We had a wonderful outing to beautiful farm community-Gokuldham
situated near Belgaon. Spreading around 500 acres, it’s lauded for beautiful
hills, refreshing water-bodies, grazing cattle and serene atmosphere. What an adventurous
experience it was! 2 hours of walking
and trekking brought us to a waterfall, very beautiful and highest of that
place, from small peak the water was falling in a valley. We decided to trek
down and go in the valley to get the refreshing showers of that waterfall.
Lord to simplify the philosophy gives examples from the
nature, in the revered scripture of Bhagavad Gita. To quote few examples from it, Lord Gives
example of the petals of lotus are unaffected by water to illustrate a point
that, how a yogi performing work without getting into any personal attachment
is unaffected by sinful reaction. Lord gives example of the tortoise, how a tortoise
withdraws his limbs in the face of the danger similarly a yogi trying to
control his mind should withdraw his senses from the sense objects. This type
of the contemplation, adds to the bliss begotten in seeing beauty of the nature
or that situation. Radhanath Swami says that through everything in this world
God wants to teach us a lesson, if we have our eyes open then we can learn from
each situation. That's how we see in his book too we see. He took lesson of
patience from the mongoose; he took lesson of being deeper in life by seeing
hock catching a fish swimming superficially in waters etc.
People go to nature with different motives. We find, some destroy the beauty of places, scribbling
on suitable places names of their sweethearts or become intoxicated and go mad.
Some click photos to boast to the world of their adventures & to earn
"likes" on FB, to receive satisfaction in adoration ,offered for this.
Seekers of truth try to reflect on the varieties of the nature and pray for
meaningful insights to imbibe in life. For the monk who is partially cut off
from the varieties of this world it becomes all the more important to grow
internally with maturity, understanding and realization about the external
world with variety he sees outside. Such internal growth offers a friendly tool
in hours of solitude. It’s a great chance to ponder upon eternal truths taught
by the scriptures and try to see the reflection of those truths in the
activities of the outside world. Such meaningful contemplation solidifies one’s
conviction and offers a practical realization of theoretical things studied in
the scriptures. Then whole world
becomes like a laboratory. Off course,
paralysis by analysis needs to be avoided. One need not go in so much analysis mode
that he loses chance to appreciate booty of splendour planted by Lord in his
creation. Like it needs a poetic heart to compose beautiful renditions, it
needs a grateful heart tuned with God to get revelations hidden in nature or
any situation.
Lord to simplify the philosophy gives examples from the
nature, in the revered scripture of Bhagavad Gita. To quote few examples from it, Lord Gives
example of the petals of lotus are unaffected by water to illustrate a point
that, how a yogi performing work without getting into any personal attachment
is unaffected by sinful reaction. Lord gives example of the tortoise, how a tortoise
withdraws his limbs in the face of the danger similarly a yogi trying to
control his mind should withdraw his senses from the sense objects. This type
of the contemplation, adds to the bliss begotten in seeing beauty of the nature
or that situation. Radhanath Swami says that through everything in this world
God wants to teach us a lesson, if we have our eyes open then we can learn from
each situation. That's how we see in his book too we see. He took lesson of
patience from the mongoose; he took lesson of being deeper in life by seeing
hock catching a fish swimming superficially in waters etc.
There were lot of rocks around the waterfall. So
contemplating on these principles I decided to sit peacefully on the rock
meditating on names of the Lord and with a prayer to reveal the message, if
any, I am supposed to learn in such a beautiful setting.
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