HEAVEN IS NOW, DON'T LOSE IT !
As we go thru our daily life, we expect better things to come our way. We dream that when that better thing, or person, or event comes along, we will renounce all our old habits and possessions and move on.
Some people take this foolishness to great heights. Let us say, one is tempted to consume alcoholic drinks. That person may suppress that desire feeling that drinking alcohol is a sin and that it would lead him to hell. He believes, if he stops alcohol on earth, he will ascend into heaven. He will then be entitled to his share of the divine nectar of gods. Based on what we have been led to beleive, will happen after our death, many of us lead our lives today.
Even as we lead our life on earth, facing its everyday challenges, we are constantly worrying about what will happen after we die. We think, by suppressing our desires, through some form of penance, we shall get a better after life. I say to such people: "don't be foolish. Who can tell us if the drink in heaven is better than on earth ? Who knows that ? Who knows, if we will get a drink in heaven at all ? And who can say if it is of the same quality or quantity ? Please understand that i am not encouraging you to drink. I am asking you to examine your intentions.
This is the state of our life. We lead our lives expecting something better to come from somewhere, sometime, and thru someone. The simplest and more profound problem this habit brings is, that it stops us from living in the present. It completely obliterates our living here, now, upon earth. We are setting ourselves up for a life of disappointment and stress. We think that we are going to get somthing better elsewhere. We keep hoping that an event of great significance will happen in a place far removed from where we are.
Drop these thoughts. Dont suppress what you wish to do now with the anticipation of getting something better, something more, elsewhere. If we beleive that we are giving up something for a better thing, or exchange it for more than what we had, we are merely speculating.
Instead, let us enjoy that we have now, without worrying about what may happen in the distant future. Let us cultivate the practice of living in the here and now. Let us remain in the present. When we are totally in the present moment, it expands filling itself with endless possibilities. Living in the present keeps us in Bliss.
Some people take this foolishness to great heights. Let us say, one is tempted to consume alcoholic drinks. That person may suppress that desire feeling that drinking alcohol is a sin and that it would lead him to hell. He believes, if he stops alcohol on earth, he will ascend into heaven. He will then be entitled to his share of the divine nectar of gods. Based on what we have been led to beleive, will happen after our death, many of us lead our lives today.
Even as we lead our life on earth, facing its everyday challenges, we are constantly worrying about what will happen after we die. We think, by suppressing our desires, through some form of penance, we shall get a better after life. I say to such people: "don't be foolish. Who can tell us if the drink in heaven is better than on earth ? Who knows that ? Who knows, if we will get a drink in heaven at all ? And who can say if it is of the same quality or quantity ? Please understand that i am not encouraging you to drink. I am asking you to examine your intentions.
This is the state of our life. We lead our lives expecting something better to come from somewhere, sometime, and thru someone. The simplest and more profound problem this habit brings is, that it stops us from living in the present. It completely obliterates our living here, now, upon earth. We are setting ourselves up for a life of disappointment and stress. We think that we are going to get somthing better elsewhere. We keep hoping that an event of great significance will happen in a place far removed from where we are.
Drop these thoughts. Dont suppress what you wish to do now with the anticipation of getting something better, something more, elsewhere. If we beleive that we are giving up something for a better thing, or exchange it for more than what we had, we are merely speculating.
Instead, let us enjoy that we have now, without worrying about what may happen in the distant future. Let us cultivate the practice of living in the here and now. Let us remain in the present. When we are totally in the present moment, it expands filling itself with endless possibilities. Living in the present keeps us in Bliss.
posted by vaneet kundra at
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
2 Comments:
I dont know why the whole world lives in a fools paradise...people think about old karmas, past mistakes, future , heaven earth...live in prestent becoz life is NOW... HERE...THIS MOMENT..all over the world, in every army, they are turning you into machines-of course , in such a way that you dont understandwhat is going on..all over the world priests are feeding you with all kind of gibberish in the name of rectifying your karmas....they are all destroying your intelligence which you are born with..live life fully & here.... there is no one waiting for you in heaven with tanks full of wine..the pure nectar is avaliable right here...drink it..
Dear Lavi,
I fully endorse your view. Just enjoy your life to the fullest. Who knows, you may or may not get up tomorrow morning, or for that matter, next moment. But we keep on hoarding up for our children, their marriage, then for their children. But once you are gone, just a garland is put around your photo for sometime and even your children forget you and that rotten garland is not change even. Who has the time ? Life goes like this. So, enjoy with whatever you have.
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