Find the child inside you

Childhood is the most wonderful time for everyone. We often go back and think about it with nostalgia. For me , i have decided to relive it once again alongwith my son. Each and every day , I make it a point to become a child once again. Playing with my son makes me feel young again. The time spent together also helps to creat a special bond between us.  I feel sometimes that  I have just forgotten to grow up.

I know there ia a child inside me. It asks me to do the crazy things I did many decades back. It wants to play with mom and dad. It asks for sweets and ice-cream and makes a fuss to eat lunch and dinner. It wants to go out and enjoy the games with its friends. It doesnot want to do its home work. It is innocent and accepts whatever it is told by elders. It wants to believe in good things and there is no doubt in its mind.  

After few years of growing up . this child enters its teenage and then becomes an adult. It is forced to do many things. Out of courtesy or out of force , it starts to change itself. It cultivates habits of proper communication , proper dressing ,proper table manners , proper this and proper that. All these are needed and essential for the growth of the child into adult. But this metamporphosis has its casualities too. In the process , the child looses its innocence. That is the biggest casuality. Clinging on that child-like innocence becomes diffcult as it grows up.

But all hope is not lost. The adult, at one point of time , makes up its mind to delve into itself and then , what does it find ? It just finds a child inside.

Ultimate spirituality is just identifying the child inside you. Go on , become a child today.

HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY !

Detached Attachment

Detached Attachment - That is one of the keys for a seeker.

Attachment is any desire or bonding. As the holy scriptures recommend - To be attached to worldly or materialistic things is a very ignorant way of living our lives. But does this mean we should give up everything and head for the Himalayas ? Isn't the wish that "I will give up everything and go to Himalayas" also another desire? Yes, it is so. After going to the Himalayas if we start remembering the so-called materialistic good things and repent about it , then is it of any use ?Is that real viragya ? Isnt it better to be in the worldly life and remember Himalayas rather than go there and always keep on remembering the worldly life ?

Being detached from the worldly life is difficult. That also is not recommended. What is recommended for the seekers is to lead the worldly life without getting attached or bonded to it. But practically is that possible ?
Below points may help in that direction -

• Acceptance of the events in life as they come and believing that whatever is happening , is for the good. 
• Recognising that your actions are not yours , but you are just an instrument of the creator. All your actions are directed by that Universal force.
• Giving your 100% to your duty, but not bothering about an immediate result. Remember, if someone does not pay you back imediately for your help/support , he will pay back with interest later on. Just wait.
• When in pleasure , I never questioned the God - "Why me ?"  So, why should i question when i get some pain ? Recognise that pleasure and pain are just temporary and will pass.