To become a mother is one of the greatest responsibilities in the world. Men or a father are a little freer in their way because they cannot take the responsibility of becoming a mother. Women have more responsibility.
So many women want to be mothers but they don't know how to be...remember!
"Once the relationship between the mother and the child goes wrong, the child's whole life goes wrong... because that is his "first CONTACT" with the world, his first relationship, everything else will be in continuity with it. And if the first step goes wrong, the whole life goes wrong... Please imbibe and be serious about it."
One should become a mother knowingly. You are taking on one of the greatest responsibilities that human being can take.
Men are a little freer in that way because they cannot take the responsibility of becoming a mother. Women have more responsibility... So;
"Become a mother, but don't take it for
granted that just being a woman one is necessarily a
mother,..that is wrong and fallacy." Remember!
"Motherhood is a great art, you have
to learn it. So start learning about it... Now!"
A few things I would like to say to you as mother and father... being a parents...
First never treat the child as yours;
Never possess the child... The child comes through you, but it is not yours. God has only used you as a vehicle... 'POSSESSION'. Remember!
"LOVE, but never possess the child".
If the mother , the father starts possessing the child, then the life is destroyed. The child starts becoming a prisoner. You are destroying his personality and you are reducing him to a thing or a commodity.
Only a thing can be possessed... that is without life;
"A house can be possessed... a car,
a shoes ect."
Remember! Never a person. So, this is a first lesson.
Get ready for it:
Before a child comes you should be able to greet him as an independent being, as a person in his own right, not just your child.
And the second thing:
Treat the child as you would treat a...
'GROWN-UP' person.
Never treat a child like a child. Treat a child with deep respect. God has chosen you to be a 'HOST'. The child is very fragile... helpless. Remember!
It is very difficult to respect the child, but it is very easy to humiliate the child. Humiliation comes very easy because the child is helpless and cannot do anything... Cannot retaliate cannot react. So, treat the child as a grown-up and with great respect. Once you respect the child, you don't try to impose anything your ideas on him. You don't try to impose anything on the child. You simply give him a freedom... freedom to explore the world. You help him to become more and more powerful in exploring the world but you never give him directions. Remember!
"You are giving him energy, you give
him protection, you give him security.. All that he needs,
but you help him to go farther away from you to explore
the world."
And of course in freedom the wrong is also included. It is very difficult for a mother to learn that when you give freedom to a child it is not freedom only to do good. So make the child... 'alert'... intelligent.
Never give him any commandments... nobody keeps them, and people become hypocrites. So, if you really love the child, then one thing has to be remembered:
"Never , never help him in any way,
or forcing him in any way to become a hypocrite."
And the third thing:
Be natural... listen to nature. Whatsoever is natural is good... If your mind is good, nothing wrong with this world. Even if sometimes it is very difficult for you, very uncomfortable for you... because you have not been brought up according to nature. We now being a parents. Our parents were not bringing up with real art, 'LOVE'... It was just an accidental thing. Don't repeat the same mistakes. Many times you will feel very uneasy...
Never interfere with the child, let nature take its own course. You are there to facilitate whatsoever nature is unfolding... Remember!
"You are not to direct nature...
be natural, you are just to be as a help."
So, this three things... Start meditating. Before the child is born, you should go as deeply as possible. When the child is within your womb, whatsoever you are doing continuously goes as a vibration to the child...Example:
If you are angry, your stomach has a tension of anger. The child immediately feels it. When you are sad, your stomach has an atmosphere of sadness. Immediately the child feels dull... depressed. The child totally depends on you. Whatsoever is your mood is the mood of the child.
That's why I say that to be a mother is a great responsibility... The mother have to sacrifice much.
If from the very beginning anger, hatred, conflict, enters into the child's mind.., then you are causing hell for him, he will suffer...
"Then it is better not to bring a child
into the world. Why bring a child into suffering?"
The world is tremendous suffering. In the first place bringing a child into this world is a very risky affair. But even if you want that.., at least bring a child who will be totally different in this world. Who will not be miserable, who will at least help the world to be a little more celebrating.., that will bring a little more festivity into the world.., a little more laughter.., love, life.
Dear Readers!
Please forward to all your friends the so called father and mother. Also to prospect husband and wife for the betterment of their home not the house. My next coming article I will talk more about.., home and house.
Please follow!
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
14 OCTOBER 2009
Next Topic: "You Are The World Problem.
You Are The Problem. You Make Things More Complicated"
Sunday, October 11, 2009
HOW SAD IT IS THAT THIS HUMAN LIFE. PRECIOUS AS AN INVALUABLE DIAMOND THAT CANNOT BE PRICED AT ALL
Be ready for the click. Night and day. With the name ever tripping on the tongue and the glory always radiant in the mind. Be ever ready. It is no mean achievement to get the "Name of the Lord" on one's tongue at the last moment.
How sad it is that this human life. Precious as an invaluable diamond that cannot be priced at all, has been cheapened to the standard of a worn-out worthless coin! There is no use repenting after wasting time without profit, without meditating on God or practicing and spiritual discipline to realize the Almighty... Follow!
What is the use in planning a well, when the house has caught fire? When is it to be dug? When will water become available? When is the fire to be extinguished?.. It is an impossible task?
If at the very start, there was a well ready, how helpful it would be on such critical occasions!.. Remember!
"Beginning to contemplate on God during the last moments is like beginning to dig the well." So;
If from now on, one equips himself by the contemplation of God off and on, it will stand him in good stead when the end approaches. Start today the spiritual discipline that has to be done tomorrow!.. Start now! The spiritual discipline that has to be done today!.. One does not know what is in store the next moment. Therefore, there should be no delay in engaging one-self in the spiritual discipline that has to be done!
But people in their foolishness continue to postpone in a world from which, today or tomorrow... they are bound to depart.
Therefore, awake soon.
Try to know the essence of everything, the eternal Truth.
Try to experience the Love which is the Over...self itself. Discriminate at every turn, accepting what is true and discarding at rest. Instead of getting enslaved to the evanescent and the false and wasting precious time in their pursuit, dedicate every minute to the discovery of Truth, the contemplation of the ever-lasting,...ever true-Lord.
Such dedication is the real function of the Soul.
The spending of time is illusory appetites, on the other hands... is the drag of the world. One should not fall a victim to the poisonous attractions of worldly luxuries, or the wild of seductive beauty. One day, all these fascinating scenes will vanish as a story unfolded in dream!
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
12 OCTOBER 2009
Next Topic: 1. Bringing A Child Is Very
Risky Affair, So How To Become Mother Or Father
2. You Are The World Problem. You Are The Problem.
You Make Things More Complicated
How sad it is that this human life. Precious as an invaluable diamond that cannot be priced at all, has been cheapened to the standard of a worn-out worthless coin! There is no use repenting after wasting time without profit, without meditating on God or practicing and spiritual discipline to realize the Almighty... Follow!
What is the use in planning a well, when the house has caught fire? When is it to be dug? When will water become available? When is the fire to be extinguished?.. It is an impossible task?
If at the very start, there was a well ready, how helpful it would be on such critical occasions!.. Remember!
"Beginning to contemplate on God during the last moments is like beginning to dig the well." So;
If from now on, one equips himself by the contemplation of God off and on, it will stand him in good stead when the end approaches. Start today the spiritual discipline that has to be done tomorrow!.. Start now! The spiritual discipline that has to be done today!.. One does not know what is in store the next moment. Therefore, there should be no delay in engaging one-self in the spiritual discipline that has to be done!
But people in their foolishness continue to postpone in a world from which, today or tomorrow... they are bound to depart.
Therefore, awake soon.
Try to know the essence of everything, the eternal Truth.
Try to experience the Love which is the Over...self itself. Discriminate at every turn, accepting what is true and discarding at rest. Instead of getting enslaved to the evanescent and the false and wasting precious time in their pursuit, dedicate every minute to the discovery of Truth, the contemplation of the ever-lasting,...ever true-Lord.
Such dedication is the real function of the Soul.
The spending of time is illusory appetites, on the other hands... is the drag of the world. One should not fall a victim to the poisonous attractions of worldly luxuries, or the wild of seductive beauty. One day, all these fascinating scenes will vanish as a story unfolded in dream!
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
12 OCTOBER 2009
Next Topic: 1. Bringing A Child Is Very
Risky Affair, So How To Become Mother Or Father
2. You Are The World Problem. You Are The Problem.
You Make Things More Complicated
Friday, October 9, 2009
THE LAW DOES NOT DIFFERENTIATE
Dear Readers!
I have told you often that besides your parents, your teachers and your elders, you have to also revere your deeds...for deeds elevate us or drag us down. They chain us to both, birth and death or they deliver us from that chain, they result in joy or grief, prosperity or poverty, gain or loss, pleasure or pain.
You must realize that your enthusiasm or despair, success or failure, are but the consequences of your actions. While engaged in action, you come up against certain law of nature which you cannot overstep.
If you loosen your hold on something you have in your hand...it will fall down. Similarly, if you slip while ascending a ladder you will fall, irrespective of your caste, creed or status...remember!
The law does not differentiate!
In every deed or act God is present as the invisible motivator, in every minute thing that you handle or manipulate.
So try to elevate yourselves by doing good, seeking good and having the good of others in mind.
See the good in others and the faults in yourselves.
"Make your heart pure!".
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johor
016-6020321
10 OCTOBER 2009
Next Topic: "How Sad It Is That This Human Life. Precious As An Invaluable Diamond That Cannot Be Priced At All"
I have told you often that besides your parents, your teachers and your elders, you have to also revere your deeds...for deeds elevate us or drag us down. They chain us to both, birth and death or they deliver us from that chain, they result in joy or grief, prosperity or poverty, gain or loss, pleasure or pain.
You must realize that your enthusiasm or despair, success or failure, are but the consequences of your actions. While engaged in action, you come up against certain law of nature which you cannot overstep.
If you loosen your hold on something you have in your hand...it will fall down. Similarly, if you slip while ascending a ladder you will fall, irrespective of your caste, creed or status...remember!
The law does not differentiate!
In every deed or act God is present as the invisible motivator, in every minute thing that you handle or manipulate.
So try to elevate yourselves by doing good, seeking good and having the good of others in mind.
See the good in others and the faults in yourselves.
"Make your heart pure!".
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johor
016-6020321
10 OCTOBER 2009
Next Topic: "How Sad It Is That This Human Life. Precious As An Invaluable Diamond That Cannot Be Priced At All"
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
IF THERE IS NO PEACE OF MIND, WHAT IS THE USE OF HAVING LEARNED SO MANY THING?
Today's man is an easy prey for attachment and hatred. He is overwhelmed by the possessive nature and filled with ego. Just look at the state he is and what he is doing!
He consider himself to be the most important being in the world. He deludes himself with the feeling that there is no one greater than he. Because of this delusion he has lost his power of discrimination, and so he has not even been able to reflect on his own confused state.
He considers that it is he who is doing everything. He thinks that he can hire the whole world and do with it as he pleases. But it is not he who is running his heart, lungs and the world. He does not have that power, who is the creator of this world, who is the protector of this world...the one who is the "Lord of this world"...only he has the power and authority to run it.
For this entire movable and immovable world, there is only one..."Master". That is an all-important truth that every human being must recognize.
From Empty Hands,
A.Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore.
016-6020321
6 October 2009
Next Topic: - The Law Does Not Differentiate -
He consider himself to be the most important being in the world. He deludes himself with the feeling that there is no one greater than he. Because of this delusion he has lost his power of discrimination, and so he has not even been able to reflect on his own confused state.
He considers that it is he who is doing everything. He thinks that he can hire the whole world and do with it as he pleases. But it is not he who is running his heart, lungs and the world. He does not have that power, who is the creator of this world, who is the protector of this world...the one who is the "Lord of this world"...only he has the power and authority to run it.
For this entire movable and immovable world, there is only one..."Master". That is an all-important truth that every human being must recognize.
From Empty Hands,
A.Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore.
016-6020321
6 October 2009
Next Topic: - The Law Does Not Differentiate -
Sunday, October 4, 2009
REALIZE THE TRUE GOAL OF YOUR LIFE
In the world, we are continually experiencing the same round of days and nights. You perform the same ablutions and indulge in the same process of filling the stomach. Thus you go on from year to year.
But what efforts are you making to lead a purposeful and ennobling life? You are going through the same mill of experiences again and again. If you go on in this way,...what is the worth of your life?..What is its primary purpose? Few care to enquire into this basic question.
Hence what we have to examine is how we can lead an ideal, bliss filled, spiritually-oriented life which will serve an example to others. But most people never recognize the basic purpose of life. They seem to consider that the sole aim of life is to acquire wealth eat and drink and enjoy material comforts. This surely cannot be the main purpose of life. To recognize the primacy of human birth among living beings and yet fail to realize the true goal of his life.
Man needs a healthy body for a healthy mind, filled with good thoughts. It must be recognized that sports and music have been designed to confer health and happiness on man. But physical fitness alone is not enough.
Mental health is equally important. Please remember! Together with the gross physical body everyone has a "Subtle body...soul". One has to take good care of this subtle body also. For this, spiritual exercises will have to be performed which will help one to realize the Divine.
Al-Quran, Scriptures of any religions are guides for practical living... of what avail is it merely to know how the Quran or Scriptures have described, but this book lore is not reflected in his life. He is like a blind man who hears about the existence of the world. But cannot see it. There is no difference between this physically blind man and the spiritually blind person who merely studies the Quran or the Scriptures. The Quran or the Scriptures are intended to provide guides for practical living and not merely to be learnt by rote.
How much love and goodness is there in you?
When there is no 'Love and Goodness', how God can be understood? Remember!
For understanding anything subjective experience is essential.
In the fast-flowing river, a small fish is able to swim freely and joyously, without fear of the depth a swift flow of the river. But in the same river, a big elephant is likely to be swept away by the current. One should know how to keep afloat in the current and protect oneself.
A tiny ant, for instance, is able to get at the sugar that is mixed with sand, because it has the ability to distinguish between..."sand and the sweet sugar in the mixture", another animal or man, however big it may be if it does not possess this ability, it cannot separate the sugar from the sand. Likewise, if man has experienced the bliss of the Divine, will he go after worldly pleasures?
So, realize the true goal of your life.
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
5 OCTOBER 2009
Next Topic: - "If There Is No Peace Of Mind,
What Is The Use Having Learned So Many Thing?"
But what efforts are you making to lead a purposeful and ennobling life? You are going through the same mill of experiences again and again. If you go on in this way,...what is the worth of your life?..What is its primary purpose? Few care to enquire into this basic question.
Hence what we have to examine is how we can lead an ideal, bliss filled, spiritually-oriented life which will serve an example to others. But most people never recognize the basic purpose of life. They seem to consider that the sole aim of life is to acquire wealth eat and drink and enjoy material comforts. This surely cannot be the main purpose of life. To recognize the primacy of human birth among living beings and yet fail to realize the true goal of his life.
Man needs a healthy body for a healthy mind, filled with good thoughts. It must be recognized that sports and music have been designed to confer health and happiness on man. But physical fitness alone is not enough.
Mental health is equally important. Please remember! Together with the gross physical body everyone has a "Subtle body...soul". One has to take good care of this subtle body also. For this, spiritual exercises will have to be performed which will help one to realize the Divine.
Al-Quran, Scriptures of any religions are guides for practical living... of what avail is it merely to know how the Quran or Scriptures have described, but this book lore is not reflected in his life. He is like a blind man who hears about the existence of the world. But cannot see it. There is no difference between this physically blind man and the spiritually blind person who merely studies the Quran or the Scriptures. The Quran or the Scriptures are intended to provide guides for practical living and not merely to be learnt by rote.
How much love and goodness is there in you?
When there is no 'Love and Goodness', how God can be understood? Remember!
For understanding anything subjective experience is essential.
In the fast-flowing river, a small fish is able to swim freely and joyously, without fear of the depth a swift flow of the river. But in the same river, a big elephant is likely to be swept away by the current. One should know how to keep afloat in the current and protect oneself.
A tiny ant, for instance, is able to get at the sugar that is mixed with sand, because it has the ability to distinguish between..."sand and the sweet sugar in the mixture", another animal or man, however big it may be if it does not possess this ability, it cannot separate the sugar from the sand. Likewise, if man has experienced the bliss of the Divine, will he go after worldly pleasures?
So, realize the true goal of your life.
From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
5 OCTOBER 2009
Next Topic: - "If There Is No Peace Of Mind,
What Is The Use Having Learned So Many Thing?"
Sunday, September 27, 2009
POLITICIAN FORGET ALL YOUR DIFFERENCES AND COME TOGETHER TO UPHOLD THE REPUTATION OF THE NATION
The nation belongs to all.
Malaysia is a sacred and glorious country. It is our good fortune to be born in this land. You should realize the truth of the saying. "As you sow, so shall you reap." Hence all your actions should be pure and noble and such as would promote the well-being of nation and give you joy.
The entire gamut of human life-birth, growth and death is governed by our action. All the joy and sorrows man experiences, all his sins and merits, all the praise and blame he gets, flow from his actions. Man is thus bound by the operation of his deeds. Not realizing the relationship between; cause and effect, man indulges in actions which give pleasure for the moment. Please remember! When man reaps the consequences of his bad actions, he is immersed in misery.
Hence, before undertaking any action man has to follow the very sacred of the
scriptures that deal with God, man and universe. He should pray that he should be endowed with the strength and competence to perform good deeds which will produced good results.
The consequences of every action are implicit in the action itself. For instance;
There is a small seed. Its entire capacity
to grow into a big tree is
latent within it. The seed contains within it the potentiality of growing
into a tree with branches, flowers and fruits. There is an interval between
the planting of seed in the ground and its growing into a full fledged
tree.
Man has to realize the preciousness of human birth. It is highly unfortunate that people born in Malaysia do not realize that greatness of our culture. Please bear in mind...Wisdom are based on action.Wisdom is the fruit of action.
People are making no effort to understand the place of Right Actions in life. Everything that happens is the result of some action. Everything in creation is based upon action. Whether one believe in it or not.
Here is an example:
You feel hungry, The hunger is appeased after you take food. But there is a chain of events like putting the food in the mouth, masticating it sending it to the stomach, digesting it and distributing it to all parts of the body. After all these processes is hunger relieved. Taking food is action, relieving of hunger is the fruit of the action.
But between the action and the fruit, a number of events take place...please remember! These events may be immediate or spread over many years, or lifetimes. But the fruits of action are bound to be realized sometime or other. Therefore all actions have to be done in the right way. People should engage themselves in noble deeds and same as an ideal example to the nation.
For all the troubles and chaos in the world today it is our actions that are responsible. There is no meaning in blaming others. People should realized that bad thoughts in the mind affect every part of the human body,...just as a small stone cast on a pond generates ripples which cover the entire pond. Similarly good thoughts affect the entire body. Good thoughts lead to good actions, good speech, good hearing and seeing good things. When the thoughts are bad, the consequent action are equally bad.
But today, while we have considerable talk about ideals, they are not reflected in practical living. The truth of the Law of Action an Reaction can be verified from a simple experience. If you stand before a mirror, the image returns to you. If you assume a threatening posture before the mirror, the image reflects back in the same manner. Reflection, reaction and resound are three aspects of how actions operates. Each person suffers from the consequences of his own actions. How can any one escape the consequences of his actions? If this fact is realized men will not find fault with others, or blame others for their troubles.
The nation belongs to all. This truth should not be forgotten. Many people are undermining the reputation of this country by their actions. This amount to treason to the nation. All must protect the honour of the nation. They should united.
"Let us all live and strive together in harmony."
If people act together in concert, the nation will shine in all its glory, there is nothing they cannot achieve. Determination and unity are essential.
From Empty Hands,
A.Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
1 OCTOBER 2009
Coming Topic: - "SPIRITUAL QUEST AND THE
REVELATION OF SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE" -
Man has to cultivate the spirit of inquiry. Man must live up to his convictions. Thinking, discriminating and practice - all three constitute the basic human characteristics. By the unity of these three, the light of (Spiritual Wisdom) illumines the heart. The mere presence of the light is not enough. We should seek to go forward with the help of that illumination. If, having this light we do not follow the path by it, we are as unseeing as the blind.
Books are not intended merely to be read. Sacred scriptures like Quran. The Bible, the Vedhas, the Granth Saheb and others are worshipped in shrines today. But no attempt is made to live up to their teachings.
"People are forgetting the purposes of
which these sacred books came into existence."
By a mere study of books no change can take place in our lives. What is studied must be put into practice. This means that it is not enough to browse through a book but one must study it...deeply, reflect on its contents and absorb its meaning so that one can practice. That is why all religious books have emphasized the doctrine of action. The entire universe is governed by action. In such context there is no purpose in indulging in intellectual speculation without putting knowledge into practice.
If thoughts are not translated into deeds they will develop into a kind of disease. A man who feels hungry and craves for food, if he does not get it, he will develop illness. Similarly, a man who feels thirsty and wants water, unless he makes efforts to secure water, he will become weak and collapse.
There are many examples to illustrate this truth.
You read many books and engage yourself in many devotional activities. You must ask yourself how far these studies and actions have helped to transform your lives. You will find that there has been no significant change.
It is because you do not seek that which should be sought, do not experience that which has to be experienced, you are plunged in grief and do not have peace of mind.
No spiritual effort is possible when one has dissipated one's physical and mental abilities. It is pity that people misuse these precious of their lives by falling into bad ways. So readers I expects you to develop all your human endowments and lead exemplary lives which will be an object-lesson to others by understanding the real meaning of the spiritual quest and do not regard the body as an end in itself.
Dear readers! Please follow attentively and deeply reflects on its contains and absorb its meaning, read repeatedly until it is digested.
Pertaining the following subject and please forward to the needed one who is blinded by ignorance.
Topic such as:
1. REALIZE THE TRUE GOAL OF YOUR LIFE
2. IF THERE IS NO PEACE OF MIND, WHAT IS THE USE OF HAVING LEARNED SO MANY THING?
3. THE LAW DOES NOT DIFFERENTIATE.
4. HOW SAD IT IS THAT THIS HUMAN LIFE. PRECIOUS AS AN INVALUABLE DIAMOND
THAT CANNOT BE PRICED AT ALL.
Malaysia is a sacred and glorious country. It is our good fortune to be born in this land. You should realize the truth of the saying. "As you sow, so shall you reap." Hence all your actions should be pure and noble and such as would promote the well-being of nation and give you joy.
The entire gamut of human life-birth, growth and death is governed by our action. All the joy and sorrows man experiences, all his sins and merits, all the praise and blame he gets, flow from his actions. Man is thus bound by the operation of his deeds. Not realizing the relationship between; cause and effect, man indulges in actions which give pleasure for the moment. Please remember! When man reaps the consequences of his bad actions, he is immersed in misery.
Hence, before undertaking any action man has to follow the very sacred of the
scriptures that deal with God, man and universe. He should pray that he should be endowed with the strength and competence to perform good deeds which will produced good results.
The consequences of every action are implicit in the action itself. For instance;
There is a small seed. Its entire capacity
to grow into a big tree is
latent within it. The seed contains within it the potentiality of growing
into a tree with branches, flowers and fruits. There is an interval between
the planting of seed in the ground and its growing into a full fledged
tree.
Man has to realize the preciousness of human birth. It is highly unfortunate that people born in Malaysia do not realize that greatness of our culture. Please bear in mind...Wisdom are based on action.Wisdom is the fruit of action.
People are making no effort to understand the place of Right Actions in life. Everything that happens is the result of some action. Everything in creation is based upon action. Whether one believe in it or not.
Here is an example:
You feel hungry, The hunger is appeased after you take food. But there is a chain of events like putting the food in the mouth, masticating it sending it to the stomach, digesting it and distributing it to all parts of the body. After all these processes is hunger relieved. Taking food is action, relieving of hunger is the fruit of the action.
But between the action and the fruit, a number of events take place...please remember! These events may be immediate or spread over many years, or lifetimes. But the fruits of action are bound to be realized sometime or other. Therefore all actions have to be done in the right way. People should engage themselves in noble deeds and same as an ideal example to the nation.
For all the troubles and chaos in the world today it is our actions that are responsible. There is no meaning in blaming others. People should realized that bad thoughts in the mind affect every part of the human body,...just as a small stone cast on a pond generates ripples which cover the entire pond. Similarly good thoughts affect the entire body. Good thoughts lead to good actions, good speech, good hearing and seeing good things. When the thoughts are bad, the consequent action are equally bad.
But today, while we have considerable talk about ideals, they are not reflected in practical living. The truth of the Law of Action an Reaction can be verified from a simple experience. If you stand before a mirror, the image returns to you. If you assume a threatening posture before the mirror, the image reflects back in the same manner. Reflection, reaction and resound are three aspects of how actions operates. Each person suffers from the consequences of his own actions. How can any one escape the consequences of his actions? If this fact is realized men will not find fault with others, or blame others for their troubles.
The nation belongs to all. This truth should not be forgotten. Many people are undermining the reputation of this country by their actions. This amount to treason to the nation. All must protect the honour of the nation. They should united.
"Let us all live and strive together in harmony."
If people act together in concert, the nation will shine in all its glory, there is nothing they cannot achieve. Determination and unity are essential.
From Empty Hands,
A.Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
1 OCTOBER 2009
Coming Topic: - "SPIRITUAL QUEST AND THE
REVELATION OF SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE" -
Man has to cultivate the spirit of inquiry. Man must live up to his convictions. Thinking, discriminating and practice - all three constitute the basic human characteristics. By the unity of these three, the light of (Spiritual Wisdom) illumines the heart. The mere presence of the light is not enough. We should seek to go forward with the help of that illumination. If, having this light we do not follow the path by it, we are as unseeing as the blind.
Books are not intended merely to be read. Sacred scriptures like Quran. The Bible, the Vedhas, the Granth Saheb and others are worshipped in shrines today. But no attempt is made to live up to their teachings.
"People are forgetting the purposes of
which these sacred books came into existence."
By a mere study of books no change can take place in our lives. What is studied must be put into practice. This means that it is not enough to browse through a book but one must study it...deeply, reflect on its contents and absorb its meaning so that one can practice. That is why all religious books have emphasized the doctrine of action. The entire universe is governed by action. In such context there is no purpose in indulging in intellectual speculation without putting knowledge into practice.
If thoughts are not translated into deeds they will develop into a kind of disease. A man who feels hungry and craves for food, if he does not get it, he will develop illness. Similarly, a man who feels thirsty and wants water, unless he makes efforts to secure water, he will become weak and collapse.
There are many examples to illustrate this truth.
You read many books and engage yourself in many devotional activities. You must ask yourself how far these studies and actions have helped to transform your lives. You will find that there has been no significant change.
It is because you do not seek that which should be sought, do not experience that which has to be experienced, you are plunged in grief and do not have peace of mind.
No spiritual effort is possible when one has dissipated one's physical and mental abilities. It is pity that people misuse these precious of their lives by falling into bad ways. So readers I expects you to develop all your human endowments and lead exemplary lives which will be an object-lesson to others by understanding the real meaning of the spiritual quest and do not regard the body as an end in itself.
Dear readers! Please follow attentively and deeply reflects on its contains and absorb its meaning, read repeatedly until it is digested.
Pertaining the following subject and please forward to the needed one who is blinded by ignorance.
Topic such as:
1. REALIZE THE TRUE GOAL OF YOUR LIFE
2. IF THERE IS NO PEACE OF MIND, WHAT IS THE USE OF HAVING LEARNED SO MANY THING?
3. THE LAW DOES NOT DIFFERENTIATE.
4. HOW SAD IT IS THAT THIS HUMAN LIFE. PRECIOUS AS AN INVALUABLE DIAMOND
THAT CANNOT BE PRICED AT ALL.
Friday, September 25, 2009
POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE WHOLE WORLD FOR CENTURIES TO WHERE...TO WHAT END?
Politics has always existed, politicians have always existed. The politician only prunes the leaves. It has nothing to do with the roots...
But what has happened?
The world remains the same...sorry-go-round! In fact, misery goes on becoming multiplied every day. All these revolutionaries and radical politicians have only proved to be mischievous...with good intentions, of course, but intentions don't count at all...remember!
"What counts is consciousness!"
The politician has no consciousness, in fact, he is trying to avoid his inner problems, he is trying to escape from his own problems...and the easiest way to do so is to become concerned about world problems...economics, politics, history. Service to the poor, transformation of the condition of society, reformation. All these are strategies, for escaping from one's own problems...subtle strategies, dangerous, because one feels that one is doing something great, while one is simply being a coward. My advice is:
"First, face your own problems, encounter them,
first try to transform 'your' own being. Only a transformed person can
trigger the processes of transformation in other."
Politicians have been driving the whole world for centuries...to where...to what end? Is it not time enough that we should see the whole stupidity of the game? At least we are aware, fully aware of 5,000 years of politics, before the case must have been the same, but after 5,000 years of political games...what has happened? Man remains in the same darkness, in the same misery, in the same hell. Yes, politics goes on giving us hope...
A hope for a better tomorrow...which never comes. Tomorrow never born yet! In the hope of better tomorrow,
"Religions used to give this better tomorrow in the other world...
after death?.."
What is happening before death?..
You have sacrifice your today for tomorrow and tomorrow never born yet...what happen now?..
The people who sacrificed, sacrificed in vain. The people who were killed were really committing suicide, hoping that they were doing great service to humanity. Don't create more madness in the world...it is already full of madness.
The whole world getting addicted to the idea of democracy. Democracy means...government by the people of the people, for the people - it is only in words. But democracy has not solved any problems; it has increased the problems. To me democracy has failed. The world remained the same...sorry-go-round.
The ignorant masses can be exploited very easily by very insignificant things. The current democracy by the people, of the people, for the people, how can the people have the power? They have to delegate the power to somebody.
So it is not the people who rule, but the people who are chosen by them. What are your grounds for choosing? How do you manage to choose? And are you capable of choosing the right people? Have you been trained, educated for a democratic life? No, nothing has been done.That's why my idea is that the days of democracy are over.
I have an idea that goes far ahead of democracy or a new kind of system is needed, base on merit.All over the world, they are thousands of universities. We in our country have hundreds of universities.
Why have ordinary, unknowledgeable, ignorant masses chosen people who will be holding tremendous power for five years in their hands?
Meritocracy means that only people who are educated in a certain area should be able to vote in that area. For example, only the educationists of the country should choose the education minister.
Then you will have the best education minister possible. For the finance minister, you should choose somebody who knows finance, somebody who knows the complexities of economics. But this choose is possible only for people who are trained in economics, in financial matters - and there are thousands of people who is chosen should be chosen by experts.
The health minister should be chosen by all the doctors, the surgeons, the medical experts, the scientists who are working in medical field. Then we will have the cream of our genius, and we can depend on this cream to make the life of all humanity more peaceful, more blissful, more rich.
This idea I call a meritocracy. And once you have chosen all the people, then these people can choose the president and the prime minister, or they can choose from the members of the parliament. And for the parliament we should also make gradations. For example, people who have at least a post-graduate degree should be able to vote. Just becoming twenty-one years old does not mean you are able to choose the right person.
At twenty-one years, you don't know anything about life and its complexities. At least a post-graduate degree should be held by those who choose the members of the parliament or the senate or whatever you call it. In this way, we can make an educated, refined, cultured government. Before the government happens, each nation should pass through a meritocracy. But, up to now, whatever has happened has been accidental. It will be created by us; and to create our country can be the greatest creation possible.
Politicians...and they are the cause of all the wars, they are the cause of all kinds of violence happening all over the world. These politicians are articulate, clever, cunning...mostly coming from the legal profession. They are saying there should be no discrimination between man and woman, between races, religions, political ideologies, there should be no discrimination. And who is making the discrimination? These are the same people who are making the declaration.
Dear readers!
I am not active in any politics. I am not interested in any power. I know by my own experience. I am simply saying whatsoever I see more clearly than all these blind politicians.
From Empty Hands,
A.Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
27 SEPTEMBER 2009
Next Topic: - POLITICIAN FORGET ALL YOUR DIFFERENCES AND COME TOGETHER TO UPHOLD THE REPUTATION OF THE NATION -
But what has happened?
The world remains the same...sorry-go-round! In fact, misery goes on becoming multiplied every day. All these revolutionaries and radical politicians have only proved to be mischievous...with good intentions, of course, but intentions don't count at all...remember!
"What counts is consciousness!"
The politician has no consciousness, in fact, he is trying to avoid his inner problems, he is trying to escape from his own problems...and the easiest way to do so is to become concerned about world problems...economics, politics, history. Service to the poor, transformation of the condition of society, reformation. All these are strategies, for escaping from one's own problems...subtle strategies, dangerous, because one feels that one is doing something great, while one is simply being a coward. My advice is:
"First, face your own problems, encounter them,
first try to transform 'your' own being. Only a transformed person can
trigger the processes of transformation in other."
Politicians have been driving the whole world for centuries...to where...to what end? Is it not time enough that we should see the whole stupidity of the game? At least we are aware, fully aware of 5,000 years of politics, before the case must have been the same, but after 5,000 years of political games...what has happened? Man remains in the same darkness, in the same misery, in the same hell. Yes, politics goes on giving us hope...
A hope for a better tomorrow...which never comes. Tomorrow never born yet! In the hope of better tomorrow,
"Religions used to give this better tomorrow in the other world...
after death?.."
What is happening before death?..
You have sacrifice your today for tomorrow and tomorrow never born yet...what happen now?..
The people who sacrificed, sacrificed in vain. The people who were killed were really committing suicide, hoping that they were doing great service to humanity. Don't create more madness in the world...it is already full of madness.
The whole world getting addicted to the idea of democracy. Democracy means...government by the people of the people, for the people - it is only in words. But democracy has not solved any problems; it has increased the problems. To me democracy has failed. The world remained the same...sorry-go-round.
The ignorant masses can be exploited very easily by very insignificant things. The current democracy by the people, of the people, for the people, how can the people have the power? They have to delegate the power to somebody.
So it is not the people who rule, but the people who are chosen by them. What are your grounds for choosing? How do you manage to choose? And are you capable of choosing the right people? Have you been trained, educated for a democratic life? No, nothing has been done.That's why my idea is that the days of democracy are over.
I have an idea that goes far ahead of democracy or a new kind of system is needed, base on merit.All over the world, they are thousands of universities. We in our country have hundreds of universities.
Why have ordinary, unknowledgeable, ignorant masses chosen people who will be holding tremendous power for five years in their hands?
Meritocracy means that only people who are educated in a certain area should be able to vote in that area. For example, only the educationists of the country should choose the education minister.
Then you will have the best education minister possible. For the finance minister, you should choose somebody who knows finance, somebody who knows the complexities of economics. But this choose is possible only for people who are trained in economics, in financial matters - and there are thousands of people who is chosen should be chosen by experts.
The health minister should be chosen by all the doctors, the surgeons, the medical experts, the scientists who are working in medical field. Then we will have the cream of our genius, and we can depend on this cream to make the life of all humanity more peaceful, more blissful, more rich.
This idea I call a meritocracy. And once you have chosen all the people, then these people can choose the president and the prime minister, or they can choose from the members of the parliament. And for the parliament we should also make gradations. For example, people who have at least a post-graduate degree should be able to vote. Just becoming twenty-one years old does not mean you are able to choose the right person.
At twenty-one years, you don't know anything about life and its complexities. At least a post-graduate degree should be held by those who choose the members of the parliament or the senate or whatever you call it. In this way, we can make an educated, refined, cultured government. Before the government happens, each nation should pass through a meritocracy. But, up to now, whatever has happened has been accidental. It will be created by us; and to create our country can be the greatest creation possible.
Politicians...and they are the cause of all the wars, they are the cause of all kinds of violence happening all over the world. These politicians are articulate, clever, cunning...mostly coming from the legal profession. They are saying there should be no discrimination between man and woman, between races, religions, political ideologies, there should be no discrimination. And who is making the discrimination? These are the same people who are making the declaration.
Dear readers!
I am not active in any politics. I am not interested in any power. I know by my own experience. I am simply saying whatsoever I see more clearly than all these blind politicians.
From Empty Hands,
A.Rahman Bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-6020321
27 SEPTEMBER 2009
Next Topic: - POLITICIAN FORGET ALL YOUR DIFFERENCES AND COME TOGETHER TO UPHOLD THE REPUTATION OF THE NATION -
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