Oct 27, 2013

strongest link between God and Man

What is the strongest link between God and Man? Where can we get it from?

Most agriculturists feed on hope for their survival. Hope sustains them while they plough, sow, plant and manure the crops that they raise. That hope, must become a mental habit not just during agriculture, but as part of everyone’s daily life, in all the manifold activities. Never give any chance for that vile thing, despair, to eat into the vitals of activity and effort. Despair is a sin against God. When He is within you, why do you lose hope? That is why the Lord says, “Why fear, when I am here?” Be always joyful, optimistic and courageous. Know that the strongest connection between you and the Divine is when the life-giving waters of courage and hope, flow in your heart.

valuable tip for harmonious living.

What is it that can guarantee success?

The greatest instrument by which success can be ensured for all your efforts is devotion. That will grant you health, wealth and prosperity too. It will also eliminate hatred and faction, and give more strength to you. A person with devotion will do every act as worship of the Lord, and so the act will be done effectively without any malingering or insincerity. It will also win the Grace of the Lord, so the devotee will be able to do more and enjoy greater health and mental happiness. If every one of you unite and sing the glory of the Lord, it will produce greater harmony and social cohesion than thousand people clamoring and shouting one against the other. Divine Love will flood the area and fertilize all your efforts if all of you sing the Lord’s name together in unison. Do it for some time and you will yourself bear witness to the loving and serene atmosphere.

best way to attain peace and bliss

What is the best way to attain peace and bliss?

A mother holds a child that has soiled its shirt and puts on it a new one. Death is the removal of the soiled shirt and putting on the fresh one. Let the Mother do Her will, be a willing child in Her hands. Have full faith in Her love and wisdom. Be an instrument; submerge your will in the Will of the Lord. That will save you from worry and pain. Do not lose your mind, seeing people who have gone astray. It will be like seeing a stagnant pool and then judging rainwater to be dirty. Rain water is pure; it is the soil that soils it. Also be careful not to decry anyone. It amounts to decrying God. Be aware of the God within you and the God in everyone else. If you do this, there is nothing to equal the joy and peace that you will be rewarded with. I bless you, so that you may attain that bliss.

twist and turn in most relationships

Why do we see a twist and turn in most relationships? What can we do to support, collaborate and live peacefully?

Sometimes the cloud of envy and hatred come to darken relationships. This is primarily due to fear; fear that causes anger. The emergence of devotion, and the humility and wisdom resulting from it, will make fear and anger disappear. Anger wastes health, time and character. Never allow it to have a free play. Just like you cultivate the field, you must cultivate the fields of feelings, motives, desires and promptings. People are often ruined because they cannot tolerate the prosperity of another. Most people are bent on pulling down another. Jealousy is the chief cause of ruin and it is born due to the undue importance attached to the body, the senses and the accumulation of objects that cater to the senses. Develop the spirit of mutual help. See things in proper perspective; give everything its worth and no more.

Oct 2, 2013

I am the traveler in an endless journey

I am the traveler in an endless journey
Dreams and hopes show me direction
Treading an unknown, long path
In the repeating cycles of death and birth
Many an experience I have en-route
Sorrows to mourn and joys to gloat
Friends, parents, siblings and others
Have come and gone in many lives
You being the only one
To be with me time and again
My existence entwined with yours
Delight and ecstasy I had in your presence

False Ego Overpowering my conscience
I neglected you for Ephemeral world’s opulence
You have gone leaving me alone
Standing like a stone I am in silence
Those unforgettable emotions and affections
Alive in reminiscences, seeming to be dreams
Your presence and my experience, was it an illusion
The garland of my dreams- withered and forsaken


Traveling in time on the journey of life
I find myself in troubled waters
Building a boat with hopes and dreams
With the oars of knowledge and action I travel

The tides of time and storms of circumstance
Destroy the structure of my hopes and dreams
Amidst the turbulence in the sea of change
I am in danger of being drowned

To you I surrender myself, My Lord
You build my ship and be its rudder
With devotion, under your guidance
I will cross the ocean with ease.



~Raghu Ram Malladi