Be Content While Moving Forward
Today we present to you excerpts from Satguru's Sun One upadesha which he gave in Kadavul Hindu Temple on the morning of February 2, after the Siva homa was finished. Enjoy.
"You can't walk up a mountain straight unless you're a really strong person. You've got to take a winding path up, and we're born somewhere on this path. Say we're half-way. This is a simple example. We're half way up this path. It takes many lives to get all the way to the top. So, what do we want to do? We're not trying to race to the top. We're trying to move forward as much as our karma and dharma permit. We want to move forward and we want to be content in simply moving forward. Even when we move three steps forward.
"But, we want to be content that we move forward. We don't want to be frustrated that we didn't get to the top. That's not understood. Some people frustrate themselves in trying to make too much progress, then they become discontent in the present instead of just accepting everything that is is where you should be.
"We're trying to move forward on the path toward moksha with the consciousness that it usually takes many lives. And we want to be content in that moving forward. We need to be content with however long it'll take us to make it. And as Gurudeva says, ‘enjoy the journey.'"
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June 9th, 2016 at 7:56 pm
Enjoying the journey!
June 9th, 2016 at 10:29 pm
Aumsivaya.
Born on February 2, msg received 5/5.
Thank Satguru for the wonderful Upadesha.
Adi Sankara
June 9th, 2016 at 11:32 pm
“We’re not trying to race to the top. We’re trying to move forward as much as our karma and dharma permit. We want to move forward and we want to be content in simply moving forward. Even when we move three steps forward.” -… So true!!
Thank you so much for the ‘Reminder’ Satguru. Will ‘enjoy the journey’ every moment… Aum Sivaya!
June 10th, 2016 at 1:16 pm
I really need this upadesha Guruji as I am in the nook of taking a sigh of relief however short it may be before progressing .
Vani
June 11th, 2016 at 11:27 am
Jai Satguru!