Loka Samastha Sukino Bhavantu
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Be a good dad
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Every day is a gift
A beautiful day and a dream!
That day, I waved at everyone, wished a good day by my smile. I felt like I got another chance to see the sunshine again, to listen the birds singing. I went to the tea shop and had a tea. Felt like giving, I told him to keep the change. I remembered my teacher’s word.”Loka samastha sukino bhavantu “(May All Beings Be Happy). I felt the peace that I used to get when I say this word to the world after my meditation and yoga. I used to talk to trees near to my house; mango trees. It is still mystery whether those trees flowered because I said to them that I love them. Anyway, the days I had yoga and meditation, I never wanted to quarrel with anyone. I could a see a god in everyone.
I realised my enemy is within me. It is nothing but fear. I identified that same feeling pulling down when I need to talk, when I need to have an interview, when I need to take presentation. The same fear gives anxiety about the future. I always tell my friends don’t look for hope in the future, make for it now. I used to say three things I hate in my life are ethanol, Chelsea and session variable. Since the day I knew wines contain ethanol, I couldn’t hate it anymore. Why would i hate Chelsea(those who don’t know football ,it is a football club not a girl). I don’t fear it anymore as I don’t hate .Forget about session variables!!. One day I thought I should say I hate fear but I grew up from that, if I hate fear means I really fear ‘fear’. Hatred has gone from mind as fear when I chanted LOKA SAMASTHA SUKINO BHAVANTU.
I want to share one incident I had in my life. It was one of the days that I started my morning, saying that mantra. I went to city for some purpose, while coming back; I took a bus ticket to my local place. But accidently bus conductor heard as another place that was two bucks lesser than my ticket. I didn’t check the ticket I gave him the money. I felt something different than normal fare but I thought he may be giving discount. I ignored the case and started journey. After an hour, when the bus reached at the place up to what the ticket was valid for, he started shouting at me. He said that I have to get down at this place since I was cheating him to save two rupees. I said I never tried that, I took the ticket for another place but you gave me the wrong ticket. I told him that I can give you ten bucks but i don’t want to deceive you. He never stopped shouting at me .He accused me as a thief. I felt bad and I shouted at him. I forgot the mantra I chanted in that morning. I forgot all the things about love. I couldn’t see god in him but devil. I started fighting and I put a 10 rupee note into his pocket and got down from the bus.
I was so angry but the next day when I woke up for the meditation, I felt bad. I felt like there is no meaning what I am dong if I can’t share to the people. I really hated him because he created a public humiliation for me that I never want to do even in my dream cheating for two rupees. But I realised it was my mistake I should have asked him when I felt less in fare. I thought he was acting friendly. I tried to think from his point of view and I could understand his anger. After that meditation I could really say I love this world, I could forgive him. Even though I was a failure to that mantra on that moment but after meditation I felt I really wished for his auspiciousness.
Well! I forgot where I was. Okay I just had my tea and I was just walking towards the church. Many thoughts filled up minds. I didn’t know why I felt this day as so good. Was it because I woke up early? Was it because of the horrible dream that woke me up at 6.30 am?
While walking to my apartment after the holly mass, I felt as I am rejuvenated. I felt as every day is a gift and it is beautiful. I felt as something new. Something that you called as love, something you wanted desperately and something always wants you desperately but you never turned and that is love of god. It is new every day. You never get bored. There you have answers, there you have freedom and you won’t be sad at anymore. You never walk lonely even if you are walking through the desert. Difference is whether you are trying to taste it or not. Like you never know the taste of the apple that I tasted. Yes, we all are human and we have weakness, but at least a day if you start by blessing prosperous to the world, and if you can see a mere change in that day, please understand you are living in that day in light. Are we living in a day in light or dark? Sun rises everyday and bring lights to the world. If you are still waking up with the despair you had before your sleep, my friend you are still in dark, there is no sunrise for you. Let the sun rise through you. Let the god’s love flow through.
I wish I could be that sun giving ray of hope to those had sunrises but still in dark. I wish I could start every day feeling the love and blessing the world. This is my wish, my dream and this what I want to be; I feel the new taste of love everyday and start the day by blessing LOKA SAMASTHA SUKINO BHAVANTU and be the light!!!.
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