RADIO RUHANIYAT. 01-04-2014: Episode 336

DONKEY WITH THE IDOL - HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

 

As we step into the New Year, we experience a renewed motivation for living the right way. We make resolutions to get more organized, work harder, lose some weight and promise ourselves that this year we’ll make a difference in our lives. We get inspired to focus more on God, His blessings and Spirituality. It’s great to make resolutions and motivation is essential for all of us to keep going. But the important part is to have a plan for implementing them as well. Most of us are great about making decisions but we fail to carry them through because we don’t have a set plan to ensure its fulfillment.

The New Year brings along a lot of focus on Spirituality. We pray and hope that God will bless us this year with happiness, health and prosperity. Let’s hope that this year we are able to live our lives as per the Almighty’s expectations. Faith, Love & Humility will ensure a peaceful life ahead. The biggest factor that we hope to get rid of this year is EGO! Most problems and hassles come into our life because of this one single trait. We are our own biggest enemy when we let our ego over. And most of all God does not exist at the same place where Ego lives.

His Holiness Nirankari Babaji shared a beautiful story to help us understand ego:

There was a donkey, who was transporting an idol on his back. As he and his owner were walking across town, the donkey noticed that everyone passing by was bowing to him. Where he went, people bowed with folded hands and paid their respect. Elated, the donkey felt very proud that he was getting so much respect and attention. Ego took over and he thought that he was so special that even humans were worshipping him.

When he delivered the idol and was coming back, he noticed that the same people, who were bowing to him earlier, were now mocking him and throwing stones at him. He got very confused and was wondering what changed that he is now being made fun of and being ridiculed.

Then someone told him that on his way to deliver the idol, the people were actually bowing to the religious statue on his back. The respect and worship was for the idol, not for the donkey. On his way back, the idol was gone and all the people saw was a donkey. The donkey was merely a carrier of the statue.

 In essence, as long as we carry God and His godliness with us, we are worthy and respected. If we removed Him from our being, we have no significance. If we have any influence, respect or worth, it is because of God. If we were to establish that we have gained a lot of respect and popularity, and feel proud about it, then it wouldn’t take long to fall to the ground. We are who we are, because of the Almighty’s blessings. We came into this world, because of His mercy and anything we have achieved in this world; is His favor. Our existence has significance because of Him and without Him, we have no value. Never should we ever think that we are the makers or the doers.

In this New Year, we hope and pray that we are blessed with the virtue of being humble. We often blame others when things go wrong. Seldom do we realize that the fault might be our own. It is easier to understand ourselves when we are humble and Ego is our own biggest enemy. It takes away our power to see the realistic picture of life.

This year, we pray that may every moment of our lives be as per God’s will. May every moment be spent in His awareness and may our lives have His stamp of approval. May He bless us with the wisdom to change and become what He wants us to be. And that’s why Rumi has said: “Yesterday, I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today, I’m wise, so I’m changing myself.”

“Insaan ghar badalta hai….Libaas badalta hai…..Rishte badalta hai…..Dost badalta hai…..Phir bhi pareshaan kyon rehta hai?.....Kyun ki wo khud ko nahin badalta….”

š  Man changes his home…changes his clothes….changes his relationships…..changes his friends….still why doesn’t he find peace of mind?....That’s because he forgets to change himself….

THIS YEAR, WE HOPE WE ALL CAN CHANGE OURSELVES TO BECOME WHAT GOD WANTS US TO BE!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!