Sri Sadguru Mahime
Author: Charana Dasa
Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad
Chapter 89 : Secret to success
One day Gurunatha was talking to me
standing in front of the basil plant at his house. He was telling me about
different facets of life, the problems one may face and how to resolve them. I
cut him short, telling him..” I am just starting my life’s journey, I may not
need to know all these, and even if I were to face any of these challenges at
some point, I could always come to you for resolution of that specific
problem”. What he told me after that appeared to be very casual statements at
that time.
But, now I understand the profound
meaning of those words. He had said “See, the words I speak now will enter the
realm of words, later on in your life when you do face these challenges (when I
am not around) these words will come back from the realm of words and help you
tide over your situation with caution”.
In another instance, explaining the
secret to succeed in one’s life, he had said, just by offering service to their
parents people can achieve great things. But, in pursuit of success if you hurt
your parents who had tried hard for your betterment even the God cannot save
you from the resulting curse. Little things like helping them in their work,
making their bed or just not hurting their feelings will make a huge difference.
Today life has become such that you buy a 200 rupee saree for your mother
whereas you buy a 2000 rupee saree for your wife, when we are committing
mistakes like these, is there any point in praying to a God? It doesn’t mean
you should not look after your wife well. But, what value you give to that
human being which brought you up and cared for you like she would for her own
eye. How we look after our parents today will reflect in the way our children will
look after us.
A father while marrying off her
daughter will tell her “Till now you have listened to me, from now on you shall
listen to your husband. Not hurting her parents’ sentiments and living in a way
that would make them proud is the respect we show to them isn’t it?”
A husband should not hurt the
sentiments of his wife who has come relying completely on him. At the same time
he should make sure he shall not compromise on his duties. While doing this he
must make sure his wife and children are on the righteous path of life.
A wife should offer respects to her
husband everyday, children should offer their respects to their parents Everyday
and the whole family should offer their respects to God the almighty everyday
then the family will surely prosper.
“Tomorrow when that human being is
gone, whatever you do is in vain, this time won’t come back so when it is there
use it wisely” these words of my master keep resonating in my ears till date.
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