Monday, 20th November 2017
The life means your activities, from the
moment you wake up in the morning, up to the moment you fall asleep at night. How
to manage your time and activities is the task for all human beings in this
world. Nobody is getting extra two hours a day. A day means 24 hours for all.
But how to plan your activities of the day effectively is the skill you need to
develop. Around 16 hours a day is what you get to be active. Filling this time
with high human values is what you have to do for the success of life.
A young man asked me, what the
importance of prayer is. This seems to be a simple question. But this is not so
simple. Because many people think that prayer is the way to achieve anything in
life. That is a wrong idea. If you pray for passing an examination, without
preparing properly, no doubt, you will fail. Then the believer might have a
justification that it is only because the prayer was not strong enough to make
God listen to it. If you pray without preparing for the examination, no God is
going to listen to you.
Each action has its own effect. That is
a natural law. If you want to achieve something, you have to try for it according
to the law of Nature. If you want to pass the examination, you have to try
accordingly. You have to study the syllabus, lessons, question papers and
practice writing answers in the given time. This practice and training is the
action which will lead to the result of passing the examination.
Does it mean that prayer is in vain? No.
Not at all. Prayer will connect you with the higher consciousness. The after
effect of the action called prayer is to establish the connection with the
higher consciousness. You may call it God, Paramatma, Paramapurusha, Maheswara
or Eswara. Whatever be the name, it no matter. Your prayer has an effect and it
will motivate you for the process of action in the world. For example, as we
said before, when a student is preparing for examination, his/her process of
preparation will be motivated by the sincere prayer to Maheswara.
Do not expect for miracles during the
prayer. Maheswara is not for showing miracles. He is working through the laws
of Nature. He is the one who maintains the law of Nature. So, we have to
respect the laws of Nature. The law of Nature is that to do your work properly
for achieving the after effect of it. Action and its after effect. This law
needs to be accepted and respected. So each day, you have to plan your
activities for achieving the result.
Mind is nothing but the compilation of
your thoughts. Whether you know or not, the thoughts occur in mind. Man can
observe and manage them. (OM) When you channelize your thoughts towards
Maheswara, it is prayer. When you channelize them for achieving your purposes
in life, they become effective activities.
So the hours in each day need to be
planned according to your purpose in life. Initially, it is very important to
have a clear purpose in life. And plan your activities accordingly. At the same
time, spend some time for establishing a sincere connection with Maheswara as
well.
The
gist of today’s article:
1. Have a purpose in life.
2. Prayer is not the way to achieve it;
but it is a way to establish the connection with the higher consciousness.
3. What you have to do is to plan your
activities according to your purpose of life.
4. You have only the hours from your
wake up to the sleep, for effectively functioning in life.