Friday 4th July

American Independence Day.
Dad's Birthday

Independence: In this world of ever-pacing and rapidly progressing technology who's objective seems to be to provide independence, the irony seems to be that instead of being freer and independent we seem to to me BOUND and DEPENDANT.

The need for councillors, pshychiatrist, meditation, Yoga (a merely marketing word now), Rehab centers, growth in orphanages, prisons, nursing homes, patients, diseases, family breakdowns are all increasing at rate never porportionate to the tech growth and so called Modern AGE living. People are now having no choice BUT to resort to religion, spirituality and their inner spirit, being trampled/strangeled by the technology that was supposed to free them.

Hence the age old saying of our shastras....bhoogaad rogaad bhayam.

Why is the Ramayan, Bhagwat, Gita which was spoken, written thousands and thousands of years back still appealing to us. Why do we feel that despite being recorded as ancient scripts, it is still relevant today in the rapid growth age.

The reason is that no matter how much we progress in the material world, the tool which is the epi-center of all emotions, feelings, bhaavs is the MIND and THAT IS SOMETHING WHICH IS THE SAME AS IT WAS IN TRETA YUGA, DWAAPAR YUGA AND PRESENT AND WILL BE THE SAME IN THE FUTURE. Irrespective of the objects of our senses changing, the senses, the mind the intellect still has the same age old tendencies.

The holy river GANGA is puratana (ancient) - historically old..but when we go and have a dip in the Ganges in HAridwar, do we feel that the GANGES is old. We understand is legacy however we cannot deny its current existence and power.


**** Had a monthly satsangh at Minto Ram Mandir. It is so encouraging to see devotees.
As i am writing I am listening to the song....Ishwar allah tero naam sab ko sanmati de bhagwan...

Beautiful meaning. Which reminds us the reason for LORD Rams Avatar....To create a Setu in the society...between the rich and the poor...the intelligent and the not-so, the High Caste and hte low caste, even animals and humans.

How can one forget the nature of LORD RAM. Being perfectly happy to sit under a tree while his beloved monkeys, play around on the tree above....dangling their tails down on the head and lotus face of the LORD.

That's what is GREAT about our beloved GURUJI. He repeatedly states, not only states but practices, binding people of different views, caste, school of thought (sampradaya) and in general HUMANS together in one sutra. Promoting LOVE amongst all living beings. SHRI GURUJI in hi actions IS A TRUE FOLLOWER OF THE PATH SET OUT BY OUR MARYADA PURUSHOTTAM LORD SHRI RAM.

Jai Gurudev.
Shri Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Ram.

Jagannath Rath Yatra tomorrow and Nama Dwaar satsangh at home tomorrow.

Oh lord ... i knowingly commit countless sins again and again. Such is my nature that EVEN hell will turn its nose on seeing me! So...patita-pawana prabhu...what will be of this soul, who walks around with a label of a devotee.

Radhe Radhe