Blessings

In life we learn, to live and let live, we learn, so long as we live we live in ignorance; we learn that, God is seated in all that is matter. These are merely three aspects, of what is known as the “Cosmic Truth”. This in essence means that man and God are one.

As intelligent as we are, the ability to comprehend this concept, is not even within grasp for a person who is in a state of ‘Tamas’, or ‘Rajas’. It is one thing to know, but to what degree is an unknown factor.
Isn’t it amazing, that we live in a world knowing that at some point in time, we will soon depart? For some reason the human mind has the mental capacity to take in that burden, and still maintain the zest for life! Striving for perfection, in the attainment of credentials and maintaining the body, so on and so forth. All this effort knowing that sooner or later that I’m going to lose it all. That is a blessing in its own right, which can’t really be defined, it can be regarded as a morphs’, constantly changing in meaning.

Blessings – the ability to be born as a human, is a blessing; the ability to be born with no defects, is a blessing; the ability to multitasked is a blessing... in essence, any variant that mentally, physically, and spiritually appeals to all that is dharmic, and can be defined on the pretext of our scriptures! That alone is a blessing, and that we should be grateful for.
If there is one thing that I’m grateful for; that is being born as a Hindu; in an Indian household, taught in the language of great men and women, inspired by the depth of wisdom, spoken with such simplicity. Such is that blessing that I’ve been endowed with. Please don’t misunderstand, what I’ve said, to be one pointed! Coming to terms with your self is the first step towards peace of mind, and the final step in achieving your goals.
Your parents are another blessing that most people overlook! Both mother and father are special in that they represent ‘LOVE’ and ‘DUTY’... My parent, I’m ever grateful for; traits that can only be defined as god like. One can say that; he who has come as Sri Rama and Mother Sita; has come as Sri Ramakrishna and Mother Sarada, has come again as my mom and dad...don’t worry like parent even God has his hang ups.

Life... life is full of surprises, unexpected twists and turns, forever assimilating information at unconcieved speeds. For an individual, who is either in a state of thumas or rajas, counting his/her blessings would not do them justice, for we are ignorant of life its self, and therefore cannot see the more subtle blessings, and appreciate them as the manifestation of the divinity already in man. To me, when an individual continuously counts his blessings, he continues to remind himself that he is indispensable, and when we are in that state of mind do we find that when something bad happens to that individual, that individual automatically goes into a state reasoning. If there is no logical explanation or spiritual verification, that individual remains in contemplation and therefore seeks redemption. Until the time he/she has come to the realization that I’m dispensable in the eyes of the lord, that every action has a reaction, that the sumskaras of his previous life have come into effect in his present life, so long as man believes that he is indispensable, mans ego will be at its height each one thinking that one is greater than the other, so on and so forth... on the other hand, when regard our self as dispensable, we become more modest and humble.

This realization of dispensability supports Swami Vivekananda’s statement that “Every individual is potentially divine.” As a result the blessing of any individual, is the manifestation of the divinity already in man; which co-insides with the sumskaras of our previous birth.
As for me..... I’ll just have to wait and see!