Life Is Wonderous
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THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM atha cainaṁ nityajātaṁ nityaṁ vā manyase mṛtam tathāpi tvaṁ mahābāho naivaṁ śocitum arhasi
O mighty-armed, even if you should think of the soul as being constantly born and constantly dying, even then, you should not lament
Everything is in a state of becoming something else.
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca tasmādaparihārye'rthe na tvaṁ śocitumarhasi
Indeed, death is certain for the born and birth is certain for the dead Therefore, you should not grieve over the inevitable
We all know death is inevitable.
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata avyakta-nidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā
O Bhārata, all beings are unmanifest in their beginning, seemingly manifest in their middle, and unmanifest again in their end. So, what need then for grieving?
The spirit lives on after the body perishes and death is indeed an event to celebrate and not to grieve.
āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidenam māścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥ āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śṛṇoti śṛutvāpyenaṁ veda na caiva kaścit
One sees It as a wonder, another speaks of It as a wonder, another hears of It as a wonder. Yet, having heard, none understands It at all.
Life is wondrous!
dehī nityamavadhyo 'yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata tasmātsarvāni bhūtāni na tvaṁ śocitumarhasi
O Bhārata, this that dwells in the body of everyone can never be destroyed; do not grieve for any creature.
The present moment is the only moment when we are truly alive, awake.
When you understand what Kṛṣṇa is saying in these verses you get over any fear of death. In fact you will celebrate death.
Death is inevitable for the born, jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur; and birth is certain for the dead, dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca. Death can be a passage that one can look forward to. We all know death is inevitable. Yet for many It is a wonder.
Completion makes you integrated; completion makes you authentic; completion makes you responsible; completion makes you enrich yourself and others. This completion arises out of our ability to be complete with the present moment.
The present moment is the only moment when we are truly alive, awake.
Everything is in a state of becoming something else. At every moment we die and are reborn; millions of cells in our body-mind system die every day and are reborn. Yet, through all this change there is continuity. There is a continuity that we cannot see, touch or feel. What we see as manifested, as this body and mind, hides from us the process of constant change that happens within us, as well as the continuous thread that holds the whole process together.
Those who are authentic enough to accept and be complete with the truth of the eternal nature of the spirit are the fortunate, the blessed. Those who fight and grieve are the wretched, the miserable, the incomplete.
You cannot fight life or death. They are both beyond you, out of your control. You can marvel at them and be happy and joyous. Or you can keep questioning and doubting them, and be miserable. This is the choice and free will you have.
It is not death that frightens us. It is leaving our incomplete desires and unlived life that frightens us. The problem is that we do not know how to live a fulfilled life in the space of completion. All our desires are partially fulfilled or incomplete because, before they are fulfilled, we move on to other desires. The hangover of that past incomplete desire continues to chase us as a pattern in the present. The simple fact is that we do not know how to be complete, joyful.
So listen. You cannot entertain any desire in you leaving it incomplete. It will continue to chase you as the tiger and will not let you be complete with anything you do and experience. Only when you complete, integrity, the power of words starts expressing through you.
Start creating the right inner software, the right inner space, by bringing integrity as the principle of life. Integrity means not just fulfilling, but honoring the words you give to others. The first step to in-tegrity is completing with all the negative words you created within you about you and life, and completing all of them.
Listen. Completion means feeling empowered, feeling powerful, without any hangover, without feeling powerless, during and after every situation in your life! If you are powerful, you won't be violent. You will not be in guilt, fear or carry incomplete desires.
Helping each child understand the importance of completion.
Helping each child understand that death should not be grieved but celebrated.
Helping each child realize that they have the choice to fight and grieve or to be happy and joyous.
- ❖ What is a passage that one can look forward to?
- ❖ What makes you integrated, authentic, responsible and enriching?
- ❖ How does completion arise?
- ❖ What happens to us every moment?
- ❖ What happens to those who fight and grieve?
- ❖ What actually frightens us?
- ❖ Why are our desires partially fulfilled or incomplete?
- ❖ How can we fulfill the words we gave to ourselves?
- ❖ How can we start creating the right inner software 11.What does completion mean?