Even a little... effort helps

Are you worried? 

Are you worried? 

Worried that 

Yoga isn't possible to me. 

Sadhana needn't be

To the fullest at 

Initial stage itself. 

Just start

Start with the simplest,

Like 

Artha - half

Padmasana -

Lotus posture.

Have you noticed 

When you do 

Yogic squat -

தோப்புக்கரணம்,

Simultaneously gently

Crossing your arms

And holding 

Earlobes? 

Don't you feel 

The stretch? 

Repeat the Sadhana -

The practice. 

Even fragmentary practice 

Has its benefits. 

To the extent of 

The practice, 

So you get a

Glimpse into 

The nature of 

Atman. 

The fear of death 

Is

One such. 

So long Atman is

Understood

This fear, 

Fear of death, 

Fear of any kind 

Cease. 

B.G.2.4

If someone gives something to the Lord, 

he is not the loser;  he is the gainer by a million times. 

नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते |

स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् || 40||

Transliteration :

nehābhikrama-nāśho ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate

svalpam apyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt

Meaning :

na—there is not; iha—in this world; abhikrama—endeavoring; nasah—loss; asti—there is; pratyavayah—diminution; na—never; vidyate—there is; svalpam—little; api—although; asya—of this; dharmasya—of this occupation; trayate—releases; mahatah—of very great; bhayat—from danger.

Translation :

In this there is no loss of attempt:

Nor is there any adverse effect. 

The practice of even a little of this dharma 

Protects one from great fear. 

எல்லாம் அவன் செயல் - சர்வம் கிருஷ்ணார்ப்பனம்

19 August 2022

Janmashtami. 

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जना: पर्युपासते |

तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् || 22||

ananyāśh chintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate

teṣhāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣhemaṁ vahāmyaham

Lord:

"To the 

Devout - 

To the 

Core, 

Thinking 

No one else

But Me, 

I provide all

What they

Are supposed 

To have

And 

Security to all

What they 

Posses already."

Bhagavan Ramakrishna Paramahansar:

"When the devotee takes one stride towards the Lord,  He takes ten strides towards the devotee.  Such is His grace."

Sarvam Krishnarpanam

सर्वं श्रीकृष्णार्पणम्‌

Does God really incarnate ?

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत |

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् || 7||

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata

abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛijāmyaham

It's an eternally nagging question. 

Even to a devout Bhakth. 

It's still a mystery 

Why God

Chooses to keep answers close to His chest.

Even while giving  above assurance to Arjun,  Lord Krsna says :

"Whenever unrighteousness, vice,  adharma rises its ugly head,  oh, Arjuna - Bharata in the shloka -, rest assured,  I,  sure, will incarnate and ensure virtue conquers all adharmic forces."

Then,  we can't help resisting the question, "isn't good people suffering?  Why God fails His mercy?" reverberates in our whole selves. 

The answer ever eludes. 

We are clueless. 

Some console themselves attributing all bad things to bad karma we might have done consciously or unconsciously. 

Well,

Does God really give up? 

Give up and let Bhakths suffer? 

No it doesn't seem so. 

Lord Krsna Himself may not incarnate when the time He ought to comes about. 

Here is an excerpt, so enlightening.

Courtesy :

Shri Sai Charita (Tamil) - Chap 4.

..... பகவானின் அவதார நோக்கம்.  பகவானின் சார்பாக ரிஷிகளும்,  ஞானிகளும்,  இப்பூவுலகில் தக்க தருணத்தில் தோன்றி,  அவதார நோக்கம் நிறைவேறுமுகமாகத் தமக்கே உரித்தமான முறையில் உதவி செய்கிறார்கள். 

When one sect tries to usurp the rights of others in any inappropriate manner,  when the dignity of the well read,  spiritual Gurus is slighted, when one boasts himself or herself of having all the knowledge,  when one consumes prohibited  ஆகாராதிகள்,  when people become addict to drugs and alcohol,  when in the guise of religion people do all wrongs,  when one religion engages in clash with the other,  மறையவர் சந்தியாவந்தனம் மற்றும் தங்கள் மத பழக்க வழக்கங்களைச் செய்யத் தவறும்போதும், யோகிகள் தியானத்தைப் புறக்கணிக்கும்போதும்,  focusing only on family and ignoring the true liberation - முக்தி என்னும் உண்மை  நெறியினின்று வழிதவறிப் போகும் போதும்,   ஞானிகள் தோன்றவே செய்கிறார்கள். தங்கள் மொழி,  செயல்வழிகளால் காரியங்களை நெறிப்படுத்துகிறார்கள்.

God's dictum,

Perhaps may be

'never give up'.

Never giving up 

Faith. 

Faith in Him.