.... Then how come DESIRES exists in us. If even god`s physical presence cannot stop our desire who can.
You said thatI myself can only stop it. Are you saying that VIDHI can be overcome by our own deeds. I have read in a book that each second of our life is already programmed and even blinking of eye is programmed and we canot change it. If so what is the use of goingto temple or doing rituals? Please correct me if I am wrong
krs,
i too am interested in answers in layman's language, as i am not at all read in scriptures.
every day, to me, life is a building block, starting from seconds and moving on to minutes and hours. to be aware of each minute itself, i do seldom. most of the time, it passes me, and later i wonder where it went.
i can say this too about my actions. most of it, is an instinctive reaction to a situation. one simple example, many a times, i just heap the food on my plate, and wash my hands, and sit infront of a t.v. and eat without even realizing what went inside.
i am not saying whether this was right or wrong, but this is how most of what happens in my life. not sure whether this can be called preordained? or preprogrammed?
it would be tough for me, to think of my actions in such a grand terms. i would more likely term it as routine, good or bad it may be.
desires, i think are good. it is limitless desire, i think is bad. each one of us has our imaginative sense of well being. whatever this may be defined, i think there is nothing wrong in aspiring and putting our best effort to acquire it.
but to keep moving the limits of satisfaction limitlessly appears to me uncontrolled greed.
i have above, talked of living. not sure where rama comes into play. as long as we do our jobs well, be honest, and live within the rules of the law, i think, we should feel a sense of self worth and peace.
but the mind is indeed a strange beast. and we have the unknown once we stop breathing. to me, it is for these unknowns, that i turn to God and several times, chant a prayer.
a prayer to me, is to seek peace of mind and consolation about the future. how i can use prayer to get a new car or a new t.v.? that simply does sound right. we can then extend it to argue, that if we get that car or t.v. our prayers are answered. otherwise, our god is bad?
i think prayers should be beyond demanding quid pro quo, for favours. prayers are goodness in itself. rama or krishna, are guidelines, i think, when times of trial and tribulations come - to give us a philosophical hands up to deal with a difficult situation.
rama, krishna not Godlike. just guides for better living. if in the process, we tend to believe in the divinity of rama or krishna, that is ok. but not essential, i think, to goodllving.
this is my personal philosophy. having ignrantly unread and not having any particular need to seek too much to confuse my simple rules of the road to a contented life
take care.
