Life is a Level to Clear

For all the people of this world, life remains a mystery. In fact, a majority of people doesn’t even bother to think on this subject. Those who think are either scientists or saints. Scientists believe in experiments, on experiences & no way any scientist is going to get any conclusive answer of this quest. Where as saints, who are Yogis & divine soul are not going to waste their time in subjects like what is life or why life exists! The one who know the answer stops then & there and starts working towards the task rather than question the task itself. Before I move on, I want to ask our scientists that why don’t they look up to our ancient scrip like Veda, Geeta, Ramayan, Mahabharat, etc. where every word is based on scientific facts & figures. As modern science is progressing, it is discovering that all the knowledge & information is already there in ancient Indian Literature. Be it the mathematical value of “Pi”, Distance from Sun & Moon, Astronomy, etc. Their efforts will be much more beneficial if they study & understand our literature first & then proceed with experiments. Now, our mind battles with its own reasons of life – death and it goes on. But again by doing so, aren’t we questioning our creator? Instead we should have full faith in our creator, should work for the cause we are created for. For those who have studied Geeta, they know that after being born in all forms of life, finally our soul gets human body. Once human body is achieved we continue to reborn as humans till we achieve “Moksha” (freedom). But do we know that what has to be done to achieve freedom from rebirths? No. Swami Vivekanand has said that Nature or God balances the world on their own. We feel happiness or sorrow if our any work is done or not done. But the end result of any work is not in our hand. But it does not stop us & should not stop us from doing our best at whatever we do. Our Mind & body should be aware about our deeds, about our present. If you are doing any good job but you yourself is not convinced about its reason & effect, than it is not going to benefit your “karma” from that work, how ever good the cause might be. On the contrary, if at all you are doing some wrong job, but you are convinced about it with reasons to do it, then your “karma” will gain from it. Like in Mahabharat, after Yudhishthir dies & see all his four brothers & wife in hell but finds Karna, his stepbrother in heaven. Because Karna have fought against good people and supported bad ones, still he himself was on the right side as far as he was concerned, and he knew it. One more small story goes like this: - One very learned sage was meditating in his ashram when God himself appeared in front of him. The sage asked God, when will I achieve Moksha? God said – in your second life from now, you will have Moksha. Hearing this the sage got angry & disheartened, he left the ashram & left. Where as his student then asked God about his attaining Moksha, God said – In your fiftieth birth from this one. Hearing this the student got very happy & started dancing. He attained Moksha then & there. We should take life as a level, as a standard. A different and difficult level each time we take birth. As if we are a school going student. Does a student collects books, copies, pencils all the year or studies hard & learn his subjects to pass the exam and reach higher standard? Then why a person spends all his life running behind material things of this world! Wouldn’t it be better if we concentrate on our purpose of our birth of our life, So that we can pass our exams to reach higher levels of life? Wouldn’t it be better if we are aware about what we think, speak or do? To listen more then speak? To give more time to learn then to teach? To give, rather than ask! To appreciate what we have got rather complaint for what we don’t have. God wants us to learn these simple principles of life. Fight for truth & help the needy. Clear each exam of life and finally pass out with flying colors. Vande Mataram