Hi,
Who inspired air to spread all around and provide an opportunity for us to breath in and live? Who motivated water to be so flexible that it flows and makes itself available to us to drink and continue to live? Who asked plants to be so unselfish that they grow and branch out and become a source of food, clothing, and shelter to us? No one. No one has ever told them to do so. They serve whole heartedly without expecting anything in return. They don't differentiate and discriminate. They do whatever they do on their own. They are self motivated. They live a life of self-determined purpose and strive to fulfil it day-in and day-out. They live longer and perhaps for ever. Let us take note of these examples from The Ramayana to appreciate this aspect furthermore.
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Who inspired air to spread all around and provide an opportunity for us to breath in and live? Who motivated water to be so flexible that it flows and makes itself available to us to drink and continue to live? Who asked plants to be so unselfish that they grow and branch out and become a source of food, clothing, and shelter to us? No one. No one has ever told them to do so. They serve whole heartedly without expecting anything in return. They don't differentiate and discriminate. They do whatever they do on their own. They are self motivated. They live a life of self-determined purpose and strive to fulfil it day-in and day-out. They live longer and perhaps for ever. Let us take note of these examples from The Ramayana to appreciate this aspect furthermore.
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If air and water could do it, why not we?
Who told Rama to meet Shabari? He went on his own. He went in search of her in the forest. He was asked by the sages there not to touch her. He was asked by his own brother not to eat the half-eaten berries that Shabari was trying to feed Rama. But he ate them with great delight. Shabari was an ordinary woman, an out-caste, and untouchable for the sages there. But, for Rama she was a special person that he wanted to meet her, eat the food given by her, and bless her.
Ahalya, wife of the sage Gautama, was cursed by him in a fit of anger and turned into a stone. Realising his mistake of suspecting his wife for no fault of hers, Gautama repented and blessed her that her redemption to normal life would happen when Rama would visit the ashram. She waited for thousands of years, as the people around always treated the place impure, unholy and demonic. When Rama was approaching the ashram, people warned him not to enter. His own brother Lakshmana, who was also terrified with the words of the villagers, pleaded with Rama not to enter the ashram. But Rama entered the ashram and liberated Ahalya from the curse.
People did not inspire Rama to do these things. They rather warned him, deterred him, and tried stopping him. But he did not stop. He went ahead on his own. He did them because he had a self-determined purpose. And, he knew what it was.
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Ahalya, wife of the sage Gautama, was cursed by him in a fit of anger and turned into a stone. Realising his mistake of suspecting his wife for no fault of hers, Gautama repented and blessed her that her redemption to normal life would happen when Rama would visit the ashram. She waited for thousands of years, as the people around always treated the place impure, unholy and demonic. When Rama was approaching the ashram, people warned him not to enter. His own brother Lakshmana, who was also terrified with the words of the villagers, pleaded with Rama not to enter the ashram. But Rama entered the ashram and liberated Ahalya from the curse.
People did not inspire Rama to do these things. They rather warned him, deterred him, and tried stopping him. But he did not stop. He went ahead on his own. He did them because he had a self-determined purpose. And, he knew what it was.
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Working for a good cause is always something that is best achieved when one is self-motivated. When you are clear that what you are doing is correct and that it is for the good of you and/or others, it is important to go ahead and do it without waiting for a call to do so. Waiting for external motivation may not help. Self motivation is the best form of motivation. If air, water, and plants could do it, why not we too be self-motivated? It is possible. It is purposeful. It is powerful too.
To your continued SUCCESS,
With love,
Siva
PS: For "Monday Motivations" published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:
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