Life is a Search, a constant search.
\nSearch for something one knows not.
\nThere is a deep urge to search.
\nBut one does not know what one is seeking for.
\nWhatever we get is not going to give us any satisfaction.
\nEverything looks beautiful from a distance.<\/p>\n
From the earth, the moon looks very beautiful.
\nPoets are singing about the beauty of the moon.
\nThey might get disappointed if they happen to be there on the Moon.\u00a0 Those who have reached the moon, say that Earth is much more beautiful.<\/p>\n
The same thing happens in the case of lovers.
\nOnce they start their relationship, it becomes impossible to be away from each other.
\nSo many phone calls and emails.
\nBut when they become closer and closer to each other,
\nand learn more and more about each other,
\nthey will come to know more about the other person\u2019s weaknesses and defects.<\/p>\n
And finally love disappears after their marriage.
\n(Some times even before the marriage.)
\nThen, no phone calls, no mails, or no smiles.
\nIt becomes boring to spend some time together.
\nOnce they were longing to meet each other.<\/p>\n
They used to say,
\n\u201cI cannot live without seeing you darling. You are so beautiful.\u201d
\nAfter marriage they would say,
\n\u201cI am getting bored, could you please go away.\u00a0 I cannot continue to see your ugly face.\u201d
\nEven the most attractive object will make us feel bored after some time.
\nWhatever we get can become meaningless the very moment we have achieved it.
\nWe start searching Again.
\nDissatisfied with what we have, we struggle to get more.<\/p>\n
We are living in this world with lots of selfish desires.
\nWe are not ready to share our fortunes.
\nIf we are ready to share, more will come to us.
\nThat is the law of nature.<\/p>\n
Is it possible to get complete satisfaction and peace?
\nMahatmas like Amma say, \u201cyes.\u201d
\nHowever, we can enjoy the beauty of life only if we know certain secrets of life.
\nThere are three forms of knowledge.
\nThe first is intellectual knowledge,
\nwhich is in fact not knowledge, but only information.<\/p>\n
The second is emotional knowledge,
\nwhich is also not really knowledge.
\nIt gives a mental state in which man feels he has known something,
\nbut there is no transformation.<\/p>\n
The first is objective, born out of science.
\nThe second is subjective, the source of all arts.
\nThe third is neither.
\nIt is beyond both.
\nThis third is the real knowledge.
\nIt is achieved through meditation.<\/p>\n
Life is like a movie.
\nGod has given us a role to act.
\nHe is the movie director of our life.
\nHe knows which role is suitable for us.
\nWe have proven our skills through so many old movies in which we have acted before.
\nThat was in our previous lives.
\nGod was watching all those movies.
\nAnother chance is given to improve our actions.
\nIf God feels that we are not fit to take the role of a human being,
\nhe may give us the role of an animal or bird.<\/p>\n
Fortunately he has selected us to act the role of a human being.
\nBecause of that he is expecting from us much more than animals.
\nWe are suppose to express human qualities like love compassion, patience, etc.
\nWe should always have a smiling face.
\nOnly human beings can do that.
\nAnimal can cry, show their anger and affection.
\nBut they cannot laugh, except in cartoon movies.
\nThey cannot enjoy jokes.<\/p>\n
God has given the power of discrimination only to human beings.
\nAfter getting this human body we should know the importance of our role.
\nIt is not very important, where we are born or
\nwhere we are brought up.
\nIt is not necessary to worry about the role,
\nwhich is given to us.
\nSome people are get the role of a rich man.
\nSome get the role of a poor person.
\nSome may play the role of a beggar.
\nNo matter which role we have, God is watching our performance,
\nhow we are overcoming the difficulties and utilising this opportunity to serve the world.
\nWe can prove our skills more in difficult situations.<\/p>\n
The rich man should make his role beautiful by helping the poor.
\nEven beggar can become an emperor, if he tries to get the grace of God.
\nEven in an ordinary movie a person acting the role of a beggar
\ncan get an Oscar for how well he portrayed his character.<\/p>\n
It is not very important whether we are rich or poor.
\nHow we are using our skills to overcome difficulties of life
\nand how our life becomes a contribution to the world–
\nGod is watching only that.<\/p>\n
But we are making the same mistakes again and again.
\nThen the director, himself\/herself, has to act and show the actors
\nhow to give perfection to a particular role.
\nThat is what Amma is doing.<\/p>\n
— Swami Purnamritananda<\/p>\n
( excerpts from talks which were given at San Ramon recently)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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