Author: S.ROHINI

Once a saint was explaining man what is the goal of human life. The man though has all wealth he does not have happiness in his life. The thought of the saint starts as such “A human being has higher intelligence, the power of discrimination and he can inquire about the cause of suffering and the destination of life. But the Real Problem is: – Common to all: No one wants it: No one can avoid it:-they are Birth, old age, disease and death. Miseries are caused by One’s own body & mind, natural disturbances, problems from other living entities. Material advancement is not the solution to the real problems of life. Modern technological advancement gives only temporary relief and no permanent solution. Modern solutions only give rise to other problems.

Saint says “I want to list you the paradoxes of life .Now a days we have taller buildings but shorter tempers ,wider freeways but narrower viewpoints, bigger houses but smaller families, more conveniences but less time, we have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge but less judgment, more experts but less solutions Moreover we have:-More medicine   but less wellness, multiplied our possessions but reduced our values, conquered outer space not daring to conquer the inner space, cleaned up the air but polluted the soul. Man has advanced to the level to split the atom but not our prejudice. Now a day we have higher incomes but lower morals. We have become long on quantity but short on quality. We talk too much but love too seldom, and hate too often. We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life, we’ve added years to life, not life to years.

All the technological advancement has let us all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We spend more, but have less, we buy more but enjoy it less. These are the times of tall men with Short character, steep profits with shallow relationships. We do always aim for world peace but lag to concentrate in domestic warfare. We have more leisure but less fun. We enjoy more kinds of food with less nutrition. A family now a days has two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses with broken home. It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom. Humans are searching for the right thing in the wrong place.

The goal of human life is to inquire about a permanent solution to the real problem, Permanent relief from all miseries. An eternal life of BLISS, PEACE and HAPPINESS. Therefore we have to inquire about the root cause of all causes and the source of everything. Man is keen to know the conclusion of all these inquiry; the only conclusion could be the supreme soul of god ahead. The saint concludes by saying that one should inquire into the supreme. Serve the lord and enter the spiritual world with no miseries, with only peace and happiness surrounded.

God once called a man through Whatsapp. Man asked who was that .The reply was “This is God, as I heard your prayers I thought to have a chat with you.” But man replied he was busy, but he don’t know what was he busy at, he says his life is hectic with no free time.

God understands his problem and says that he has come to resolve man’s problem on time by giving some clarity. When man asks why his life has become so complicated god replied, “Analysis makes your life complicated. Stop analyzing life. When you analyze you surmise. Rather believe so that you can achieve.” The next question put forth was then why are people constantly unhappy.

God replied “your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday, you are worrying because of analyzing. Thus worrying has become a habit”. Man cried, how can not worry since life is uncertain, God says for humans uncertainty is inevitable but worrying is optional. Man says uncertainty causes pain. God says pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. Man asks then why do good people suffer?

God’s golden word goes as so “Diamond cannot be polished without friction, gold cannot be purified without fire, similarly good people go through trials but do not suffer.

With that experience their life becomes better not bitter. Also good people see opportunity in every adversity, the opportunity that turns them towards me, the God.  Experience is like a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lesson next.

These tests are beneficial rock blocks that enhance your mental strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance not when you are free from such tests or problems.” Man wants to know where he is heading in the midst of such problems. God clears his route by asking him not to look outside, because when he looks outside he dreams when he looks inside he gets awaken. Eyes provide sight but heart provides insight. Man enquires how to stay motivated in tough times god advices him “look how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing not what you are missing”. Man asks god what surprises you about people. God replied “when people suffer they ask ‘why me’ but when they prosper they never ask ‘why me’. Every one wishes to have truth on their side but few wish to be on the side of truth.

Man laments he cannot find the reason why life is, god’s reply was not to use his tiny, immature brain to philosophize and speculate why life is etc., that is only going to frustrate him, instead use such questions to understand the goal of self-realization. Man wants to know how he can get the best out of life, god’s advice was “face your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and prepare for your future without fear”. At last man wants to know why some of his prayers remain unanswered. God ends with his priceless words “There are no unanswered prayers.

At times the answer is no.” Man feels so delighted and looks forward to start his new day with a new sense of inspiration. God wishes him “Keep faith and drop fears. Don’t believe in doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is not a misery but a discovery, discovery of love happiness and true peace. Trust me life is wonderful if you know how to live.”

Once lived a poor old lady Meera. She used to worship god without fail each and every day.  Meera resides within a small hut situated in a plane uncultivable land which is  isolated thus she has to walk a long distance even to fetch water for drinking and miscellaneous purpose.

One fine day walking through a thick dense forest in the hot summer season, she was carrying a heavy bundle of dry sticks in her head. She collected those sticks to use as firewood and cook food to feed her bed ridden husband, son and also her grandchildren. Due to the scorching heat of the sun she became so tired and was not able to carry the firewood. Somehow or the other the sticks fell down. Irrespective of her continuous try, she lost her optimistic thought to get those bundle of sticks in her head. Since the sticks were heavy the impuissant old woman was so much disturbed and said “Who will help me to get this bundle on my head?” .So she cried out in a loud voice  “Oh .. God please help this poor soul”.

Suddenly the god of all creations appeared in his own form in front of the disturbed woman and he asked “what do you want dear old lady?”

The old lady replied “God kindly help me to get this bundle on my head”.

The lord proprietor of everything, the powerful of all, the one with all knowledge, all beauty and all renunciation has appeared before her to give benediction, but the lady just asked for that bundle to get on her head.

This is what we are doing .We ask for a bundle in our head. Whenever we visit holy places to worship god we ask for all material pleasures of this world so that we become happy, our family remains happy, we get all wealth and enjoy all material things losing our memory that we are connected with god. This is our innocence or a stare of not knowing that pure devotional service and mercy are the only things in the world that should be asked to the supreme personality of godhead.

If we want something from god we should just blindly beg for an opportunity to serve the supreme. When people are engaged in any kind of devotional service to god they will be blessed by him and thus they will be able to meet all the daily needs.

To be born as a human is an opportunity given by him to show our love and sacrifice towards the almighty. The purpose of our birth should be understood and used wisely. The ultimate aim of all human soul is to serve the almighty lord and seek his blessings .If we are found as a dedicated servant of lord then we can seek his blessings and live happily with all the health and wealth surrounding us. Seek happiness just by serving the lord. Once tasted the joy of serving him enjoy the mercy showered upon you.