Children are trained from a young age, to think of hell and heaven as entities outside of them. They are trained to think that God is sitting above, on a big throne, and watching every moment of ours, and noting down our sins and good deeds.
By thinking this way, we start the cause and effect cycle of all our actions. We associate good deeds with heaven and bad deeds with hell. We start thinking of God and the whole of Existence as a transaction center. Each one of us becomes a businessman in our own way, whatever may be our real profession!
By thinking this way, we start the cause and effect cycle of all our actions. We associate good deeds with heaven and bad deeds with hell. We start thinking of God and the whole of Existence as a transaction center. Each one of us becomes a businessman in our own way, whatever may be our real profession!
What do you do when you go to the temple? You purchase flowers, coconuts and fruit, and go to the deity inside and make an offering in your family’s name to the deity. You tell the name, birthstar etc. of each and every member of your family and do the ritual.
The poor priest will hold one bowl in his hand and you will be telling him a long list of names with all the details of each of your family members. You are so afraid that God will send blessings to the wrong person, to the wrong household! You give him the exact geographical location etc. and emphasize to him that it is you and no one else who has come with the offering. Only after doing this, you leave temple.
As if God does not know you if you don’t tell him all this! As if you need to remind God of your existence so that he will shower on you.
All you need to do is feel continued gratitude towards Him, that’s all. He is always showering on you…
The problem is, we are always trying to reach God through your head. You can never reach God through your head. If you simply drop your head, you will automatically function through your heart and discover that you need not even reach out to Him; He is already there in you!
- Excerpt from "Guranteed Solutions" book by Paramahamsa Nithyananda
The poor priest will hold one bowl in his hand and you will be telling him a long list of names with all the details of each of your family members. You are so afraid that God will send blessings to the wrong person, to the wrong household! You give him the exact geographical location etc. and emphasize to him that it is you and no one else who has come with the offering. Only after doing this, you leave temple.
As if God does not know you if you don’t tell him all this! As if you need to remind God of your existence so that he will shower on you.
All you need to do is feel continued gratitude towards Him, that’s all. He is always showering on you…
The problem is, we are always trying to reach God through your head. You can never reach God through your head. If you simply drop your head, you will automatically function through your heart and discover that you need not even reach out to Him; He is already there in you!
- Excerpt from "Guranteed Solutions" book by Paramahamsa Nithyananda
True!!
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