Mind your business

Mind your business

Dronacharya wanted to test his students. He ordered them to pierce the right eye of a bird sitting on the branch of a tree. The disciples of Dronacharya took turns to test their ability. When Bhim came to the front stage, Dronacharya asked him about things he was seeing. Bhim answered, “I am seeing the entire tree, then the branches and the bird moving around, and finally the right eye of the bird. I also see you and many respectable persons sitting around.” Dronacharya laughed aloud. Bhim could not understand mystery behind his laughter. He fired the arrow which could never reach the target. Similarly, other disciples also could not pass the test as their as they lacked concentration. In the end Arjun came. Dronacharya asked the same question from him. He answered, “I am seeing only the right eye of the bird which I have to pierce with my arrow.” Dronacharya was very much satisfied by his answer and was quite happy to find that Arjun pierced the right eye of the rotating bird with his arrow in a single attempt and had thus successfully achieved the target. The lesson to be learnt from this episode of the Mahabharat is that one should concentrate on his work hundred percent, then only he can achieve something marvellous.

Persons who do not concentrate on their work, keep disturbing others. If we remain involved in our work, we do not have time to find fault with others or to create problem for others[p1] . So, the best thing is that we keep engaged constructively and should not unnecessarily disturb others with our views on any issue unless they are willing to listen. Unsolicited advice does not lead to any meaningful solution.

 God has given us everything that we need but the problem is that we are unable to make proper use of our own resources and keep envying when others achieve something better.We have limited time which we can either use in positive way or fritter away in gossips. Every day we get a blank cheque in the form of a new day. We have option to write anything by doing things of our choice. We may spoil our time in quarrelling, sleeping or gossiping. Alternatively, we can spend our time in good things like reading books, or doing some other constructive things. Ultimately the day will pass. Time that has passed away will never return. If we make constructive use of our time and energy, we can accomplish a lot. We can make big achievements. On the other hand, if we just keep finding fault with others or try to bring others down, we can never improve. Our time will be wasted over useless things. At the end, we will feel disappointed to find that many persons who were much below us have grown and achieved much more.

We see striking difference between achievements of some persons. They live in the same world but the way they think and act makes the difference. If we concentrate on our positive actions and let our energy utilized for the designated purpose we can achieve much more than we ever dreamt of. We become our own enemy by spoiling our time and energy in negativities. Time and energy which is lost in finding fault with others can be better utilized. That is how successful persons have behaved and won in this world which is otherwise full of conflicts.

Everybody acts as per his nature. The fact of the matter is that we keep advising others without understanding the implications. We should, therefore, not disturb anybody in perusing his self-designated path. If we do so, we cannot help them in any manner. Not only he would be deflected from his own way but will probably not be able to follow the path being shown by us. We should, therefore concentrate upon our own business in life so that we are able to achieve the best.

Everybody has different situation to face in life. Accordingly, there cannot be a solution common to all the problems that the people confront in day to life. But living in peace and harmony is definitely a common desire but for which the very existence of mankind can be endangered. We must, therefore, think twice before taking a decision affecting others. We must not do something which we would not like to be done to us.

Nature exists because of unique balance it is maintaining automatically. The Sun, the Moon, the Earth and for that matter millions of stars and planets are rotating in their fixed circles without disturbing any other planet and that is how they are surviving for millions of years. Nobody knows for certainty as to how this is happening but it happens and that is helping all of us to live in this wonderful world happily and peacefully. Let us all take lesson from this and try to be accommodative and adjust with others. Then alone we can prosper and live a happy life.

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हमर पोथीसभक मुद्रित संस्करण निमन्लिखित वेवलिंकपर क्लिक कए आनलाइन कीनल जा सकैत अछि(Printed versions of my books can be bought online from pothi.com at the following links):

The Lost House (Collection of short stories)

https://pothi.com/pothi/node/195843.

Life is an Art(Motivational essays)

https://pothi.com/pothi/node/196385

विविध प्रसंग(निवंध संग्रह)
https://pothi.com/pothi/node/195633.
प्रसंगवश(निवंध संग्रह)
https://pothi.com/pothi/node/195527.
फसाद(कथा संग्रह)
https://pothi.com/pothi/node/195510.
स्वर्ग एतहि अछि(यात्रा प्रसंग)
https://pothi.com/pothi/node/195487.
भोरसँ साँझ धरि(आत्मकथा)
https://pothi.com/pothi/node/195476.
नमस्तस्यै(मैथिली उपन्यास)
https://pothi.com/pothi/node/195444.

महराज  (मैथिली उपन्यास)

https://pothi.com/pothi/node/195795

लजकोटर (मैथिली उपन्यास)  

 https://pothi.com/pothi/node/196264.

सीमाक ओहि पार (मैथिली उपन्यास)  
https://pothi.com/pothi/node/197004.

समाधान(निवंध संग्रह)

https://pothi.com/pothi/node/197754.

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चीटी चढ़ए पहाड़

चीटी चढ़ए पहाड़

ई संसार अपना-आपमे आश्चर्यसँ भरल अछि । एहन कोनो वस्तु नहि भेटत जाहिमे प्रकृतिक विचित्रताक अनुभूति नहि होइत हो । से जँ नहि होइत तँ चिरै चुनमुन सँ लए कए समस्त जीव पर्यंत जनमिते अपन माएक संगे कोन सटि जाइत? बाघसँ लए कए गाए पर्यंत अपन संतानक रक्षाक हेतु एना व्यग्र नहि रहैत। केहन अजगुत छैक जे  छोट-छोट जीब-जन्तुसभ अपन संतानकेँ एमहर-ओमहर नुकओने फिरैत अछि जे ओकरा शत्रुसँ बचाओल जाए,मनुक्खतँ कथे कोन ?

एतेक तरहक विचित्रतासँ भरल एहि संसारमे किछु तँ छैक जे ई चलि रहल छैक । आखिर  ओ की अछि? ई प्रश्न कहि नहि कहिआसँ समस्त मानवक मोनकेँ खोचारि रहल अछि। हमरासभ तँ नित्यप्रतिक जीवनमे तेनाकए लागल रहैत छी जे बुझाइते नहि अछि जे कोना भोर भेलैक आ कखन साँझ भए गेल । मुदा से सभ प्रकृतिक व्यवस्थाक अनुकूल स्वतः स्वभाविक रूपेँ होइत रहैत अछि आ से तेहन नियमसँ होइत अछि जे कहिओ कखनो एकहु सेकेंड हेतु सूर्य भगवानकेँ विलंव होइत किओ नहि देखलक,नहि सुनलक । सोचिऔ जे जँ से होइतैक तँ एहि शृष्टिमे प्रलय नहि भए जाइत? तारा, ग्रह सभ एकटा व्यवस्थाक अनुकूल निरंतर चलैत रहैत अछि। जाहि कारणसँ कखनो टकरावक परिस्थिति नहि अबैत अछि । एकटा हमसभ छी जे अनेरे एक दोसरसँ टकराइत रहैत छी । किएक? घमंड कही,अज्ञानताकही ,जे कही । मुदा अछि ई दुखद। हमरा लोकनि निरंतर व्यर्थक चिंतामे पड़ल रहैत छी,कै बेर दुखित भए जाइत छी ,राति-राति भरि जागल रहैत छी जे पता नहि आब की होएत? जे हेबाक छैक से हेतैक आ से भए कए रहत चाहे हम ओकरा पसिंद करी वा नहि करी । नियतिकेँ स्वीकार कए एवम् इश्वरमे आस्था रखलासँ जीवनमे बहुत तरहक परेसानीसँ बचल जा सकैत अछि । जे वस्तु हमर पसिंदक भेल से नीक आ जे से नहि भेल तँ आओर नीक कारण ओकरा इश्वरक इच्छा बूझि स्वीकार कए लेलासँ बहुत रास मानसिक तनावसँ हमसभ बँचि सकैत छी । छैक कि नहि ई सत्य बात?

आइ काल्हि लोक तरह-तरहक मानसिक परेसानीसँ गुजरि रहल छथि । बात-बातमे भाइ- भाइमे गोली चलि जाइत अछि । कनीमनी संपत्तिक बटबारामे  कोट-कचहरी धरि बात पहुँचि जाइत अछि । गाम-गाम गोलैसी होबए लगैत अछि । एना किएक होइत अछि? एही लेल जे हमसभ  जथापातकेँ  सर्वस्व बूझि रहल छी। नीक विचार ककरो सोहाइत नहि छैक । सब चहैत अछि जे ओ गामक सबसँ पैघ धनीक भए जाए ,चाहे जेना होइ । ककरो ई सोचबाक पलखति नहि छैक जे आखिर अन्यायपूर्वक उपार्जित संपत्तिसँ हम सुखी रहिओ सकब कि नहि ?

जीवनमे अध्यात्मिकताक अभावसँ लोक कोनो तरहसँ धन बटोरएमे लागल रहैत छथि । एहि लोभक कारण नीक -बेजाए किछुक ज्ञान हुनकासभकेँ नहि रहि जाइत अछि । सबाल अछि जे एतेक धन जमा कइओ कए जखन शांति नहि भेटैत अछि तखन की करी? धनक महत्व छैक ,मुदा एतेक नहि जे कोनो कर्म कए ओकरा पाछा पड़ल रही । एहन लोक अनेको प्रकारक कुक्रम करैत छथि आ अन्ततोगत्वा स्वतः निर्मित ससरफानीमे फँसि नष्ट भए जाइत छथि ।

कोनो जीव -जन्तुमे सोचबाक विचारबाक क्षमता नहि अछि । मनुक्खमे ओ शक्ति अछि जे ओ  बीताल वा आगा होबएबला घटनाक बारेमे सोचि विचारि सकैत अछि ।  नीक-अधलाहक विभेद कए सकैत अछि । दूर्भाग्यक बात थिक जे जाहि विचार शक्तिक उपयोग मानव कल्याण हेतु भए सकैत छल सएह शक्ति विध्वंशकारी भए गेल अछि । एक सँ एक घातक हथिआर बना कए राखल गेल अछि  ।  एटम बम बनि कए तैयार अछि । एकसँ एक मिसाइल बनि गेल अछि जाहिसँ देखिते-देखिते मानवाताक विध्वंस भए सकैत अछि। मुदा लोक आँखि मुनि कए चलल जा रहल अछि । सत्य कही तँ आइ मानवता हाकरोस कए रहल अछि आ समस्त मानव समाज बेबस भए गेल अछि,साइत इएह नियति होइक ।

किओ कतबो पैघ होअए वा कतबो छोट,प्रकृतिक नियमसभपर समान रूपसँ बिना कोनो अपवादकेँ लागू होइत अछि । जे जनमल अछि से मरत । ई अकाट्य नियम थिक । एक सँ एक धनिक लोक समय अएलापर एहि दुनियाँसँ सभ किछु एतहि छोड़ि कए चलि जाइत छथि । सबाल अछि जे ई बात बुझितहुँ हमसभ एतेक बेचैन किएक रहैत छी,दिसरक हक किएक मारि देबए चाहैत छी ? उत्तर सभकेँ बूझल छैक। ई कोनो नव समस्या नहि अछि मुदा मनुक्खक स्वार्थ ओकरा तेना कए आन्हर केने रहैत अछि जे ओ आगू-पाछू किछु सोचि नहि पबैत अछि । एहन नहि हेतैक जे जखन प्रलय हेतेक तँ ओ अनकेधरि सीमित रहत । कहक मतलब जे अनिष्टक संग्रह जँ हमसभ करैत रहब तँ ओकर झटका हमरो भोगहि पड़त । जखन एटम बम फुटतैक तँ ओ थोरे चिन्हा परिचय कए लोकक संघार करत । 

अस्तु,शुभ भावनाक संग जीवनमे आगा चलैत रहलासँ लक्ष्य प्राप्ति सुगम होइत अछि संगे जीवनमे स्मृद्धिक संग शांति सेहो भेटैत अछि । अपन उर्जाकेँ सकारात्मक रुखि दैत रहलासँ  मनुक्ख  एक सँ एक आश्चर्यजनक उपलव्धि प्राप्त करैत अछि आ संसारमे अमर भए जाइत अछि। जरूरी एहिबातक अछि जे हम अपन दृष्टिकोणकेँ व्यापक करी आ जहिना अपना हेतु नीक सोचैत छी तहिना अनको लेल सोचिऐक । एहीमे कल्याण अछि,अपनो आ अनको ।

मनुक्ख जखन इश्वरसँ जुड़ि जाइत अछि तँ ओकरामे असीम शक्तिक शृजन होइत अछि । ओकर आत्मशक्तिमे चमत्कारिक विकास होइत अछि आ ओ कखनो अपनाकेँ असगर नहि पबैत अछि । ओना सच पूछी तँ मनुक्खक बेसी कष्ट ओकर स्वनिर्मित होइत अछि । कोनो काल,केहनो संकटमे जँ हमरा मोनमे  ई भाव रहए जे ओ हमरा संगे छथि तँ हमसभ साहसपूर्वक संकटकेँ पार कए विजयश्री हासिल कए सकैत छी । “राम नाम के कृपा से सिंधु तरय पाषाड़ " ई एकदम सत्य अछि । सच पूछी तँ जीवनक समस्त  दुखक एकमात्र  समाधान इश्वरमे विश्वास अछि ।

Are you sad?

Are you sad?

We keep working throughout to gain happiness. Despite our best efforts, that does not always happen. Even if we succeed in achieving our targets, it cannot provide lasting happiness. We need more than what we have already achieved as we notice that some persons have already achieved much more.We are sometimes confronted with adverse situations. We   keep trying for the best things to happen but the result may be exactly opposite. Naturally, such situations drive us to despondency. We feel lost. Sometimes, we fail to gauge the seriousness of problems confronting us. These miscalculations result in failures. We don’t achieve as per our expectations. We feel sad   in such moments.  But giving undue importance to such happenings of life does not help in any way.

 What to do in that situation? We should stop hankering for more and more. We have to find ways and means to remain satisfied with our achievements. Birds, animals. trees and for that matter the entire nature never complains to anybody, never asks for anything from anybody and remain self-satisfied. We must learn from these wonderful creations of God.

Life gives us adequate opportunities. But we attach undue importance to certain developments which, in fact, becomes a liability for our happy living. There are moments of crisis in everybody`s life. It needs to be handled properly. It needs to be faced boldly. Many people die daily but we are worried only when someone close to us dies. So, it is not death as such but the death of a particular person which troubles us.

. We should, therefore, accept the realities of life and take appropriate and timely decisions. Merely postponing decisions only complicates things Right decision at the right moment makes lot of difference. Lord Krishna helped Arjun to take the right decisions at the crucial moments in the Mahabharat battle and Arjun won the battle. So, let us decide with due alacrity and without ambiguity. If a situation is unavoidable, let us accept it gracefully. If we learn to act promptly, we can feel lesser burdened and may have sound sleep in the night.

We often get bored by doing same things again and again. . It is desirable that we do not get lost in daily routine. That will make our life more interesting. It is why the employers give weekly off or holiday. Purpose of such occasions is to engage ourselves in new pursuits., to develop new interests and spend time different from the daily routine. This enables us to refresh and to regain energy

One of the essential requirements to keep happiness is to forget and forgive. We can not expect everybody to act as per our likings. Sometimes someone may heart me. Sometimes, I may incur loss due to negligence of others. Some staff in the office may not be cooperative and may not be performing well. If we keep on correcting everybody, we can land ourselves in big trouble. A lot of our mental energy would get spoilt in monitoring such things. We should forgive such persons and pray to God for bringing peace and prosperity to all. It will definitely help us to live in peace and harmony with others.

Life is not a business and man is not a money minting machine. There are people who always keep calculating in terms of loss and profit which they would make out of everything they are doing but that does not give solace. Ultimately, they land up in great disappointments. The journey of life does not end at money minting machines. Many wealthy persons ultimately leave their assets here itself and leave this world alone. We must understand this. We must have wealth enough to meet our daily requirements so that we are not required to ask her others for that. Beyond that, wealth has meaning only if it is utilized in the welfare of human being. That alone can give mental peace.

Sometimes change of job makes lot of difference with our attitude. We often get tired doing same thing again and again. We have little choice in doing things of our choice at our workplace because we are dutybound to follow the instructions of our boss and to give output as per set guidelines but this can not be the things when we are out of workplace. We can set our own agenda and follow our own choice in our private matters. In that situation, we should give due importance to live a happy life and should set aside things which adds to mental tension.

When we feel sad and lost in the events of life which are mostly stories of the days lost, it is better to get engaged in something different. We may talk to our friends who might have now settled in a distant town or may start listening an old music which we had liked in our prime of youth or may go to see a movie. Because keeping engaged in thinking over the situations beyond our control does not help in anyway. We must make best of the time left with us. What is lost is lost. Let us switch to old music and see cinemas of our choice whenever we feel lonely and lost in things beyond our reach. Life can be music provided we develop positive thinking and accept things as it unfolds. Let us take it easy and enjoy!

We feel quite strong the moment we feel connected to almighty. Our sense of loneliness is derived mainly from lack of faith in God. It is not important whether we worship Him in one form or the other but we must keep contact with him. That alone can give us strength to remain calm in the midst of difficulties of life and bring about ultimate happiness.

About faith in God!

About faith in God!

Our sensory organs cannot register many things which otherwise exist because of their own limitations. We cannot, therefore, say for guarantee that the world is confined to what we actually see or feel. Possibility of   many things existing beyond it cannot be ruled out. What is that the Sun is so powerful that even millions of electric bulbs put together can not do. Where does so much energy come from? There are several such Suns existing in our galaxies and then that is not the end of the story. There are many galaxies with their own set of hidden mysteries. How so many planets, stars and galaxies are existing in this universe? Perhaps we know little about it. Scientists have been working upon all this. Nevertheless, our knowledge is insufficient to explain mysteries behind the universe.  

We often hear people talking about the existence of God. It is more relevant to talk about our own existence. We live in this world at the best for hundred year or so. In fact, many people die much earlier. The life of a man is a very small fraction when compared with that of the universe. Even the science   confirms that this earth and other planets have been in existence since billions of years. 

The question is: ‘Does our existence begin with birth and end with death. In so far as our physical existence is concerned, the answer is yes. If that is so, how are we going to explain the futility of comparing our life span with that of the universe. In fact, nobody knows for certainty as to when and how they came into existence. On the other hand, we live in this world for a very limited period and then also we keep challenging the might of nature. It is simply incomparable. We come to this world for a limited period and then leave it without any exception. In between, we should try and find out the reason behind our own existence. It is the result of our own past deeds which results in our birth and rebirth.

There are situations in our life which cannot be answered by application of mind alone. We cannot easily understand why someone becomes a great scholar whereas some people cannot even pass matriculation despite best efforts. Some people are good singers, some are good speakers like that. This can be easily understood by simple logic that nature has its own peculiarities which cannot be explained mathematically. Everybody grows according to his nature. We should not try to interfere in that and should never try to superimpose ourselves upon others. It is manifestation of God in different shapes. Unfortunately, we get fixed with our own notions and try to negate the views of others. That results in conflict with which the whole world is suffering.

These days many persons are suffering from mental problems like insomnia, depression, etc. The number of suicides is increasing day by day. Even school going students are killing their classmates over small things. Why is this happening? And do we need to control them or not? If we want to control such happenings, what is the remedy? One thing is clear that material prosperity does not necessarily lead to happiness in life. Despite so much wealth and scientific advancement, we do not have mental peace. At a time, when the whole world is looking at us for spiritual guidance, it is unfortunate that many of us are allured by and attracted towards materialistic approach to life. 

Why should one worry about the existence of God? Are we able to understand everything that we see in our day to day life? The answer is big NO. Why? Because if we are not a student of Physics we cannot understand the flow of electricity through a wire but everybody irrespective of his knowledge of the subject, does feel the impact of electricity in his day to day life. If we switch on, the fan starts working, the T.V. starts giving breaking news. Only a student of Chemistry can understand that water is a compound comprising of oxygen and Hydrogen combined together in definite proportion. But this knowledge is not required for drinking water. Anybody who is thirsty can take water and feel satisfied, he may or may not have the knowledge of actual composition of water. Similarly impact of God can be felt anywhere and everywhere without perhaps going into its details.

God does not need our support to prove His strength. It is felt everywhere automatically. We often try to define God asper our convenience and requirements. We have created different religions and divided humanity into different factions. God never told anybody to do like that. But we did and continue to justify it to achieve certain selfish motive. God is not definable into a particular shape nor can be explained through certain religious practices which we adopt as per our convenience for achieving material aspirations. People have given him different names according to their culture, language etc. It is unfortunate that people are fighting and even killing each other in the name of religion. That could never have been the intention of our forefathers.

Fighting with persons following different religion is the worst thing that can happen to humanity. God never told anybody to call him with a particular name or to read a particular book. We have done it on our own and then expect others to follow blindly. This is nothing but violence.it is unfortunate that people are resorting to violence and often killing persons in the name of God. It only goes to show that we do not have slightest understanding about religion. Let us stop hating people. It is important that we stop differentiating people in the name of religion. In fact, followers of many religious leaders have done too much harm to humanity because they wanted others to accept what they considered to be true. This has resulted in spread of hatred and absence of peace all over the world. We need to introspect.