it is their lookout. On the other hand maybe the parents are not very well of and actually in need of money. So also it would be appreciated accordingly.

 

5 paise –

           On any type of charity related to religion. Ishwar, Gau seva; Sant purush, dharma kaarya, mandir, spending etc

 

The rest of the rupee according to various needs —-

–Household expenditure

–Wife pocket money

–Children pocket money

-Grand parents pocket money

–Holiday

–Investments

–Savings

–Emergency funds  

-Essential buying like clothes etc….

All this planning basically would mean including others also to some extent in using your monetary resources. Every dharm talks about this; and is a guaranteed way of gaining lasting satisfaction from earning and spending your money. …(contd in 2…)

 

                           This is from a series of lectures on various topics, by           

    Gurushree Sudhirbhai;

    for creating greater awareness ;                           

     lasting satisfaction in our lives.

 

                                                                                        Written as understood by me

                                                                                              Abha Shahra Shyama