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  Life  is a marathon race to be run, not a 100m dash .  We need to perform everyday and give our fullest to life .  However to be immortal we need to love life . It is not enough to enjoy the material benefits and run after woman and gold . Having a mad love for the Almighty will make every moment of our life memorable . An immortal life will always give us enough opportunity to pray and chat with God. Sri Ramkrishna used to have the Balak (child) Bhava when loving and remembering God .  Another beauty of life is reading and learning new things every day. One is delving into the past to learn about our history and economics .The other is monitoring forward looking events like scientific developments in various fields .  All these cannot be mastered in one day. It takes many years and ideally one should tend towards immortality .  On the other hand as you live longer the biggest worry is your health . Your organs and systems tend to give awa...

Knowledge of the Self acts as a boat ferrying people from the shore of this agitated world to the shore of absolute bliss. The sastras use this metaphor of the boat. A boat not only takes you to your destination but protects and comforts your passage over the sea. You enjoy your voyage even on a turbulent sea. Similarly knowledge of the Self makes your life in the world pleasant and enjoyable and at the same time carries you to the abode of Supreme Peace and Bliss. Bhagvad Gita 4.36

 *The way to gain anything is to lose it  *The moment we stand up as reformers of the world, we become deformers of the world. Physician, heal thyself  *Do not fall in love , but rise in love  *The art of religion consists of making every little bit of experience an occasion for a leap into the infinite  *He alone can raise himself or make progress, who lectures to himself  *Happiness lies clothed in the garb of work

 *It is said in the Gita that one in thousands desires to know God , and again among thousands who have such a desire , only one is able to know God  *One must show the highest respect for one's Mother , for she is the very embodiment of the Blissful Mother of the Universe  *A man should do his worldly duties with only twenty five percent of his mind , devoting the rest to God  *If a man leads a householder's life he must have unflagging devotion to truth. God can be realized through truth alone  *A man does not feel restless for God until all his worldly desires are satisfied. He does not remember the Mother of the Universe until his share of the enjoyment of woman and gold is completed. A child absorbed in play does not seek his mother. But after his play is over , he says ,  "Mother ! I must go to my mother "

 *Body is a chariot  *Senses are the horses  *Intellect is the rein  *The Self is the Lord who drives the chariot  This is how the Upanishads make a synopsis of everyday living  The main secret is to learn to work without attachment . Work like a master and not like a slave. Work for work's sake, love for love's sake.  Attachment makes us demand while love unfolds the capacity for giving .  If we really love the art of our work ,we shall be more interested in how we can do it than in how much we are going to gain from it.  When we are merely attached to the fruits of our work and do not get the results we desire ,we become discouraged and give up easily; but when we work out of love for the work itself ,no matter how many times we fail to get the desired result, we keep on .

  There was a man carrying a heavy weight upon his shoulders; he was old, weak, and feverish, and lived in a hot country, India. He sat down under the shade of a tree and threw off his burden from his shoulders and rested a while, and cried, "Oh Death! Death!! Death!!! come, Oh Death! Relieve me, relive me." The story says that there appeared the God of Death unto him on the spot, when he looked at Him, he was astonished, he was surprised. He trembled, what is that hideous figure, that monstrous something? He asked the God of Death, "Who are you"? The God of Death said, "I am he whom you called; you have called me just now and I have come to satisfy your wish." Then the old man began to v tremble and said, "I did not call you to put me to death, I called you simply to help, me to lift this burden and put it on my shoulders." That is what the people do. All your,, difficulties, all your troubles and sorrows, what are called sorrows...

  Parables of Swami Ram Tirtha There was a Mohammedan poet in India, a very good man, rather a very clever and witty man. He was living at the court of one of the native princes, who was highly interested in him. One night the native prince kept him long in his company, and this poet amused the prince with all sorts of poems, witty stories, and most amusing tales. The prince went to bed very late. He was amused by the witty poet to such a degree that he forgot all about his sleep. The queen asked the prince what was the cause of his delay, of his unusual delay in retiring to his room. The prince replied "Oh, we had a wonderful man with us this evening; he was so good, so splendid, so witty and amusing." Then the queen enquired more about him, and her curiosity made the king expatiate upon the capability and attainment of the poet to such a degree that they had to sit until a late hour, so that it was near dawn when they retired. Now the curiosity of the quee...