Happy New Year to all my fellow readers!
It’s long time ! this is probably my longest break since I started this blog but it ‘s worth the silence! really…. the impact of Mumbai attack needed little healing!
Be light to feel delight!
Give yourself a minute or two! just think about number of things which are bothering you, you can see that you have endless list of pains around people, situations and lot of other things.
You are carrying huge burden of anger, frustration, guilt, hatred. There is a very little space for joy to come in, there is a very little space for silence to come in. think about it!
The reason why both inner growth and materialistic gains take sometime to achieve is because you are not nimble. In a sense you are not free-spirited to attract opportunities to life. you have a heavy wounded heart that is dragging you!
If you can clear some space for life to come in then you can attract whatever you want.
Forgiving is the first way of cleaning heart, Start with probably one a day and then clean up all your complaints, anger and hurt . there are no justified resentments! don’t justify or analyze. Just say to yourself I will let it go, till time is ripe for me to attend to the same. Lot of times you just spend justifying within yourself why you are right. Justifying is another way creating blockades inside you! Best is to let go and know that there is more joy and lightness available to you.
Forgiving is for giving……..the moment you start giving you begin to receive.
Love
Suresh
for a lot of time after the mumbai attack I could not help having, apart from other thoughts – a lot of violent thoughts on what I would’ve done if I’d been in that situation – how I would’ve attacked the terrorists or so on… But eventually over a couple of days they did subside. Then I realised that these thoughts of hatred though at that time it appeared as if they seemed to be perfectly justified, still they were my thoughts of hatred burning in my heart! Really your previous post was a catalyst for this kind of realisation.
In a way these incredibly beautiful ideas expressed in this blog are like a kind of antidote – for disease we dont even know we have
(which if left to grow without awareness probably manifests as some ‘well known’ disease, to try to heal which we’d be compelled to sideline all the other things that we currently consider terribly important).
Happy new year 2009 Suresh – here’s wishing everyone a happy, healthy (in every aspect
) new year as well!
Suresh, you always manage to put it so simple and beautiful. I love that play of words “forgiving is for giving” -and the meaning of it.
THANK YOU!!!
wonderful come back with a very nice post and with a very opt title and agree with axinia on play of words
“FORGIVING IS FOR GIVING” EVERY indian was dukbstuck at the cruel attack on mumbai. as usual mumbai has shown its will to fight an taj is back to action. let us hope 2009 will not have terror, peace will be the order of the day needed all around be it in India or Pak Or Israiel etc., all must live and let live peace is the hope left. by cruelty nothing can be achieved. we must take steps to have a wonderful world around have a great 2009 one and all
pranesh
Another beautiful photograph, simple but you have captured the heart of this child.
I know a concept which I feel is an extension of the concept “forgiving is for giving”..
It is “forget not forgive”
sounds quite negative, actually it is not.
By forgiving one is considering that there was “dirt in the heart”. forgetting that “there was dirt” is more beautiful.
Nothing is affected by this concept.
this laterally extends to Buddha’s saying:
Dirt will eventually settle leaving the water clear, so why bother about dirt
I realized this when I was listening to the song:
Cold Play – Swallowed In The Sea
it goes like this:
Oh what good is it to live
With nothing left to give
Forget but not forgive
Not loving all you see