The cosmos is the magnificent manifestation of the Divine. When you direct your vision on this vast creation you are filled with awe and wonder. At first sight what we see are inert objects like mountains, hills. We cannot see any sign of
consciousness in these objects.
The seconds category of objects are trees. There is a consciousness in them, but they cannot move from place to place. They are stationary.
The third category are living beings. Besides consciousness, these have the capacity of motion.
Man belongs to the fourth category. He has not only fully developed consciousness, but has another extraordinary, marvellous, quality.
"That is the supreme gift of speech".
Remember! Starting with the inert, we have the conscience, the mobile beings and the human species with the power of speech. If this progression in the creative process is rightly understood we can realize how important is the advent of man.
Please understand the inner meaning of this creation.
One is the (seed) of the universe(cosmos). No seed exists without husk. Because the grain is covered by husk its parts are not visible to us. For the cosmos... nature is the husk.
The seed of divinity is within it (and enveloped by it). We cannot experience the seed of divinity within... as long as it is covered by the husk of Nature. We have to endevour to get at the truth about Nature. We have to seek the truth of every thing in our daily lives. For instance, what for has Nature come into beings?
Nature's role is to help man, the crowning achievement of the evolutionary process, to realize the Divinity immanent in creation.
Mountains help man to build houses by using stone slabs, quarried from them. Trees provide the timber for constructing houses and also firewood for domestic use. Among animate beings, every creature, from an ant to an elephant, is of assistance to man in one way or another.
Cows provide nourishing milk to man. Bullocks are useful for ploughing the fields and helping to grow food crops. All other creatures like birds, fish, sheep and others are serving man in different ways.
Seen in this light it will be clear that all things in creation are helpful to man in leading his life. Even the sun and the moon are serving man.
Thus man is deriving innumerable debts from Nature, and enjoying the amenities provided by Nature in various ways.
But what is the gratitude he is showing to Nature? What gratitude is he offering to the Divine? He is forgetting the Divine who is the provider of everything,
"That is the reason for his becoming a prey to various difficulties and calamities. While he is receiving countless gifts from Providence, he is offering nothing in return to 'NATURE' or 'GOD'.
This shows how unnatural and heartless is the behaviour of man. When we are enjoined to return good for evil, how unbecoming it is to fail even to return good for good?
Man is not learning the great lessons Nature is teaching him.
"The foremost lesson is doing service with no expectation of return".
People ask, "Where is God?" The answer is provided by Nature, by your body, by your breathe. Who is that has created the five elements, the life-breaths, the five sheaths, the five external sense organs and the five internal sense organs.
Which are all ceaselessly carrying on their functions according to their prescribed roles. The seasons in their regular cycle are teaching a good lesson to man.
Therefore Nature is the demonstrable proof for the existence of God. Nature is not any under obligation to any man... It takes no orders from any man, it operates according to the "Will of the Divine".
Do you think life is a result? Life is not a result; It is already there. It is a grace. Nothing is to be done to attain to it...
What have you done to be born?
What have you done so that you can breathe?
What have you done so that you can be conscious?
What have you done so that you can fall in love?
It has happened... It is a sheer grace, a gift.
So please imbibe and ruminate;
"The True Knowledge Consists In Understanding The Inner Meaning Of This Creation...."
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
19 JUNE 2010
Next Topic: "Manusia Terhutang Kepada Alam dan Lupa Tuhan Selaku Pembekal Bagi Segala Kemudahannya"
Friday, June 18, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
MANUSIA MENYALAHGUNAKAN PLANET TEMPAT KEDIAMANNYA SENDIRI
Saudaraku pembaca!
Di mana saja ceruk di planet, di mana saja anda sedang berada, mari renungkan bersama, apa yang telah dilakukan oleh ahli Sains dikatakan terpelajar, di mana jauh lebih rendah daripada seorang petani, nelayan, yang tidak tahu apa-apa tentang bahayanya penyalahgunaan Sains dan Teknologi.
Apa saja ciptaan pengeluaran manusia adalah bersifat sementara, yang tidak kekal, malah penuh kepalsuan, kemudian menjadi tidak berguna.
Dewasa ini ramai ahli Saintis telah melancarkan pelbagai satelit ke angkasa. Lambat laun pasti satelit tersebut akan berhenti berfungsi dan akan gugur jua sudahnya... Tiada siapa yang tahu bila?
Planet yang sedang kita huni dan berkongsi bersama dengan sejuta satu jenis makhluk telah dicipta oleh Tuhan bagi maksud kesejahteraan, kebajikan, kemudahan untuk manusia sejagat dan lain-lain makhluk dan bukan bertujuan untuk dimusnah dan dijahanamkan kerana kerakusan.
Tuhan mencipta alat atau universe ini untuk kesejahteraan dan menikmati segala keindahan yang ada buat sementara waktu.
Semua senjata pemusnah seperti bom atom, peluru berpandu, alat-alat di angkasa raya yang dicipta oleh ahli Saintis semata-mata untuk tujuan kemusnahan dan kehancuran.
Apakah tujuan di sebalik semuanya itu? Semuanya itu adalah kerana 'KEEGOAN'. Sifat keegoan dan keangkuhan yang terbit daripada perasaan itulah 'akar umbi' bagi segala-galanya. Kecenderungan untuk bersaing dan berlumba-lumba itulah puncanya.
Manusia masa kini lebih menumpukan kepada kekuatan fizikal dan mentalnya lebih dari segala-galanya dan menyalahgunakan kekuatan tersebut yang sepatutnya kekuatan tersebut digunakan untuk menguatkan mental dan fizikalnya untuk Tuhan.
Berapa lamakah kekuatan mental dan fizikal tersebut mampu bertahan?
Sedangkan kita semua tahu dengan "sekali bersin saja nyawa di badan boleh meninggalkan tubuh badan itu". Apalah gunanya kita menganggap tubuh badan itu sesuatu yang kekal? Ingat saudaraku pembaca! Janganlah kita berasa sombong dan angkuh akan kecantikan paras rupa, kekuatan kita sewaktu kita muda remaja. Keruntuhan, kemerosotan, kekecutan, usia tua kita sedang menanti kita di hadapan, akhirnya akan melenyapkan segala-galanya.
Dan sesuatu yang tidak kita duga juga boleh berlaku, sedang kita berasa kita tengah kuat dan bertenaga. "Usia tua kita sedang merayap masuk tanpa boleh ditahan oleh apa jua teknologi".
Bila badan atau tubuh mula membongkok, menunduk, kedutan di muka jelas menyerlah, mata mula kabur. Bergelarlah kita 'Si Tua Bangka', menjadi sasaran, sindiran, dan usikan oleh si remaja yang akan menjadi usikan 'Si Monyet Tua'.
Apakah yang akan tinggal lagi selepas itu?
Semuanya tertakluk kepada perubahan dimamah usia, rosak, musnah dan hancur di dunia ini. Sama ada objek fizikal atau setiap individu, semuanya tidak kekal dan abadi... Ingat!.. Tiada apa atau siapa yang kekal dan abadi.
Hanya "ROH YANG SUCI LAGI MENYUCIKAN" saja yang kekal abadi. Kesucian adalah sifat semulajadi kita manusia. Tetapi jika kita manusia cuba mencemari penghidupan kesuciannya sendiri, itu ertinya kita telah menurun dan menjatuhkan "martabat kemanusiaan" kita yang sangat tinggi daripada segala ciptaan di dunia yang sedang kita huni ini.
From Empty Hands,
A.Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
12 JUNE 2010
Next Topic: 1. "True Knowledge Consists In Undersatanding The Inner Meaning Of This Creation"
2. "Manusia Terhutang Kepada Alam dan Lupa Tuhan Selaku Pembekal Bagi Segala Kemudahannya"
Di mana saja ceruk di planet, di mana saja anda sedang berada, mari renungkan bersama, apa yang telah dilakukan oleh ahli Sains dikatakan terpelajar, di mana jauh lebih rendah daripada seorang petani, nelayan, yang tidak tahu apa-apa tentang bahayanya penyalahgunaan Sains dan Teknologi.
Apa saja ciptaan pengeluaran manusia adalah bersifat sementara, yang tidak kekal, malah penuh kepalsuan, kemudian menjadi tidak berguna.
Dewasa ini ramai ahli Saintis telah melancarkan pelbagai satelit ke angkasa. Lambat laun pasti satelit tersebut akan berhenti berfungsi dan akan gugur jua sudahnya... Tiada siapa yang tahu bila?
Planet yang sedang kita huni dan berkongsi bersama dengan sejuta satu jenis makhluk telah dicipta oleh Tuhan bagi maksud kesejahteraan, kebajikan, kemudahan untuk manusia sejagat dan lain-lain makhluk dan bukan bertujuan untuk dimusnah dan dijahanamkan kerana kerakusan.
Tuhan mencipta alat atau universe ini untuk kesejahteraan dan menikmati segala keindahan yang ada buat sementara waktu.
Semua senjata pemusnah seperti bom atom, peluru berpandu, alat-alat di angkasa raya yang dicipta oleh ahli Saintis semata-mata untuk tujuan kemusnahan dan kehancuran.
Apakah tujuan di sebalik semuanya itu? Semuanya itu adalah kerana 'KEEGOAN'. Sifat keegoan dan keangkuhan yang terbit daripada perasaan itulah 'akar umbi' bagi segala-galanya. Kecenderungan untuk bersaing dan berlumba-lumba itulah puncanya.
Manusia masa kini lebih menumpukan kepada kekuatan fizikal dan mentalnya lebih dari segala-galanya dan menyalahgunakan kekuatan tersebut yang sepatutnya kekuatan tersebut digunakan untuk menguatkan mental dan fizikalnya untuk Tuhan.
Berapa lamakah kekuatan mental dan fizikal tersebut mampu bertahan?
Sedangkan kita semua tahu dengan "sekali bersin saja nyawa di badan boleh meninggalkan tubuh badan itu". Apalah gunanya kita menganggap tubuh badan itu sesuatu yang kekal? Ingat saudaraku pembaca! Janganlah kita berasa sombong dan angkuh akan kecantikan paras rupa, kekuatan kita sewaktu kita muda remaja. Keruntuhan, kemerosotan, kekecutan, usia tua kita sedang menanti kita di hadapan, akhirnya akan melenyapkan segala-galanya.
Dan sesuatu yang tidak kita duga juga boleh berlaku, sedang kita berasa kita tengah kuat dan bertenaga. "Usia tua kita sedang merayap masuk tanpa boleh ditahan oleh apa jua teknologi".
Bila badan atau tubuh mula membongkok, menunduk, kedutan di muka jelas menyerlah, mata mula kabur. Bergelarlah kita 'Si Tua Bangka', menjadi sasaran, sindiran, dan usikan oleh si remaja yang akan menjadi usikan 'Si Monyet Tua'.
Apakah yang akan tinggal lagi selepas itu?
Semuanya tertakluk kepada perubahan dimamah usia, rosak, musnah dan hancur di dunia ini. Sama ada objek fizikal atau setiap individu, semuanya tidak kekal dan abadi... Ingat!.. Tiada apa atau siapa yang kekal dan abadi.
Hanya "ROH YANG SUCI LAGI MENYUCIKAN" saja yang kekal abadi. Kesucian adalah sifat semulajadi kita manusia. Tetapi jika kita manusia cuba mencemari penghidupan kesuciannya sendiri, itu ertinya kita telah menurun dan menjatuhkan "martabat kemanusiaan" kita yang sangat tinggi daripada segala ciptaan di dunia yang sedang kita huni ini.
From Empty Hands,
A.Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
12 JUNE 2010
Next Topic: 1. "True Knowledge Consists In Undersatanding The Inner Meaning Of This Creation"
2. "Manusia Terhutang Kepada Alam dan Lupa Tuhan Selaku Pembekal Bagi Segala Kemudahannya"
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
SACRIFICE IS THE HALLMARK OF A DOCTOR
While talking of doctors, take my advise;
"Doctor Do It For The Sake Of God"
I must also say that doctors who fight for the patient's purse or tries to grab a patient before a rival appropriates him is a danger to society. The doctor who despises other doctors or sticks to his own patient, cures irrespective of the experience of failure, who is guided more by his whims, fancies and prejudices or who considers the patient's caste rather than his disease as more important, such men are also dangerous.
Doctors among you have been alloted the duty of going round and discovering persons likely to need your attention must be extra cordial and considerate!.. Don't bark questions at the patients, have patience while listening to their stories as half the cure is effected by kindness, softness and sympathy. There is a saying, very old, as old as a mountain.
"THE DOCTOR IS GOD IN HUMAN FORM."
It is in that spirit and with that reverence that people come to you and receive the drugs you give.
Live up to that estimate of your service! Nowadays, doctors have lost the art of soft, sweet speech; learn to speak with compassion; have in your bag the medicines necessary for the treatment of all types of illnesses.
Do not delay of drift, for want of a drug. Doctors are not aware of the distress they cause by neglect or by short temper; nurses are not aware of the pain they cause by angry words, or even by a gesture of contempt or resentment! Imagine what such a gesture can do for you, if you were in that position - and avoid it. Always try to put yourselves in the position of the other and judge your action against the background. Then you will not be wrong.
Be pure in word and deed and keep impure thoughts away. Give them all the help you can, all the service they need; do not with hold the sweet word, the supporting hand, the assuring smile, the comforting company and the consoling conversation.
If you do not serve man, who is your kith and kin, with the same feelings, impulses and instincts as you, who is before you, alive and gladly accepting with a smile of gratitude, how can you serve 'GOD' who is far above and beyond you, so different and distant, so potent and mysterious? Train yourselves for the sake of 'GOD' by serving man.
Private doctors, among you can serve the poor by treating them without insisting on payment, give the poor, all the attention and care that you lavish on the rich,... paying patients.
Do it for the sake of 'GOD' (sacrifice). Feel that it is the worship you are offering Him:
THE LAWYERS... among you can help those, who for who want of a skilled advocate, have to go undefended or have to suffer at the hands of unscrupulous men. And please remember! Do not publish these acts of sympathy; do them spontaneously without fanfare. That is more precious than demonstrating your service with the help of headlines and photographs. These reduce the worth of the deeds compassion.
You must be uncomfortable, when those around you are unhappy when you ease their discomfort. You are making them happy and making yourself happy, is it not?
Similarly, you must be happy, when those around you are happy. Help others as much as lies in your power, if you cannot give them adequately, at least, fell the agony.
"Alas!!! How much is the suffering they undergo! God, relieve it soon." Pray thus with all your heart.
Today all the fields like education, medicine, music, literature etc; have become business-oriented.
It is your good fortune that you have become doctors. Please remember! Sacrifice is the hallmark of a true doctor. So, doctors should have the spirit of sacrifice. They should be compassionate and considerate towards the poor. They are many poor people who are losing their lives as they cannot afford costly treatment.
Doctors, your love alone can sustain such lives. The more you develop the spirit of sacrifice in you. The greater will be the word's progress.
Hospital are meant to serve the poor and not to earn money. Private doctors, what is the point in earning crores of dollar when one has to ultimately leave the world empty handed? So, spend all your earnings for the welfare of the poor. Do not put them to suffering for your greed of money. Do not extort money from the poor.
Please remember! It is not money that you are wresting, but their lives. Lead a life suffused with love, compassion and sacrifice. Sacrifice alone can lead to spirituality.
"Divine Grace Is Essential For Cure".
Medicines on their own cannot cure diseases: It is Divine Grace That Cures. Only sacrifice can win "God's Grace". Do not satisfied by merely filling your own belly, try to appease the hunger of others too.
Undertake such activities which will benefit the poor. Hospitality does not merely stand for architectural beauty. Beauty has no value if there is no bliss. You can experience bliss only when you give happiness to the poor. The poor are suffering as they cannot afford to buy medicines. Make every effort to give happiness to all.
Please note;
Develop spiritual outlook and treat the patients with love and care and make them happy and healthy:
"Without God's Grace, even the pulse cannot beat. You are under
mistaken nation that mere medicine can cure that diseases."
If that were the case, what happened to all those Kings and rich men who had access to best medical facilities? So, along with medicine, one should have Divine Grace too. Medicine and Divine Grace are like... negative and positive, respectively.
Diseases can be cured only when both these come together. So, along with taking medicines, one should also pray for Divine Grace. Without Divine Grace, human body cannot be sustained.
Human body is most wonderful and mysterious. Do you not know, who is responsible for the pulse beat? Who is making the heart pump blood? All this happens become of Divine Will. Divine Power is responsible for the growth of the body. So, there is no point in merely feeding the body and sustaining it unless it is used to serve the poor.
Sacrifice, Impart health and happiness to the poor, that should be your aim in life (one attains merit by serving others and commits sin by harming them). I bless you all 'doctor' so that you may attain the deservedness to see the happiness of the poor.
The heart is the most important part in the body. If the heart goes strike, the body becomes lifeless. Who has endowed the heart with such capacity?
Is it scientist, the engineer or any man-made machine which makes it perform such a stupendous task? Know that, it is only the Divine Power that is the basis for all this. Man cannot accomplish even a small task without the help of Divine Power.
Today man has lost self-confidence and does not have faith in God. So, first of all, man should foster self-confidence without which life becomes meaningless. Man today is not concerned with the welfare of the world. So, all friends out there;
"Welfare of the whole world should be our motto".
Please contemplate:
A blind person cannot see the travails of others;
Nor can a deaf person be moved by the groans of a man in pain.
The sight of suffering softens the heart;
Stories of distress urge one to rush to the rescue.
But education, as imparted now, renders men indifferent,
Blind and deaf, in fact, to the suffering of others.
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
10 JUNE 2010
Next Topic: 1. "Manusia Menyalahgunakan Planet Tempat Kediamannya Sendiri"
2. "True Knowledge Consists In Understanding The Inner Meaning Of This Creation"
"Doctor Do It For The Sake Of God"
I must also say that doctors who fight for the patient's purse or tries to grab a patient before a rival appropriates him is a danger to society. The doctor who despises other doctors or sticks to his own patient, cures irrespective of the experience of failure, who is guided more by his whims, fancies and prejudices or who considers the patient's caste rather than his disease as more important, such men are also dangerous.
Doctors among you have been alloted the duty of going round and discovering persons likely to need your attention must be extra cordial and considerate!.. Don't bark questions at the patients, have patience while listening to their stories as half the cure is effected by kindness, softness and sympathy. There is a saying, very old, as old as a mountain.
"THE DOCTOR IS GOD IN HUMAN FORM."
It is in that spirit and with that reverence that people come to you and receive the drugs you give.
Live up to that estimate of your service! Nowadays, doctors have lost the art of soft, sweet speech; learn to speak with compassion; have in your bag the medicines necessary for the treatment of all types of illnesses.
Do not delay of drift, for want of a drug. Doctors are not aware of the distress they cause by neglect or by short temper; nurses are not aware of the pain they cause by angry words, or even by a gesture of contempt or resentment! Imagine what such a gesture can do for you, if you were in that position - and avoid it. Always try to put yourselves in the position of the other and judge your action against the background. Then you will not be wrong.
Be pure in word and deed and keep impure thoughts away. Give them all the help you can, all the service they need; do not with hold the sweet word, the supporting hand, the assuring smile, the comforting company and the consoling conversation.
If you do not serve man, who is your kith and kin, with the same feelings, impulses and instincts as you, who is before you, alive and gladly accepting with a smile of gratitude, how can you serve 'GOD' who is far above and beyond you, so different and distant, so potent and mysterious? Train yourselves for the sake of 'GOD' by serving man.
Private doctors, among you can serve the poor by treating them without insisting on payment, give the poor, all the attention and care that you lavish on the rich,... paying patients.
Do it for the sake of 'GOD' (sacrifice). Feel that it is the worship you are offering Him:
THE LAWYERS... among you can help those, who for who want of a skilled advocate, have to go undefended or have to suffer at the hands of unscrupulous men. And please remember! Do not publish these acts of sympathy; do them spontaneously without fanfare. That is more precious than demonstrating your service with the help of headlines and photographs. These reduce the worth of the deeds compassion.
You must be uncomfortable, when those around you are unhappy when you ease their discomfort. You are making them happy and making yourself happy, is it not?
Similarly, you must be happy, when those around you are happy. Help others as much as lies in your power, if you cannot give them adequately, at least, fell the agony.
"Alas!!! How much is the suffering they undergo! God, relieve it soon." Pray thus with all your heart.
Today all the fields like education, medicine, music, literature etc; have become business-oriented.
It is your good fortune that you have become doctors. Please remember! Sacrifice is the hallmark of a true doctor. So, doctors should have the spirit of sacrifice. They should be compassionate and considerate towards the poor. They are many poor people who are losing their lives as they cannot afford costly treatment.
Doctors, your love alone can sustain such lives. The more you develop the spirit of sacrifice in you. The greater will be the word's progress.
Hospital are meant to serve the poor and not to earn money. Private doctors, what is the point in earning crores of dollar when one has to ultimately leave the world empty handed? So, spend all your earnings for the welfare of the poor. Do not put them to suffering for your greed of money. Do not extort money from the poor.
Please remember! It is not money that you are wresting, but their lives. Lead a life suffused with love, compassion and sacrifice. Sacrifice alone can lead to spirituality.
"Divine Grace Is Essential For Cure".
Medicines on their own cannot cure diseases: It is Divine Grace That Cures. Only sacrifice can win "God's Grace". Do not satisfied by merely filling your own belly, try to appease the hunger of others too.
Undertake such activities which will benefit the poor. Hospitality does not merely stand for architectural beauty. Beauty has no value if there is no bliss. You can experience bliss only when you give happiness to the poor. The poor are suffering as they cannot afford to buy medicines. Make every effort to give happiness to all.
Please note;
Develop spiritual outlook and treat the patients with love and care and make them happy and healthy:
"Without God's Grace, even the pulse cannot beat. You are under
mistaken nation that mere medicine can cure that diseases."
If that were the case, what happened to all those Kings and rich men who had access to best medical facilities? So, along with medicine, one should have Divine Grace too. Medicine and Divine Grace are like... negative and positive, respectively.
Diseases can be cured only when both these come together. So, along with taking medicines, one should also pray for Divine Grace. Without Divine Grace, human body cannot be sustained.
Human body is most wonderful and mysterious. Do you not know, who is responsible for the pulse beat? Who is making the heart pump blood? All this happens become of Divine Will. Divine Power is responsible for the growth of the body. So, there is no point in merely feeding the body and sustaining it unless it is used to serve the poor.
Sacrifice, Impart health and happiness to the poor, that should be your aim in life (one attains merit by serving others and commits sin by harming them). I bless you all 'doctor' so that you may attain the deservedness to see the happiness of the poor.
The heart is the most important part in the body. If the heart goes strike, the body becomes lifeless. Who has endowed the heart with such capacity?
Is it scientist, the engineer or any man-made machine which makes it perform such a stupendous task? Know that, it is only the Divine Power that is the basis for all this. Man cannot accomplish even a small task without the help of Divine Power.
Today man has lost self-confidence and does not have faith in God. So, first of all, man should foster self-confidence without which life becomes meaningless. Man today is not concerned with the welfare of the world. So, all friends out there;
"Welfare of the whole world should be our motto".
Please contemplate:
A blind person cannot see the travails of others;
Nor can a deaf person be moved by the groans of a man in pain.
The sight of suffering softens the heart;
Stories of distress urge one to rush to the rescue.
But education, as imparted now, renders men indifferent,
Blind and deaf, in fact, to the suffering of others.
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
10 JUNE 2010
Next Topic: 1. "Manusia Menyalahgunakan Planet Tempat Kediamannya Sendiri"
2. "True Knowledge Consists In Understanding The Inner Meaning Of This Creation"
Saturday, May 22, 2010
BAIT TOK AYAH : "PERIGI DAN LAUTAN" - PENGHIDUPAN ADALAH PENGALIRAN DAN BUKANNYA KEKAKUAN
Hidup adalah "pengembaraan atau penziarahan ke tempat kesucian". Bukan bersifat kekakuan, malah sangat dinamik. Ia sentiasa mengalir ke arah yang tidak diketahuinya. Oleh kerana kita sentiasa hidup dalam ketakutan, maka kita bergantunglah kepada apa yang telah kita ketahui dan tidak membenarkan hidup itu terus mengalir, langsung tidak hendak memberinya kebebasan untuk menjengah dan menjenguk ke alam yang tidak pernah diketahuinya, ke 'LAUTAN YANG MAHA LUAS', agar ia dapat menari-nari dengan ombak dan badai kegeloraan. Hidup ini umpama "sungai-sungai yang sedang mengalir deras". Tetapi kita yang menukarkannya menjadi "sebuah perigi".
Menukarkan sebuah lautan kepada sebuah perigi adalah "kaku dan kematian". Hidup yang kekal sebagai sebuah "sungai atau lautan" adalah "penghidupan yang sentiasa mengalir menyahut cabaran yang sentiasa menanti di hadapan".
Sebuah 'perigi' tidak akan mengalir ke mana-mana, "Seperti Katak Di Bawah Tempurung". Semakin hari ia semakin kering, kotor, berlumpur, berbau busuk. Kerana kekakuan itulah ia menjadi 'perigi buta'. Begitulah corak penghidupan orang-orang yang kaku dan tidak mahu mengalir. Air sungai yang mengalir adalah bersih, suci, boleh dihirup, boleh diminum, penuh keseronokan dan kenikmatan, kerana ada saja sesuatu yang tidak diduga yang menanti kita di hadapan.
Ternanti-nanti, tertunggu-tunggu apakah yang akan datang dan berlaku selepas ini? Ingat! Setiap saat 'hidup' itu akan menerjah dengan sesuatu yang mengejut dan memeranjatkan.
Suatu kejutan yang tidak pernah berakhir, suatu kejutan bagaikan menanti dan menunggu sesuatu. Suatu misteri yang tidak pernah diketahui awal dan akhirnya.
Namun kita mesti tetap menjadi "sungai atau lautan yang terus saja mengalir ke lautan Ketuhanan, tanpa cemas, takut, dan gelisah". Tanpa mengharap dan pergantungan selain 'DIA'. Teruskan pengaliran, jangan biarkan diri itu "beku, kaku, dan berlopak tidak mengalir".
Kekalkan sikap dinamik, segar, remaja, walaupun tubuh itu akan terus tua, namun "semangat dan roh tetap tidak tua". Ia akan cepat tua jikalau kita membenarkannya dan perlu diingat dan diketahui;
"Kematian bukan suatu kesudahan, malah ia suatu permulaan, suatu pintu yang terbuka luas ke langit biru, bebas dari kesengsaraan, terpenjara dan terbelenggu".
From Empty Hands,
A.Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
23 MAY 2010
Next Topic: 1."Sacrifice Is The Hallmark Of A Doctor"
2. "Manusia Menyalahgunakan Planet Tempat Kediamannya Sendiri".
Menukarkan sebuah lautan kepada sebuah perigi adalah "kaku dan kematian". Hidup yang kekal sebagai sebuah "sungai atau lautan" adalah "penghidupan yang sentiasa mengalir menyahut cabaran yang sentiasa menanti di hadapan".
Sebuah 'perigi' tidak akan mengalir ke mana-mana, "Seperti Katak Di Bawah Tempurung". Semakin hari ia semakin kering, kotor, berlumpur, berbau busuk. Kerana kekakuan itulah ia menjadi 'perigi buta'. Begitulah corak penghidupan orang-orang yang kaku dan tidak mahu mengalir. Air sungai yang mengalir adalah bersih, suci, boleh dihirup, boleh diminum, penuh keseronokan dan kenikmatan, kerana ada saja sesuatu yang tidak diduga yang menanti kita di hadapan.
Ternanti-nanti, tertunggu-tunggu apakah yang akan datang dan berlaku selepas ini? Ingat! Setiap saat 'hidup' itu akan menerjah dengan sesuatu yang mengejut dan memeranjatkan.
Suatu kejutan yang tidak pernah berakhir, suatu kejutan bagaikan menanti dan menunggu sesuatu. Suatu misteri yang tidak pernah diketahui awal dan akhirnya.
Namun kita mesti tetap menjadi "sungai atau lautan yang terus saja mengalir ke lautan Ketuhanan, tanpa cemas, takut, dan gelisah". Tanpa mengharap dan pergantungan selain 'DIA'. Teruskan pengaliran, jangan biarkan diri itu "beku, kaku, dan berlopak tidak mengalir".
Kekalkan sikap dinamik, segar, remaja, walaupun tubuh itu akan terus tua, namun "semangat dan roh tetap tidak tua". Ia akan cepat tua jikalau kita membenarkannya dan perlu diingat dan diketahui;
"Kematian bukan suatu kesudahan, malah ia suatu permulaan, suatu pintu yang terbuka luas ke langit biru, bebas dari kesengsaraan, terpenjara dan terbelenggu".
From Empty Hands,
A.Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
23 MAY 2010
Next Topic: 1."Sacrifice Is The Hallmark Of A Doctor"
2. "Manusia Menyalahgunakan Planet Tempat Kediamannya Sendiri".
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
GOOD MOTHERS ARE NATION'S PRIDE
From time immemorial, women of Malaysia by their adherence to ideals have bestowed joy on this land and so occupy an exalted position. Women embody the aspect of Mother Nature and found solutions to problems in life by recognizing this truth.
What is the cause for misery, conflict and suffering in the world today? It is the absence of purity in the hearts of men and women. Please remember!
The behaviour of men and women is responsible for the rise or fall of a nation.
The country would not lack in anything, if there are men and women with pure hearts. But today hearts are completely polluted.
For instance :
Here is a piece of pure white paper. But what is written on one side makes it appear dirty. So too is the case with man's heart. Dirty feelings pollute it... Newspaper of today becomes a waste paper tomorrow. The paper by itself does not have any smell.
The same paper when used to pack roses flowers smells of them: It will smell even of dry fish if it is used to pack them.
When the heart is purified, it shines with compassion. Bad feelings and bad thoughts pollute the heart of man.
Ever since ancient times, women have maintained the hearts pure. Women of such exalted character have set great ideals of women hood.
Today's society is polluted because there is no encouragement for women to cultivate such high ideals. In modern times the ways of life are so perverted that only evil thoughts, evil feelings and evil behaviour rule the roost.
The Organizations of Women have achieved many great things, but men do not recognize their good work. Women are capable of ruling the nations and even the world if they make up their minds. Men should not consider women are mere slaves. Today our country is on the downslide because we take our women very lightly.
There is nothing in this world that women cannot achieve. Recognizing the nature of such women we must encourage them and give than equal opportunities in society. No such encouragement is being given today. Men do not tolerate women joining together for a good cause in an organization. Because of their own selfish interest. Men are unable to recognize the good that women can do to the society.
Generally the women are selfless. Their hearts are full of compassion and love. They take a lot of pains to bring up children on the right path, a task that is almost impossible for men.
"Mother plays a very important role in shaping the character of a child":
The contemporary education is largely responsible for the: "gradual deterioration" of children's behaviour. Nowadays children are being thought all types of wrong terminology.
In earlier days, children used to welcome guests in their homes with humility and reverence. Whereas these qualities are missing nowadays. Today's children aspire for wealth power and friendship but not for character.
What is the use of wealth, power and friendship bereft of character?
Please remember!
Money comes and goes but one must teach them morality and righteousness.
Earlier, children were taught such sacred values.
Today, parents want their children to pursue higher studies and become great, whereas earlier, parents preffered their children to be good rather than becoming great.
You ladies out there... You are the future citizens and future parents of this country. Develop sacred qualities and undertake sacred activities. Only then will your lives become sacred.
Remember! Human life is most precious. The value of woman cannot be estimated or compared. Who attaches value to gold and diamonds? It is because of woman that gold and diamonds have acquired value.
"You men and women are more valuable than all the wealth of the world."
So, do not lose your value by indulging in selfish deeds.
"Fish is better than selfish"
Fish clears the water of its dirts, but the selfish man and woman pollutes the society as he lives in it. My advise, undertake selfless actions. Only then are you fit to be called a human being.
From Empty Hands,
Hj. A. Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
11 MEI 2010
Next Topic : 1. "BAIT TOK AYAH - PERIGI DAN LAUTAN"
2. "Sacrifice Is The Hallmark Of A Doctor"
What is the cause for misery, conflict and suffering in the world today? It is the absence of purity in the hearts of men and women. Please remember!
The behaviour of men and women is responsible for the rise or fall of a nation.
The country would not lack in anything, if there are men and women with pure hearts. But today hearts are completely polluted.
For instance :
Here is a piece of pure white paper. But what is written on one side makes it appear dirty. So too is the case with man's heart. Dirty feelings pollute it... Newspaper of today becomes a waste paper tomorrow. The paper by itself does not have any smell.
The same paper when used to pack roses flowers smells of them: It will smell even of dry fish if it is used to pack them.
When the heart is purified, it shines with compassion. Bad feelings and bad thoughts pollute the heart of man.
Ever since ancient times, women have maintained the hearts pure. Women of such exalted character have set great ideals of women hood.
Today's society is polluted because there is no encouragement for women to cultivate such high ideals. In modern times the ways of life are so perverted that only evil thoughts, evil feelings and evil behaviour rule the roost.
The Organizations of Women have achieved many great things, but men do not recognize their good work. Women are capable of ruling the nations and even the world if they make up their minds. Men should not consider women are mere slaves. Today our country is on the downslide because we take our women very lightly.
There is nothing in this world that women cannot achieve. Recognizing the nature of such women we must encourage them and give than equal opportunities in society. No such encouragement is being given today. Men do not tolerate women joining together for a good cause in an organization. Because of their own selfish interest. Men are unable to recognize the good that women can do to the society.
Generally the women are selfless. Their hearts are full of compassion and love. They take a lot of pains to bring up children on the right path, a task that is almost impossible for men.
"Mother plays a very important role in shaping the character of a child":
The contemporary education is largely responsible for the: "gradual deterioration" of children's behaviour. Nowadays children are being thought all types of wrong terminology.
In earlier days, children used to welcome guests in their homes with humility and reverence. Whereas these qualities are missing nowadays. Today's children aspire for wealth power and friendship but not for character.
What is the use of wealth, power and friendship bereft of character?
Please remember!
Money comes and goes but one must teach them morality and righteousness.
Earlier, children were taught such sacred values.
Today, parents want their children to pursue higher studies and become great, whereas earlier, parents preffered their children to be good rather than becoming great.
You ladies out there... You are the future citizens and future parents of this country. Develop sacred qualities and undertake sacred activities. Only then will your lives become sacred.
Remember! Human life is most precious. The value of woman cannot be estimated or compared. Who attaches value to gold and diamonds? It is because of woman that gold and diamonds have acquired value.
"You men and women are more valuable than all the wealth of the world."
So, do not lose your value by indulging in selfish deeds.
"Fish is better than selfish"
Fish clears the water of its dirts, but the selfish man and woman pollutes the society as he lives in it. My advise, undertake selfless actions. Only then are you fit to be called a human being.
From Empty Hands,
Hj. A. Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
11 MEI 2010
Next Topic : 1. "BAIT TOK AYAH - PERIGI DAN LAUTAN"
2. "Sacrifice Is The Hallmark Of A Doctor"
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
MENCONTOHI KEUNGGULAN IBU BAPA ZAMAN DAHULU
Zaman ini remaja atau pelajar tidak lagi diajar nilai-nilai kebaikan. Malah apabila ia Si anak balik saja dari sekolah atau balik saja ke rumah, Si emak terus saja membuka televisyen (TV), atau Si anaknya sendiri yang membukanya. Si bapa atau Si ibu juga turut serta duduk menonton TV.
Dahulu kala, Si ibu bapa bertanya dan membantu anak-anaknya menyemak mata pelajaran yang diajar di sekolah untuk membuat ulangkaji di rumah.
Zaman ini, Si ibu bapa semuanya bercita-cita agar anak-anaknya dapat belajar sehingga ke menara gading dan mencapai kejayaan untuk keduniaan, seperti berjawatan tinggi, berpangkat, berprestij. Sebab itulah kita lihat kini ramai yang terpelajar, berkelulusan tinggi, tetapi bolehlah kita samakan seperti:
"Kita menyimpan wang di dalam bank, tetapi bila kita hendak mengeluarkan
wang tersebut,... ianya tidak laku?"
Mari sama-sama kita halusi apakah puncanya kacau-bilau yang sedang berlaku di seluruh dunia sekarang ini?
Kerana kita "tidak lagi mendapati ibu bapa yang unggul". Maka kita "tidak akan dapati juga anak-anak yang unggul".
'Pendidikan pertama' dan 'utama' adalah di rumah itu sendiri. Jika isi keluarga di dalam sesebuah rumah itu unggul dan baik, apabila Si anak berada di dalam masyarakat keluarga tersebut, ia akan dapat mempelajari nilai-nilai yang baik di sisi masyarakat.
Selaku penuntut atau remaja yang baik, pasti ia dapat mengecam apa juga ilmu pengetahuan, kebijaksanaan dan nilai-nilai yang baik yang telah dipelajari, juga diajar oleh masyarakat di sekelilingnya.
Justru, masing-masing perlu menyoal dirinya apakah yang telah disumbangkannya kepada masyarakat setelah menerima terlampau banyak faedah yang telah diperolehinya? Ingatan!
Kepada semua pembaca!
Kita semua dahulunya adalah remaja, kemudian dewasa, dan tua. Terlalu banyak faedah, sumbangan, tawaran dan pelbagainya demi masyarakat. Tetapi apakah sumbangan semula kita sebagai balasan terhadap mereka?
Demikian kita manusia memang tidak tahu mengenang budi dan jasa. Sepatutnya kita berterima kasih dan bersyukur kepada mereka yang telah menghulurkan tangan dan sesuatu kepada kita.
Apalah guna berpelajaran tinggi, berkedudukan tinggi, jika kita tidak pernah hendak berterima kasih dan menghormati kepada mereka yang telah menyumbang cukai kepada negara.
Tiada gunanya berpelajaran tinggi, sama ada kita bergelar seorang profesional dalam bidang apa pun, tetapi kita diumpamakan: "Seperti Kacang Lupakan Kulit!"
Kepada semua pembaca, ambil ingatan ini!
Perkara paling utama, belajarlah untuk "menghargai dan menghormati masyarakat"; kerana kita dilahirkan di dalam masyarakat, dibesarkan di dalam masyarakat, dan tetap terus "menjadi sebahagian daripada masyarakat", sehinggalah kita mati.
Ikuti satu contoh sebuah cerita:
Seorang anak muda datang menghadap ibunya, lalu mencium tangan ibunya, sambil berkata: "Izinkan saya untuk pergi berperang". Mula-mula Si ibu berat hati dan enggan membenarkan, kata Si ibu: "Bapa engkau sudah tiada, isteri engkau sedang mengandung, aku tidak tahu apa akan terjadi kepada engkau di medan perang nanti? Maka aku nasihatkan, janganlah engkau pergi!"
Berkata si anak: "Ibuku! Bukan begitu caranya ibu mengajar saya, ibu sepatutnya menggalakkan saya pergi ke medan perang, 'seperti singa yang sedang lapar'. Ibu sepatutnya tidak melemahkan semangat saya."
Dengan kagumnya si ibu pun memberi restu sambil berkata: "Anakku! Benar apa yang engkau katakan, ibu merestuimu, pergilah! Ibu iringi dengan doa semoga engkau menang dalam peperangan tersebut."
Kata ibunya lagi: "Anakku! Semoga engkau dipanjangkan umur, semoga engkau dapat menempah nama yang baik untuk keluarga ini, dan semoga Tuhan sentiasa bersama engkau dan melindungi engkau!"
Memanglah menjadi kewajipan seorang anak untuk menempah nama yang baik untuk keluarga, masyarakat dan negara.
Tetapi zaman moden ini, ibu bapa tidak lagi mengajar perkara-perkara yang baik kepada anak-anaknnya, malah membelikan permainan atau sebagainya apabila menyambut hari kelahirannya.
Tetapi zaman dahulu, Si ibu akan menyambut hari kelahiran anak-anaknya apabila Si anak mencipta nama yang gemilang untuk keluarganya sahaja. Ertinya:
"Si ibu bapa tidak akan merasa gembira kerana semata-mata kelahiran
seorang bayi. Si ibu bapa hanya akan merasa gembira apabila Si anak
mempunyai akhlak yang baik dan pencapaian yang gemilang untuk ibu
bapanya, barulah ibu bapa tersebut berasa sangat bangga dan gembira!"
Demikian 'jurang perbezaan budaya' yang sangat luas yang diamalkan oleh orang-orang dahulu dengan orang-orang sekarang.
Semua orang tahu, bukan sahaja seorang ibu itulah yang melahirkan anak-anaknya, tetapi juga menjaga pertumbuhan dan pembesarannya, sehingga ia menjadi dewasa.
"Di riba ibu kita itulah, persekolahan pertama kita."
Sebab, "ibu itulah perkara pertama dan utama dalam apa jua hal"... Ibu itulah mesti didahulukan, pertama-tama mesti dihormat dan disanjung. Ingat!..
"Si ibu itulah orang pertama yang mencorak dan mewarnai penghidupan
si anak."
Walaupun Si ibu menghukum anaknya kerana apa jua kesilapan dan kesalahan, pastinya ia melakukan dengan sifat-sifat kasih sayang, kerana ingin membawa dan menunjukkan ke jalan yang betul. Ingat!..
"Zaman ini ibu seumpama itulah yang kita perlukan."
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman bin Mahadi
016-6020321
28 APRIL 2010
Next Topic: "Good Mothers Are Nation's Pride"
Dahulu kala, Si ibu bapa bertanya dan membantu anak-anaknya menyemak mata pelajaran yang diajar di sekolah untuk membuat ulangkaji di rumah.
Zaman ini, Si ibu bapa semuanya bercita-cita agar anak-anaknya dapat belajar sehingga ke menara gading dan mencapai kejayaan untuk keduniaan, seperti berjawatan tinggi, berpangkat, berprestij. Sebab itulah kita lihat kini ramai yang terpelajar, berkelulusan tinggi, tetapi bolehlah kita samakan seperti:
"Kita menyimpan wang di dalam bank, tetapi bila kita hendak mengeluarkan
wang tersebut,... ianya tidak laku?"
Mari sama-sama kita halusi apakah puncanya kacau-bilau yang sedang berlaku di seluruh dunia sekarang ini?
Kerana kita "tidak lagi mendapati ibu bapa yang unggul". Maka kita "tidak akan dapati juga anak-anak yang unggul".
'Pendidikan pertama' dan 'utama' adalah di rumah itu sendiri. Jika isi keluarga di dalam sesebuah rumah itu unggul dan baik, apabila Si anak berada di dalam masyarakat keluarga tersebut, ia akan dapat mempelajari nilai-nilai yang baik di sisi masyarakat.
Selaku penuntut atau remaja yang baik, pasti ia dapat mengecam apa juga ilmu pengetahuan, kebijaksanaan dan nilai-nilai yang baik yang telah dipelajari, juga diajar oleh masyarakat di sekelilingnya.
Justru, masing-masing perlu menyoal dirinya apakah yang telah disumbangkannya kepada masyarakat setelah menerima terlampau banyak faedah yang telah diperolehinya? Ingatan!
Kepada semua pembaca!
Kita semua dahulunya adalah remaja, kemudian dewasa, dan tua. Terlalu banyak faedah, sumbangan, tawaran dan pelbagainya demi masyarakat. Tetapi apakah sumbangan semula kita sebagai balasan terhadap mereka?
Demikian kita manusia memang tidak tahu mengenang budi dan jasa. Sepatutnya kita berterima kasih dan bersyukur kepada mereka yang telah menghulurkan tangan dan sesuatu kepada kita.
Apalah guna berpelajaran tinggi, berkedudukan tinggi, jika kita tidak pernah hendak berterima kasih dan menghormati kepada mereka yang telah menyumbang cukai kepada negara.
Tiada gunanya berpelajaran tinggi, sama ada kita bergelar seorang profesional dalam bidang apa pun, tetapi kita diumpamakan: "Seperti Kacang Lupakan Kulit!"
Kepada semua pembaca, ambil ingatan ini!
Perkara paling utama, belajarlah untuk "menghargai dan menghormati masyarakat"; kerana kita dilahirkan di dalam masyarakat, dibesarkan di dalam masyarakat, dan tetap terus "menjadi sebahagian daripada masyarakat", sehinggalah kita mati.
Ikuti satu contoh sebuah cerita:
Seorang anak muda datang menghadap ibunya, lalu mencium tangan ibunya, sambil berkata: "Izinkan saya untuk pergi berperang". Mula-mula Si ibu berat hati dan enggan membenarkan, kata Si ibu: "Bapa engkau sudah tiada, isteri engkau sedang mengandung, aku tidak tahu apa akan terjadi kepada engkau di medan perang nanti? Maka aku nasihatkan, janganlah engkau pergi!"
Berkata si anak: "Ibuku! Bukan begitu caranya ibu mengajar saya, ibu sepatutnya menggalakkan saya pergi ke medan perang, 'seperti singa yang sedang lapar'. Ibu sepatutnya tidak melemahkan semangat saya."
Dengan kagumnya si ibu pun memberi restu sambil berkata: "Anakku! Benar apa yang engkau katakan, ibu merestuimu, pergilah! Ibu iringi dengan doa semoga engkau menang dalam peperangan tersebut."
Kata ibunya lagi: "Anakku! Semoga engkau dipanjangkan umur, semoga engkau dapat menempah nama yang baik untuk keluarga ini, dan semoga Tuhan sentiasa bersama engkau dan melindungi engkau!"
Memanglah menjadi kewajipan seorang anak untuk menempah nama yang baik untuk keluarga, masyarakat dan negara.
Tetapi zaman moden ini, ibu bapa tidak lagi mengajar perkara-perkara yang baik kepada anak-anaknnya, malah membelikan permainan atau sebagainya apabila menyambut hari kelahirannya.
Tetapi zaman dahulu, Si ibu akan menyambut hari kelahiran anak-anaknya apabila Si anak mencipta nama yang gemilang untuk keluarganya sahaja. Ertinya:
"Si ibu bapa tidak akan merasa gembira kerana semata-mata kelahiran
seorang bayi. Si ibu bapa hanya akan merasa gembira apabila Si anak
mempunyai akhlak yang baik dan pencapaian yang gemilang untuk ibu
bapanya, barulah ibu bapa tersebut berasa sangat bangga dan gembira!"
Demikian 'jurang perbezaan budaya' yang sangat luas yang diamalkan oleh orang-orang dahulu dengan orang-orang sekarang.
Semua orang tahu, bukan sahaja seorang ibu itulah yang melahirkan anak-anaknya, tetapi juga menjaga pertumbuhan dan pembesarannya, sehingga ia menjadi dewasa.
"Di riba ibu kita itulah, persekolahan pertama kita."
Sebab, "ibu itulah perkara pertama dan utama dalam apa jua hal"... Ibu itulah mesti didahulukan, pertama-tama mesti dihormat dan disanjung. Ingat!..
"Si ibu itulah orang pertama yang mencorak dan mewarnai penghidupan
si anak."
Walaupun Si ibu menghukum anaknya kerana apa jua kesilapan dan kesalahan, pastinya ia melakukan dengan sifat-sifat kasih sayang, kerana ingin membawa dan menunjukkan ke jalan yang betul. Ingat!..
"Zaman ini ibu seumpama itulah yang kita perlukan."
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman bin Mahadi
016-6020321
28 APRIL 2010
Next Topic: "Good Mothers Are Nation's Pride"
Monday, April 26, 2010
UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE OF UNITY IN DIVERSITY
Man's mind is the cause of his pleasure and pain. (Mind is responsible for both bondage and liberation of man). When you insert the key into a lock and turn it to the left, the lock gets closed. When you turn it to the right, it opens. It is the same lock and the same key, but the side to which you turn the key matters.
Likewise the heart, the heart may be compared to a lock and the mind to the key. When the mind is turned towards the world, you are attached to the world and when it is turn 'Godward', you get detached and attain liberation. Today man is bound because his mind is turned towards the world.
Please remember! Out of all the living beings, the human birth is the rarest. Man is wasting such a divine and auspicious life. Human body is a gift of God, which has to be utilized to realize One's Self.
The body is an instrument for self-realization.
Just as ears, nose, hands, etc., are the limbs of the body, likewise the body
is the limb of society, society is the limb of the nature.
Please remember! "Body cannot exist if the limbs are separated from it". Likewise the country cannot exist if there is no unity among its 'limbs'.
Our grand-grand father considered their country as their 'VERY HOME'.
They would proudly proclaim that they belonged to their country (Malaysia). Unfortunately, such patriotic feeling is lacking today. People identify themselves with their respective states, saying, "I belong to Tamil Nadu, I belong to Singapore, etc."
By thinking in this sectarian way,...the spirit of unity is lost.
When a limb is cut off from the body, it leads to severe pain and loss of blood. The country also suffers the same fate if the various regions are separated from it. Please bear in mind. We are all Malaysian.
"Develop the feeling of nationality."
You belong to human race. So, develop human values. Today the world is fragmented as man has forgotten human values. Unity of the world can therefore be strengthened by developing human values.
You are a true human being whose thoughts, words and deeds are perfect harmony. Your life will be wrecked if your thoughts, words and deeds are in disharmony. Develop the spirit of oneness. All are one, be alike to everyone.
Different bulbs have different wattages and colours, but the current that flows through them is one and the same.
Jewels are many, but gold is ONE,
Cows are many, but milk is ONE 'colour'.
Beings are many, but BREATH is ONE.
Please take note. You are the embodiment of truth and love. So you should not hate or harm anybody. Hurting others amounts to hurting your own self.
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
27 APRIL 2010
Next Topic: 1. "Mencontohi Keunggulan Ibu Bapa Zaman Dahulu".
2. "Good Mothers Are Nation's Pride".
Likewise the heart, the heart may be compared to a lock and the mind to the key. When the mind is turned towards the world, you are attached to the world and when it is turn 'Godward', you get detached and attain liberation. Today man is bound because his mind is turned towards the world.
Please remember! Out of all the living beings, the human birth is the rarest. Man is wasting such a divine and auspicious life. Human body is a gift of God, which has to be utilized to realize One's Self.
The body is an instrument for self-realization.
Just as ears, nose, hands, etc., are the limbs of the body, likewise the body
is the limb of society, society is the limb of the nature.
Please remember! "Body cannot exist if the limbs are separated from it". Likewise the country cannot exist if there is no unity among its 'limbs'.
Our grand-grand father considered their country as their 'VERY HOME'.
They would proudly proclaim that they belonged to their country (Malaysia). Unfortunately, such patriotic feeling is lacking today. People identify themselves with their respective states, saying, "I belong to Tamil Nadu, I belong to Singapore, etc."
By thinking in this sectarian way,...the spirit of unity is lost.
When a limb is cut off from the body, it leads to severe pain and loss of blood. The country also suffers the same fate if the various regions are separated from it. Please bear in mind. We are all Malaysian.
"Develop the feeling of nationality."
You belong to human race. So, develop human values. Today the world is fragmented as man has forgotten human values. Unity of the world can therefore be strengthened by developing human values.
You are a true human being whose thoughts, words and deeds are perfect harmony. Your life will be wrecked if your thoughts, words and deeds are in disharmony. Develop the spirit of oneness. All are one, be alike to everyone.
Different bulbs have different wattages and colours, but the current that flows through them is one and the same.
Jewels are many, but gold is ONE,
Cows are many, but milk is ONE 'colour'.
Beings are many, but BREATH is ONE.
Please take note. You are the embodiment of truth and love. So you should not hate or harm anybody. Hurting others amounts to hurting your own self.
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
27 APRIL 2010
Next Topic: 1. "Mencontohi Keunggulan Ibu Bapa Zaman Dahulu".
2. "Good Mothers Are Nation's Pride".
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