Man's Perfection through Imperfection

          

            Why is it that one cannot expect perfection from human beings?  

Simply because they are not perfect, neither do they live in a perfect world.  

Perfect here is not in the derogatory sense, but in a very logical sense. What logic? Well, if someone does something for another with a good intention and the other person mistakes it and thinks the deed is done with bad intention, then obviously it means that human beings' sensing capacity is not as highly developed. Whatever humans go by in life is only through their limited means of seeing, sensing, touching etc, all 'humanly' attributes available to them in this world.

If humans really were to be perfect, then the perfect sensing capacity of one person, should have easily captured the right intention of the other person right away. Thus when 'poor' humans have to live by such limited capacities in them and their surroundings, it is only natural not to be too hard on them by expecting perfection. 

Hence how is then, the way to function in this imperfect world with imperfect human beings?

It is, by understanding this fact about imperfection as a reality and hence making amends for all the imperfections found in human beings. Above all this, a realization has to come that one should try to be one’s best and do the best in one’s given situation.

In fact this would be the whole theme of our life in this world. To strive for perfection from imperfect states of being and amidst imperfect conditions.

Well but why should we? and what is the point of all this trying to achieve perfection through imperfection?!

As is always the case, nothing is without a reason and God created even these imperfect conditions for a reason. The reason being that these are the ideal conditions for developing one’s best attributes/ character.

Love, Patience, Tolerance, Compassion, etc are supposed to be good traits, but to achieve the highest caliber in even all these traits, it requires extra ordinary conditions, meaning only the best come out of it! In fact this is the job that all of us are striving to do either knowingly in the name of spirituality or unknowingly in the name of humanity development.

 By the way, ever thought why if human beings were really imperfect they still keep expecting perfection?

Logically, if  a human being is imperfect, that is what he/she is! and he/she should not feel different about it!  just like how they don’t feel different about having appendages such as hands or legs or even a human body as such. Human beings take that as normal so why shouldn't they accept their imperfections as normal too?

Why does it keep sticking out of place with them?

It is because a humans' soul in essence is perfect! or comes from a perfect world! This is why they feel something amiss. Their innate sense senses this. This knowledge embedded in them keeps making them look for it everywhere in this world too. 

      With all this comprehension it is only wonderful    
      to see what God's real plan was in creating all the 
      imperfect scenarios: 
           
            Man's Perfection through his imperfections! 

            ~ Ramya 

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THE WISDOM OF NON-REACTION

Most people when faced with a difficult situation immediately react. And in 3/4th cases, the reactions are nothing but damaging. This is to explain the scenario in worldly terms, but there is a deeper spiritual side to it, and it involves something more serious. It involves Karma. By reacting, to any given situation we are creating Karma. Good or bad, based on our reactions. To not react as per emotions, or to be precise, to not react as per negative emotions, is one of the hardest lessons for one to learn in the spiritual path. Given any explosive nature, it would be nearly impossible. But this would be the test of mettle of a genuine spiritual aspirant. If it is passed, then the wisdom of such a non- reaction would dawn on her/him.

A true spiritual aspirant doesn't react from her/his lower emotions. In extreme cases any reaction to save oneself by hitting at the other with disregard to the harm caused to the other would be to her/his undoing. Karma is created. If the reaction is damaging, then repercussions are going to be in same lines, not just for the opponent but for oneself in the long run. Karma, reacts at its chosen time. 

I have had to learn hard lessons from 'Life' my Teacher! Me being the difficult student had taken a long time to take the point into head. But... there is one advantage to learning the hard way... the lessons learnt are very strong! I believe, I shall carry them with me for incarnations to come. I have also realized that to act in the best possible interests for all concerned would not only save others, but oneself! That is the magic of Karma :) Needless to say the act of everyone benefiting amplifies the joy more. The taste of the happiness is of a higher kind. When Master Choa Kok Sui said "When a situation is beyond your control, just be calm" it is with great wisdom to it.

It is quite possible! albeit with a lot of effort from oneself, to not jump over the mountain or dive deep into the ocean! for a given situation or say a disturbing situation. By being calm and working out a solution to see positiveness, for all concerned in show of universal love would be quite beneficial to oneself and take the spiritual aspirant one step forward in the beauty of evolution of the Self.
It is a hard target, but the gift of wisdom attained after such 'tenacity' is immeasurable. A spiritual aspirant thus adds one more feather to his cap of spiritual wisdom, that shall remain with him for many incarnations to come. Of course, there are a lot more accomplishments to be done. But achieving one good spiritual wisdom after another, is adding one more feather to her/his wings to finally lift and fly high where he/she really wants to go... up above.

~ Ramya

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Pride

An intelligent way to counteract (Over)Pride. It struck me the other day how, man thinks "Woww man! you know?.. I accomplished that!! m toooo! intelligent m greater than God himself! :P and then feels proud about it". Heheh.. 

Well imagine, You create a robot. You program it to perform a certain set of tasks, say talk. Now does the credit of the robot talking belong to the robot?!! or You? You right? because it was You! who created and programmed the robot with the capacity to talk!! 

Similarly the credit for all your accomplishments goes to YOUR Creator, God! Be thankful that he embedded you with capabilities that you can execute. Of course, God being God is more intelligent than Man, so his creation 'Man' is more intelligent than the robot and has the capability to have a will. A will/choice to do things or not. A freedom to be the reason for his destiny by choices that he himself makes. 

Because of this, Man is the one who decides to make use of his talent or not, he also can take a little credit, to feel proud to the limit that is deemed healthy enough for him to feel good about himself(confidence), which he should use as a TOOL to further encourage himself to achieve more not become arrogant because arrogance always leads to downfall at some point or the other.
~ Ramya.

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Acheiving Enlightenment or Buddhahood

Achieving Buddhahood is not easy. Only those who are “ready” receive it. What is being “ready”? It is becoming absolutely pure. What is becoming absolutely pure? It is a state where you have no more vices (Pride, Judgement, Jealousy etc..) in your system and is achieved through, LIVING the spiritual teachings on all levels! of your being!

To take an example, when one spiritual teaching says “Do n

ot Judge” it simply means do not judge, no matter what. The bright words here are “no matter what”. If you can be that, then you have achieved that virtue of non- judgment. So it is for every other virtue. Now you know how pure Lord Buddha must have been to achieve enlightenment! Obviously only such pure beings deserve enlightenment. Actually enlightenment is to understand everything, to know the real state of things. Then obviously when such understanding comes, there can be no judgment. Even I have a code to not judge. Compared to my years before spirituality and now, I have made a lot of progress. But sometimes, I surprise myself when I catch myself judging. That simply means to say I’ve still got a lot of work to do!

Was also thinking about another important virtue required for spiritual aspirants – Humility. Pride (in the negative sense) is another blockage for enlightenment. The truth is, you shall never receive the highest spiritual truths until you keep getting even slightly flustered and your ego gets bloated every now and then. This is what exactly means you are still not “ready” for Buddhahood. “Pride” is a real pain, quite difficult to find where you are over stepping. Well so it is for every vice because, all supposed vices have their own positive points when used in the right sense but since the line demarcating the vice from virtue is very thin sometimes we overstep. This is a very clever setting. Achieving mastery over oneself is not supposed to be easy. But with practice and diligence we can one day tame our ego to be completely stable of even the slightest flutters.

In fact the other day, was thinking this world is full of Mayas. Everything is a trap on our path to Buddhahood. The one who can be intelligent enough to escape all the traps finally reaches the heavens. Was wondering about the worldly and most commonly romanticized love between a Man and Woman. Isn’t that a trap by itself? It is a chain that ties us down to earth, when we want to rise above to the heavenly realms. Without these chains you are absolutely free to rise. Isn’t this why Lord Buddha too left familydom? Just my viewpoint but anyhow, Soul evolves step by step and sometimes perhaps even familydom is essential to evolve from one step to another! And if we are not yet ready perhaps at that particular stage to be otherwise , it is not a wise idea to try something that could even be dangerous. So let’s flow according to our divine plan and get “ready” :-) 

~ Ramya.

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THE ROOT CAUSE OF SUFFERING!

The root cause of all Suffering is NOT ‘Attachment’!!

When the problem of Suffering was discussed by Wise Men, the onus, or ‘the power’ factor of the problem was awarded to ATTACHMENT! On its own account ATTACHMENT became the dreaded word feared upon as the root cause of all sufferings! And in the process, the real root cause of the problem has been sidelined! It (the real root cause) has been taken as just a part! of the whole problem, when in fact it controls the crux of the problem!

Let's talk of what is the real root problem, after understanding better why giving the onus of suffering to ATTACHMENT would not be wise for Humanity: Humanity works best when coaxed positively. People* are scared of ATTACHMENT in all its form coming from different objects in this world that cause attachment, that are of course countless! but why to blame all the existing bacteria and viruses in the world for one’s dis-ease when in fact it is one’s body that is the culprit? If you have an excellent healthy physical body, no germs outside can cause you harm. They only target weak physical bodies for their attacks and succeed! Taking the same cue, the root cause of all sufferings exists nowhere outside but in One's Self!

So what is the real root cause of suffering of Humans? It is none other than a connection of a Soul to its Higher Soul! Or…. rather the STRENGTH OF CONNECTION to one's Higher Soul! If the connection of a Soul to its Higher Self'(or the 'Conscience' in a broad worldly sense for people new to spiritual concepts) is at its best, no outside Object or Vice would affect it. In fact a Soul can glide past vices without being afflicted by them. Just like how the leaves of the lotus flower though always floating amidst a pool of water can still remain impermeable to it, a soul too, though surrounded by the worldly vices can still remain unaffected, IF its connection to its Higher Self is strong.

In spiritual terms, the connection to your Higher Soul is called a Spiritual cord. So, only when your spiritual cord is weak the Soul becomes a pawn to all the vices! and goes through intense suffering.. The Stronger your spiritual connection, the lesser chance you have of committing mistakes. So what is the way to safeguard this Spiritual connection that is of utmost importance to a life of happiness and free of suffering? The most powerful way to strengthen one’s spiritual cord is through Meditation but engaging in a good spiritual way of life also assists in the strength of the connection to a certain extent. Balance is an essential ingredient of 'a good spiritual way of life' but even to realize this truth from your own higher intelligence or intuitive mind, you need to have a strong spiritual connection.

Thus a Soul’s spiritual connection takes care of everything! Even thoughts seem to be bridled when the Higher Soul seems to have the control. This could be felt clearly in moments after meditation! That much is the power of your Higher Self over you! With it to guide, you learn to perceive everything and live through life with detachment like the lotus leaves. Attachment itself has its beginnings only when the Spiritual connection becomes weak. The same could apply to all other Vices too! Hence, instead of concentrating our energy on multiple objects to be free of suffering. Just take care of the root cause, everything else should flow smoothly according to the divine will because your Higher Soul is nothing else than a representation of the Highest Soul. When in connection with the Highest Soul, God! You need fear nothing!

Amen _/\_

People*- spiritual people who seek detachment

~ Ramya

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Source of Thoughts

Have been pondering for sometime now how words and ideas at times seem to flow without much effort and at times don't flow naturally and though the ideas still exist in the mind, they need to be dragged out with so much effort. And if at all you manage to structure them they rarely sound like what you wanted them to sound like. 

On the contrary, at times, especially during meditation, it is amazing how so many little enlightenments keep sprouting! the clearing of my own doubts, questions, the quotes and ideas that form with such clarity and speed! Most times I am tempted to stop my meditation and start writing. Anyhow, everything must definitely have a reason. Isn't it so?

For sometime now, this idea has been on my mind that somehow we are not the source for all the great ideas but are just the tools to pass on the ideas to the world. When yesterday morning, again I was musing with this idea sitting on my couch, I picked up one of my treasured books "creative visualization" by Shakti Gawain and opened a page haphazardly.... The first passage in the page started : "Each one of us has all the wisdom and knowledge we ever need right within us. It is available to us through our intuitive mind, which is our connection with Universal Intelligence". Ah! of course we draw from the Universal Intelligence. So indeed our mind draws from some vast reserves above. Yes, the idea is still in its abstract form but have a hunch this is true.

So, I would put it like this... We need to be in alignment with the source above to get the good flow and for me it would be spiritual alignment. By the way what is alignment? It is rather tricky. There are many things that determine alignment... but the basic point is the purest of intention and most genuine of motives are pre- requisites for best results. Because, you see... when i mean alignment it is being aligned to of course to the nature of the source above, which is of the purest kind. That is why genuineness, and like wise qualities are required to be aligned. This is also why the words of some early 19th century writers like Swami Vivekananda and the latest 21 st century writers like Robin Sharma appeal so much to the crowd, because they are very well aligned to the source above. I believe they are of the most genuine kind of people.

This gives me the further idea that perhaps life too needs alignment to be a wonder. It could basically be done by doing the change in oneself first. Once you are aligned with your higher self and to the purest source above, your life too would be brilliant. Truth is very bright for all to see. Falseness and imitating would dull with time because its nature is dull! Genuineness is the language of the supreme source! Be aligned to it!

~ Ramya

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Magical Guides

Once in a while I open some inspirational books just to get some inspiration from any information the page I open haphazardly may contain. I did the same twice last week and both times the pages I opened corresponded exactly with the thoughts on my head at that particular moment. One was regarding the source of our words and ideas and I landed upon a page talking about the Universal Intelligence being the source. The second time I landed upon another similar interesting page was in the following context:

When I began my facebook account I wasn't as spiritual as I am today. By the way it definitely is no 'drummed into head' kind of spiritual inspiration but a very personal kind of spiritual inspiration and I am very glad that it is so because I always am for the genuine or original kind of things. What I mean is, it is more wonderful when things come from your own heart and mind. Personal experience is wonderful.

So as I seem to explore it more, my wonder about the vast science of spirituality makes it hard for me not to express some of the many wonders there. Sometimes words spill and I can’t help but write down my musings. Most times I do so with enthusiasm but at times have some misgivings, as this facebook account of mine was not originally meant for spirituality and also wondered about the understanding of the multiple kind of audience I address to, who sometimes could be completely not inclined spiritually and hence what was the point of me addressing them? So was wondering if I should create a new account especially for spirituality and include all my umpteen spiritual friends there… (this is still in process) Thinking so, last week, at the height of my confusion, just picked up Robin Sharma's "The Greatness Guide" and said dramatically to the Robin Sharma on the cover, Robin Sharma! Give me inspiration! and opened a page. Bingo, the title on the page read "Do Your Part" !

~ Ramya

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