Grow A Protective Hedge Around The Sapling
Many situations in life upset us, and we wonder how we can remain ethical in the face of ese daily challenges. Each moment we e confronted with choice between gut and wrong. Whenever there are her people involved, there are bound be situations where we disagree with hat they are doing. Everyone is trying live out his own life, and sometimes ere are clashes between what others ant and what we want. Some people may be violent; some hers may be untruthful. We encounter one who are greedy and selfish, and hers who may try to take advantage of As we navigate life, we engage with sorts of people. How can one walk spiritual path and retain our ritual values and principles? There many pitfalls along the way. But would lead him to Self-knowledge and God-realisation. As a seeker, you are trying to perfect an ethical way of living, striving to be non-violent, truthful, pure, humble and selfless. However, it is indeed difficult to remain non-violent in the face of violence. It is difficult to remain humble in the face of ego. It is not easy to remain truthful in the face of untruth, selfless in the face of selfishness and to remain pure in the face of impurity. We want to meditate, but there are numerous interruptions and distractions to keep us from meditating. The challenge is to resist those and stay on the path. We need to be like a tree that can grow strong in the soil despite the elements around it. When a young tree stakes are planted around it to keep it safe from foraging animals or winds that can knock it down. Similarly we need a small fence around ourselves so that our budding spiritual growth can flourish. Besides meditation and ethical living, sat sang could offer a protective hedge that helps the tree of spirituality to grow. When new to spiritual teachings, it is easy to become diverted by the many temptations that bombard us. Satang provides a protective hedge to remind us to meditate. It directs our focus to leading an ethical life and gives us a chance to cleanse and purify ourselves through selfless service. Within that fence, we need to be nourished by the nutrients of meditation and ethical living. We so no external elements deter us from growing spiritually. Thus, wecaremain safe from falling prey to negaticharacteristics. If people try to knot’s down from being non-violent, truthful, pure, humble and selfless, entry to distract us from our meditation we will find the strength to remain fir We should continue to be good and compassionate and follow ethical values despite what happens to us. Atsatsang, we can find answers AR deepen our understanding of spirituateachings. By keeping the company on people who want to meditate and find God, we are strengthened. Our grow tree receives nourishment from the energy and blessings of gurus and saints. This charging helps to speed up our progress on the spiritual path we can attain our goal of soul's union with God.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Sant Rajinder Singh views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Sant Rejoinder Singh and Speaking Tree and Times of India