Lesson from an orange

A SURPRISE LESSON FROM SQUEEZING AN ORANGE

I renowned speaker was preparing to speak at an I Can Do It conference .  He decided to bring an orange on stage with him as a prop for hus lecture. He opened a conversation with a bright young fellow of about twelve who was sitting in the front row.

“If I were to squeeze this orange as hard as I could, what would come out?” I asked him.

He looked at me like I was a little crazy and said, “Juice, of course.”

“Do you think apple juice could come out of it?”

“No!” he laughed.

“What about grapefruit juice?”

“No!”

“What would come out of it?”

“Orange juice, of course.”

“Why? Why when you squeeze an orange does orange juice come out?”

He may have been getting a little exasperated with me at this point.

“Well, it’s an orange and that’s what’s inside.”

I nodded. “Let’s assume that this orange isn’t an orange, but it’s you. And someone squeezes you, puts pressure on you, says something you don’t like, offends you. And out of you comes anger, hatred, bitterness, fear. Why? The answer, as our young friend has told us, is because that’s what’s inside.”

It’s one of the great lessons of life. What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it’s because that’s what’s inside. It doesn’t matter who does the squeezing—your mother, your brother, your children, your boss, the government. If someone says something about you that you don’t like, what comes out of you is what’s inside. And what’s inside is up to you, it’s your choice.

When someone puts the pressure on you and out of you comes anything other than love, it’s because that’s what you’ve allowed to be inside. Once you take away all those negative things you don’t want in your life and replace them with love, you’ll find yourself living a highly happy rewarding life....Jai Jai Jai  Hanuman.......

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HANUMAN..an example to everyone ..who wants to be GOD's MESSENGER, SEVAK OR DEAR FRIEND....shows us ..the WAY ..burn away all that luxurious label of EGO !! Burning of SONE KI LANKA ..is NOT physical geographical LANKA..but the Unpenetratable LANKA within each one , known as AHAMKAR ego ..yes Jealousy And Pride ..these are the real demons living inside unnoticed, until HANUMAN ..the WISDOM WEAPON ..of GOD 's words Enters it and RESCUES you ..Like ..mother SITA the embodiment of COMPASSION was rescued by LORD of LOVE..and DHARMA ..let Dharma be you weapon to destroy this enemy ..inside called EGO .sairam

Sign Kaliyuga coming to an end

One sign that Kaliyuga is coming to an end.   Shrimad  Bhagavatam 12.2.1 tataś cānu-dinaṁ dharmaḥ satyaṁ śaucaṁ kṣamā dayā kālena balinā rājan naṅkṣyaty āyur balaṁ smṛtiḥ ----- Religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the Age of Kali..... Jai Bhagavan........

Demigod

Pundits say that all the forms of Paramaatma, the forms which Veda/Smriti/Purana/Itihaasa have mentioned should be worshipped. Without their blessing, one can not make any progress. Gita says - Yajante satvikan Devan (17.4). 

Personally, I feel we should not use the word DEMI-GOD. Instead use DEVA or DEVATA. Bhagavan Krishna said in GITA that many worship Devata for immediate benefits ( such as good health, success, wealth, victory, any worldly benefit) and that they will receive that. But all these prayers come to me and I do honor them.

Indirectly, HE does suggest to worship the ISHWARA ( In this case Krishna) than individual Devata. I think whether you worship Devata or Ishwara or both; it has to do with your own spiritual state in life. At the highest level of such advancement, you will worship Ishwara only. 

We use English word God to mean Ishwara. But do not translate Devata as demi God but use Devata word as is. Western religions do not have the concept or understanding of the existence of Devata and their vitol role. Hence no suitable translation. Demi has a negative connotation..... Ji Bhagavan....  

Pitrukarnyam

Loading 166 - 180 of total 6,321 messages  Yahoo Groups  gitatalk is a Public Group with 30062 members. gitatalk Public Group, 30062 members Primary NavigationConversations Photos Files Polls Links About Back View 6163why should we do any pithrukaryam for this departed soul ? SadhakApr 16 Respected moderator, Hare krishna, Pithrukaryam is done for the departed soul. But soul has no birth or death. It is real. When that is the case why should we do any pithrukaryam for this departed soul. I seek respected Sadhaks explanation on this. S.Vaidyanathan ======================= www.swamiramsukhdasji.net www.swamiramsukhdasji.org Next post in topic >> Show all 3 messages in this topic See more posts from Sadhak

Gita on Murti Pooja

Conversations Photos Files Polls Links About Back View 6308What does Gita say about Murti Puja ? SadhakNov 13 7:08 PM गीतामें इस बारेमें क्या बताया है? जब कभी किसी मंदिरमें नयी मूर्ति रखी जाती है तो मूर्तिमें विधि-विधानसे प्राण-प्रतिष्ठा करनेके बाद ही उस मूर्तिकी पूजा की जाती है। हर वर्ष दीपावलीपर बाजारसे नयी बनी लक्ष्मी गणेश की मूर्तियाँ लाकर (उन मूर्तियोंमें विधि-विधानसे प्राण-प्रतिष्ठा किये बिना ही) पूजा करते हैं। मूर्तियोंकी पूजा करनेमें यह भिन्नता क्यों है? गीतामें मूर्तिकी पूजा करनेके लिये क्या नियम बताये हैं? समझाइयेगा। सविनय, साधक What has Gita said about this When ever a new deity is installed at the temple, certain rituals and rites are performed for 'Pran Pratishtha' (invoking God into the deity), and there after puja etc is done. Every year at Diwali, new deities are purchased from the market of Lakshmi - Ganeshji and (without pran-pratishtha, rituals etc) one prays to them. Why the differences in the way the deities are worshipped ? What has Gita said about Murti puja and what methods - restrictions etc. are shown ? Please share, Humbly, Sadhak

Hanuman and Bhagavat Gita

“O King, at that time Arjuna, the son of Pandu, who was seated in his chariot, his flag marked with Hanuman, took up his bow and prepared to shoot his arrows, looking at the sons of Dhritarashtra. O King, Arjuna then spoke to Hrishikesha [Krishna] these words:” (Bhagavad-gita, 1.20)

atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapi-dhvajaḥ pravṛtte śastra-sampāte dhanur udyamya pāṇḍavaḥ hṛṣīkeśaṁ tadā vākyam idam āha mahī-pate

Friend1: So I saw an interesting movie the other day.

Friend2: Hollywood or Bollywood?

Friend1: Bollywood.

Friend2: You were able to understand? Did it have subtitles?

Friend1: No subtitles, but I was able to get the general idea of what was going on.

Friend2: Was it good?

Friend1: It was interesting for sure. You can tell they took advantage of the popularity of worship of Shri Hanuman.

Friend2: It was a religious movie?

Friend1: That’s the thing; it wasn’t.

The main character was a self-proclaimed devotee of Hanuman. He would go to temples, make offerings, and recite the Hanuman Chalisa whenever in trouble.

Friend2: I don’t know the Hanuman Chalisa, but every time I hear it I think of Tulsidas. Who could imagine becoming the author of something that famous?

Friend1: This character even paid obeisances to monkeys whenever he saw them.

Friend2: I know what you mean by “self-proclaimed devotee.” They’ll identify as a Hanuman-bhakta, right?

Friend1: Yeah.

Friend2: I never thought anything of that until I came across bhakti-yoga teachings. Apparently, a true bhakta will never identify himself as such.

Friend1: Really?

Friend2: Yeah; they’ll say that they’re trying to become a devotee or that they’re serving a devotee, following in the footsteps. Not a big deal, but I hadn’t heard that before.

Friend1: That is interesting. As you might have guessed, in keeping with the Hanuman theme this movie had the main character travel into a foreign land to do something important.

Friend2: And I bet that something important had nothing to do with God or His message.

Friend1: Bingo. I mean it was a feel-good movie. The Hanuman-bhakta secretly travelling into Muslim-Pakistan in order to reunite a small girl with her family.

She had gotten lost previously and it was a struggle to figure out where she was from.

Friend2: Ah, so they wanted to bring the two faiths together through this story. That’s not a bad message, but not sure why they would need to rely on Hanuman for that.

Friend1: That’s what bothered me. First off, you’re taking Hanuman’s brave journey into Lanka for the sake of Shri Rama, who is God, and comparing it to something material. There is actually no similarity between the two.

If the guy was infiltrating another country to preach the genuine message of Godhead, to serve Him in thought, word and deed, then the comparison would fit.

Friend2: Definitely.  Hanuman crossed the ocean to reach Lanka, where Rama’s wife Sita was being held captive.

Prabhupada sailed across the ocean to give the message of Divine love to those who had been held captive by maya, the illusory energy of this material world.

Friend1: This movie got me to thinking. I’m going to run this by you. Hanuman from the Vedic tradition was used in this movie to equate the Vedas with Islam. For analysis purposes, the exact religion on the other side doesn’t really matter. You can substitute any country and religion and have the same kind of movie.

Friend2: Right. Friend1: So what if things were reversed? Why isn’t there a movie about a devotee of the Hanuman of another religion doing something like this?

Friend2: Not sure what you mean.

Friend1: Well, why not take the devotee of the Hanuman of Islam and have him unite with people from another religion? That could be a good movie too, no?

Friend2: Umm, you’re missing a key point. Friend1: I’m not, but I’m glad you picked up on it. There is no Hanuman of any other tradition, is there? That’s what you were going to say, right?

Friend2: Yup. Not even close.

Friend1: This is how I know that Rama is God. I’m not trying to put down other traditions. This is not a contest of “my religion is better than yours.” God is one. The differences in religion are due to the level of detail in which the Supreme is described. Hanuman is there with Rama. He is known as Rama’s servant. Anyone who is truly devoted to Hanuman accepts Rama as God. More broadly, they accept that the Supreme Lord is a person with identifiable features.

Friend2: The person Hanuman is very specific. This means that the Vedas are very specific. That fact alone removes a lot of the doubt. Friend1: Exactly. So there is no reason to bring Hanuman down to a generic level or equate his actions with materially motivated ones.

Friend2: That’s a given. At least one good thing came of you watching that movie. You got a better appreciation for Shri Hanuman and the Vedic tradition to which he belongs. There is no need to go outside.

The Bhagavata philosophy, so nicely described in the Bhagavata Purana, is purna, or complete. You study the Bhagavad-gita and you learn everything that’s needed to be known.

Even Hanuman is represented; he stands tall in the flag on top of Arjuna’s chariot. In Closing: When Bhagavad-gita to recall in mind, Image of flag of Hanuman to find. Devotee of Rama, strong and brave, To Lanka went for Sita’s hopes to save. Not anywhere else to Hanuman the same, His association only from Vedas to gain. Means that tradition completeness to own, From it know everything needed to be known.