Why work hard when God is taking care of everything? If you are going through trouble, and God is supposed to comfort you, does that mean God is not with you?
Often when we need to do good things, we say "Godwilling, it will happen." Do we say that when we have to do something wrong? Also, when a rough patch comes, we often hear "God is testing us, we are having to suffer." Then we don't say we are responsible. When we achieve something, we talk about how much effort we had to put in, how we overcame obstacles. When we screw up, "this is what God wanted."
Udyamo Bhairavah, let us invoke the divine in our actions. If God is doing this, rest assured that He is experiencing it also. If He does it, then He experiences it also. You cannot have this duality of Him doing and you experiencing.
So,udyamo bhairavah. Without udyam, without purusharth, the divine cannot be invoked. Becmoing skillfull, adept at what you do is important. That comes with 100% effort, not simply physical effort, but mental and emotional effort too. Often some people say that we have been good all our lives then wy has this suffering come upon us? They were good, but they were also foolish. When stuck in a problem, we have to devise the upaya, strategies to alleviate the problem.
Do not wait for God to call you. He has been crying out your name loudly for ages. Arise!
(more in Shiva Sutra 4)
9 comments:
Jai Gurudev, yes only day before yesterday I was discussing this with a friend
Udyamo Bhairavah ..Lovely :-)
Udyamo Bhairavah !!
This hand in urs is the comfort of the divine, u r his form in manifestation!
Various personalities ( varied talents) holding hands togather in rhythm of a goal in determination,support and comfort..!!
The waves definitely cross the boudaries of small individualities and permeate every being every where to join in the greatest purpose of taking responsibility of ones own life and connecting to the natural rhythm of existence !
As u already know and as u have already mentioned ...
This is a process.. Enthusiastic and determined wake...
The time to dig .... 100% effort .. as u have mentioned.
Reaching the hight is a happenning !
This is only a start abhishek!
Put in! Energetic!!
Abiding within HIM in togatherness!
Love u
Jai Guru Dev!
Very true...i also believe in one thing...God lives in you...he is u..your very soul is the almighty,there are no two identities..when ever we comfront a problem we always blame HIM..saying that the guy upstairs is playing games with us...whatever situation we face in life is the result of our own actions...so if u are experiancing pain..he is too..if you are happy ..he is too...We have to keep climbing the ladder, keep learning and learning..acquire new skills..and of course accept everything that comes our way..rite?
Uudyamo bhairavah ! brings back memories of Shiva Sutras ! What beautiful knowledge ! Oh Guruji !
JGD
@bhaw: what an awakening knowledge
@venu: yes He is the goal and He is the journey!
@tanu: yes accept and take action...break all barriers
@RR: yes always beauty always strength...aishwarya and madhurya go hand in hand where he is concerned
Truly inspriring. I had never heard of the word Udyamo Bhiaravah. I just want to share a related story:
Once a revered sadhu was staying in a village. It so happened that there was massive flash flood in the village. All the villagers started taking shelter in nearby villages. Even the sadhu was told to vacate by villagers. The Sadhu being an ignorant staunch devotee of God refused to act stating that god will somehow help him. He even refused to move an inch. Seeing his devotee suffer, god sent him a boat, even then the sadhu refused to budge from his place. The villagers left that sadhu to the mercy of god and invariably he was swallowed by the floods.
God gives so many oppurtunities, he meets us through so many people, yet we blame god for the ills of the society. Anyway a timely and a beautiful post. Jaya gurudeva
@vinay: yes vinay thanks for putting up the wonderful story
Such a wonderfull story.. an absolute eye opener.
Udyamo Bhairavah.yes its true most people only remember the divinity in bad times..however, i do believe each and every single moment of life is created by the supreme power whatever you face the supreme conciousness that has created you is within you as well, the conciousness od Generator( Bhrama Shakti), Observer(Vishnu Shakthi),destroyer(Shiv Shakthi),Udyama Bhairavah. Simply Beautiful. Absolutely Divine.
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