Rajat Subhra Chatterjee
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Thakur Sri Ramakrishna Dev has this story to share:
One woodcutter was busy cutting tree in a forest. He was tired after cutting one tree. He sat under another tree and was looking at the befelled tree branches. He wondered, if he had a good bed made of such solid wood ! Suddenly, a royal couch appeared in front of him and he enjoyed the bed. As he was hungry, he wished if he had some food. Suddenly, a good quantum of princely food came in front of him. He was elated and enjoyed it. The wood cutter then thought if he had something to drink. Immediately various types of drinks appeared from nowhere in front of him and he enjoyed that too. He felt, his legs and hands were aching and were in pain. He wished if he had some one to do the massaging. A couple of masseurs appeared and he was comforted.
Then the woodcutter thought, what was happening ! Whatever he was thinking and feeling and imagining, all were becoming reality? “What miracle was happening as I am thinking these, sitting under this tree? Is this a Kalpotoru Tree? Let me try to think if I can see a Tiger”. Suddenly a Tiger appeared in front him, he was terrified, and the wood cutter was killed. ? The story ends.
Thakur Sri Ramakrishna explains, this wishful tree, mythologically known as Kalpotoru is nothing but your positive mind ! There is nothing like Kalpotoru Tree. It is our mind set what shapes our destiny.
Power of thought creates miracle through positive thinking. This can change our lives. Positive thoughts offer positive energy. That will manifest in our lives. This manifestation will be bright if our thoughts are positive. And it will bring disaster if we think negatively. Thought is very important. Thought creates heaven out of hell and hell out of heaven.
Let us get introduced to the principles of Thought mechanism.
1st Principle :
Repeated positive thinking :
If we repeatedly think positively, we will become that. That will manifest our lives. If we think that no good will happen, we will become that. Thought should be deliberate, positive, and conscious which can be achieved through Yoga. Various forms of Yoga are in existence. One has to sit erect, in solitude, with closed eyes and repeatedly start thinking positively with any inner soul in mind.
2nd Principle :
Repeated Positive Feeling :
If we have repeated positive feeling, that will be experienced by us. Whatever we feel repeatedly, our mind will perpetually be in that state and we will experience positive things in lives.
3rd Principle :
Repeated Positive Imagination :
If we start positive imagining repeatedly, that will be created. Positive imagination will bring positivity. This is power of imagination. This is in our mind and that will be created.
These are to be bestowed on our lives. It is all about practice. Power of Yoga gives us to handle our thought process consciously. Yoga helps our minds to function consciously. The conscious thoughts of mind is basically – what we see, we hear, it goes into our subconscious. Then these get memorized in our mind. This is known as ‘sense intake’. Principles of Yoga will make us more conscious. It increases capacity of conscious mind. A deeply conscious mind speaks from within. Then whatever will come out will manifest in our lives. If we keep affirming positivity, that will happen. That will give us power from within.
Radiate positivity. Get out of the compulsiveness.
1. We must not dwell in our present situation which may not be conducive. But things will change. Rather, take protection, be positive and plunge into our normal activities. Let us not brood.
2. Think only what our life should be. Our thought creates our lives. Life does not create our thoughts.
3. Let us put energy to positive way. Then positive energy will be attracted by us. Let us start thinking that we have no fear; God is with us. Nothing bad can happen. Maa Sri Saroda has assured : “I am your only mother. Leave everything to me. I will take care of you.”
4. Remember, we are not going to what others believe us to be. Only what we believe about us, that will be the reality. This will manifest in our lives.
5. Our life is 10 % what happens to us. Balance 90% what happens are all our reaction. Now if our reactions are more positive, then our lives will be brighter. As such controlling our reaction is very important.
Ending with yet another story.
There was a beautiful but little temple which was built of marble rock. One day a statue of Lord Krishna made of marble was brought in to the temple and kept on a pedestal. The deity was being worshipped every day ritually and all devotees used to pay their homage to the statue.
One night, when there was none, all around was quite and dark, Lord Krishna suddenly heard lot of whispers. Krishna was all ears. He heard that the steps of the temple, also made of the same marble rock were talking amongst them: ‘we are made of the same rock. While the deity is getting worshipped daily, we are being trampled upon by the devotees as we are the steps of the temple. Is it justice ?’
Lord Krishna told the steps – : ‘ Yes we are very much the same. But brothers, what happened you know- while the sculptures came and started cutting the big rock and trying to chisel the same in to shape, the whole rock got broken into dust. But when they started the same on me, I took blows after blows, got chiseled mercilessly and then the sculptures got me into this shape.’
Morale of the story : Take the blows of life positively then you get fulfillment of life. It is in your hand – to become a divine image or to remain as a step of a temple. Do not demean yourself. You are your best friend. Your destiny will depend, how you handle your thoughts.
Acknowledgement : Discourses by various Swamijis and Matajis.
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