Miracles are the norm
It wasn't long ago that I looked at life as a burden. It was as if i was living in a pressure cooker and the entire world conspired to make my life miserable. I would often compare myself with other more successful (whatever that means to you) and rue the thought that I have never been as lucky as they have been. An unchecked ambition made it worse. I was aiming for the sky and set backs weren't acceptable.
It was a life that lacked love. I was considerate, though. I would not naturally hurt people to move ahead. But I would complaint about things that didn't go well and began to believe that I was born unlucky and desperately wished my problems to go away without confronting them. I was turning into a big ball of negativity of anger, frustration and disappointment
Things changed in October 2015 and the few months before it. Events happened which made me realize that what I have, needs to be valued and it isn't meant to be taken for granted. That there were others far less fortunate and yet more happy and that something inside me would need to change
It was in October 2015 where I, seated, among a host of other devotees seeking the true meaning of life at Premgiri Ashram, was told "kamiyan hum mein hain aur hum saari duniya ko dosh dete rehte hain" (the fault may lie within us, we should stop blaming the world and circumstances for our situation) The message was simple, yet powerful. It was not like I had not heard this before. But it was for the first time that I listened and had great faith that these words had the key for internal transformation. Why should anything have to change externally? My perception can and with it I can find inner peace in what could externally be seen as pressing circumstances
It wasn't long ago that I looked at life as a burden. It was as if i was living in a pressure cooker and the entire world conspired to make my life miserable. I would often compare myself with other more successful (whatever that means to you) and rue the thought that I have never been as lucky as they have been. An unchecked ambition made it worse. I was aiming for the sky and set backs weren't acceptable.
It was a life that lacked love. I was considerate, though. I would not naturally hurt people to move ahead. But I would complaint about things that didn't go well and began to believe that I was born unlucky and desperately wished my problems to go away without confronting them. I was turning into a big ball of negativity of anger, frustration and disappointment
Things changed in October 2015 and the few months before it. Events happened which made me realize that what I have, needs to be valued and it isn't meant to be taken for granted. That there were others far less fortunate and yet more happy and that something inside me would need to change
It was in October 2015 where I, seated, among a host of other devotees seeking the true meaning of life at Premgiri Ashram, was told "kamiyan hum mein hain aur hum saari duniya ko dosh dete rehte hain" (the fault may lie within us, we should stop blaming the world and circumstances for our situation) The message was simple, yet powerful. It was not like I had not heard this before. But it was for the first time that I listened and had great faith that these words had the key for internal transformation. Why should anything have to change externally? My perception can and with it I can find inner peace in what could externally be seen as pressing circumstances
I have begun to see more reason in certain happenings. That there are things beyond my control and that I could still be happy and thankful for what I have. I do not have to be very rich and that inner contentment made me wealthy enough. That I do not have to blame myself every time things go wrong and the realization and I am an inseparable part of this loving universe, that it cared for me and didn't conspire to make me sad
This change in perception has made life easier. There is more acceptance in me and I have begun to see "miracles" happen in simple things. A miracle is not when you are able to walk on water but when you are sure of missing the last metro train and the doors remain open for those 5 extra seconds so you can board the train, when you find support from unexpected quarters in a difficult work situation, when you check a whats-app message from a long forgotten friend mentioning that he/she misses you, when you rather surprisingly do not scream at a person driving on the wrong side of the road and yes, it is when you accidentally discover a 100 rupee note in your trousers after a while. The universe always conspires to make these miracles possible. You need to keep your hearts open to be able to realize these are indeed playing out
Miracles are regular laws working out in the astral plain. They are very much within the laws of this word. I see these miracles happening every day in my life and I wonder when the next one is due. They are the norm - not the exception
Dadasharnam
