Teachings of a Father

The thought of parting from our parents never comes to our mind. But daughters have to leave their parents' house after marriage. Either willingly or unwillingly. The sweet moments spent with their parents, keep bringing them back.

I always enjoy when I visit my parents. Those moments relax me from my busy life. To see my parents and to share the experiences of life with siblings, energizes me. And I think all my fellow girls feel the same. That is why a girl can never forget her 'माइका'.

As far as I understand, my parents bestowed me with a quality education, good Sanskar and strong family ties. In January 2010, I lost my father. He was a शास्त्री, a talented Sanskrit teacher of his time and a noble person too. He taught me Sanskrit in such a manner that it became very simple for me. That is why I love Sanskrit. I learned Sanskrit श्लोक by hearing him chant them from Geeta, Durga Shaptshti and other texts. I am reminded of him when I chant those श्लोक. This is the विद्या धन which my father rewarded me with. I feel proud of being his daughter.

When I was a student, he used to teach me by giving examples. One day he told me, "Work hard, it will pay later in your life; just as a person riding a cycle sweats hard to reach the top but feels relax while descending. Don't waste time or time will spoil your fate."

One day he showed me a bucket full of water in the bathroom. It was getting filled by drops dripping down the tap. He told me. "See the bucket is getting filled drop by drop. In the same way you learn little by little. One day you will have an ocean of knowledge. Likewise by saving each rupee you will have a lot of money. So don't waste a single moment or a single rupee”.

Do your work with great interest and integrity, without expecting rewards or appreciation. Your happiness will be immense if you receive a reward without expecting it. Be honest, truthful and trustworthy. Behave in a responsible manner. Always keep your promises and don't make promises that you can't keep. Replace things in the same spot so that you can find them even in darkness. There might be ups and downs in life as it never runs smoothly, so live life as it comes. Don't run away from your duties and responsibilities, however hard they may be. Face them and fulfill them with the best of your knowledge. God is always with you because He is good with those who are honest. He always protects His children. These are some of the teachings he taught me.

I miss my father a lot. He made my life beautiful. I always thank God for giving me such a lovely parent like Him. Now the big question is can I do something for my father? The answer is yes. By spreading his teachings to my colleagues and fellow human beings, I think I will do a little for him.

I can feel his presence whenever I visit my parents' house. I can hear him calling me by my nickname. One day I asked him, "Tell me something about yourself." He told me,"I think, I am the happiest person on earth. I am blessed with obedient children and a good life partner. I have struggled in my life, but God has rewarded me for it. I have no complaints, no regrets in my life and I give all my blessings to my children:

ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः।
सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु।
मा कश्चित् दुःख भाग्भवेत्॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Lead a happy life”.

DISHA

Time does not remain the same. It keeps on changing on its own. We feel happiness when the change is according to our desire and become sad when the time is not favourable. In this way we spent our whole life in the swing of happiness and sorrow. The changing position of time reminds us that time is flowing like a sream. As we all know that sorrow and happiness are the two different aspects of the same coin but whenever there is a problem we think how we would get rid of this problem. The whole life seems a problem. We feel that I am the most sorroful person in the world. My problem is the biggest one from all others. I have taken birth only to face the problems in life. At that moment we forget the happiest moments of our life which might have spent through the life. One feels jealous from the person who is leading a happy and peaceful life. Though he knows that with the change of time his problem will also be overcome. But when he looks someone in problem, he just feels relax.

A poor barefooted man was sitting by the roadside and was crying that he had no money to buy shoes. Suddenly, he saw a crippled man who was hanging on his creches and was going on his way. After looking at him the barefooted man thanked God for giving him feet to walk properly. A shoe hardly matters. Time will change and he will manage to buy shoes for himself. One should always thank God for whatever He had bestowed on him because we all are His children and He is our Father and a Father cannot see His children in pain. He loves all of His children.

Once a man was very sad and was complaing to God, "Earlier, when I used to walk I could see footprints behind my footsteps. I took it that You are with me. But now in my hard time the footprints are missing. Should I think that You are not with me?" He stopped for a while and listened his inner voice,"Son! don't worry, today when you are facing bad time, I am holding you in my hands and the footprints are mine not yours." God is always with us and protecting us. Have trust in God.

Swami Vivekanand once said,"We are like silkworms; we make the thread out of our own substance and spin the cocoon and in course of time are imprisoned inside. But this is not forever. In that cocoon we should develop self-realisation and like butterfly comeout free. Help does not come from outside. It comes from within ourselves".

It is necessary not to struggle in life and not to allow negativity to control our life. We should learn to float in life. 'Let in' the essential and 'let go' the unessential feelings. Be spiritual. Only then we will have trust in God. Spirituality and devotion allows the finer vibration to flow in to our life and help opening the third eye or intuitive power. We will experience meaningful things in our life. We will feel protective hands of God blessing us:

Hamain Raston Ki Zarurat Nahi Hai,

Hamain Tere Paron Ke Nishan Mil Gaye Hai.

Kusum Acharya

LIVE THE PRESENT

Moving fast in life, we are missing out the moments of happiness. At times when we want to be happy, some kind of fear spreads over our minds and spoils the mood, 'KAHIN AISA NA HO JAYE'. This unknown fear is becoming part of our life.

It was raining outside. Weather was very pleasant. People working in the office were enjoying snacks with hot coffee, which was enhancing the enjoyment of the moment. Rain was so heavy that it was pitch dark during the daytime. People enjoying the weather suddenly became sad thinking how they would go home. Due to heavy rain there would be water logging everywhere. They would have to face heavy traffic on the road, which would take lot of time to reach home. A single thought had spoilt the mood of the people. But why? We can do nothing other than facing heavy traffic, so why we are spoiling the enjoyment of the present moment as it is only the present we have in our hands, neither future nor the past. So live the present to the fullest. NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE, TILL TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU. As:

HAR GHARHI BADAL RAHI HAI ROOP JINDGI

CHHAANV HAI KAHIN, KAHIN HAI DHOOP JINDGI

HAR PAL YAHAN JEE BHAR JIYO

JO HAI SAMA KAL HO NA HO !

Kusum Acharya

SWARNA YUGA (THE GOLDEN PERIOD)

A famous Hindi authour Munshi Premchand once said, "Ateet Kitna Bhi Dukhad Ho Uski Smritiyan Hmesha Madhur Hoti Hai". Yes, today in the lunch hour we all were discussing our Smritiyan, sweet memories of our past life. It was the Swarna Yuga of our life. My heart was bubbling with energy. I was also remembering my old days. Although we are not unhappy in our life but how we people are calling our past a Swarna Yuga.

The first chapter of the Swarna Yuga opened when we talked about the kitchen of old days. It was totally different from the modern kitchen. No gas, no pressure cooker. 'Angithi' was used in place of gas. The way food was cooked was different from the modern food. All the family members used to sit in the kitchen on floor. The taste of food was totally different from the food cooked in the pressure cooker. Dal was cooked in earthen pots on Angithi on slow flame. Though this process was very slow but the taste of dal used to be amazing. No need of spices only desi ghee ka Tadka was enough. Sometimes tandoor ki roti, chatani, achar enhanced the taste of food. In summer Namak-Azwain ki roti, lassi and lots of Aam, Bhai Vah!

The second chapter of the Swarna Yuga started from entertainment channel. In the name of entertainment we used to play indoor and outdoor games. Although we all are from the different states as some are from Haryana, Punjab, Himachal, and some are from Delhi itself. But most of the indoor and outdoor games were the same. In the days of Ramlila we used to go for watching Ramlila everyday. That Ramlila was also quite different from the modern days' Ramlila. We used to feel the character as we see it on the stage. If the scene was of Ram Janam, we used to feel that Ram had takan birth in real.

The third chapter of the Swarna Yuga was our 'schooling'. How dedicated we were to our stuides, and how we respected our elders and teachers. There was a small garden in my house. I used to do my homework there. In the garden there was a pomegranate tree. I used to talk to that tree and relate to it all my subject after learning. Being a tree, it could not reply my talks but it could make me realise what it wanted to convey me. Now, I am really missing that tree. To me it always looked like my teacher. In return it used to give beautiful and juicy pomegranates for my good health. At night we used to sleep in the open air instead of cooler or air condition.

Although in the modern days we all are leading a luxurious life full of amenities, yet we do not have the feeling and satisfaction like the Swarna Yuga. We feel that we are missing something important in our life. What is that important thing?

When we move speedily, we miss the small things coming on our way. When we look back, we are not able to see the things left behind. The same thing is happening in our life. We are running so fast in our life that we are missing the real essence of life, as moving fast is the requirement of the modern world. Sometimes small things give much happiness, which we could not see while moving fast and we keep on feeling that something is missing.

But while moving fast, we should not miss one important thing, praying the Almighty. We should feel His presence in every moment of life, that will give the real happiness in life. As in Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta Krishana had assuared us:

ANANYASH CHINTYANTO MAM YE JANA PARYUPASATE

TESHAM NITYA ABHIYUKTANAM YOGKSHEMAM WAHAMYAHM

I take care of welfare of those persons who, to the exclusion of all other thoughts, are devoted to me always.

So, always remember Him and feel the important thing which we are missing in our life.

Kusum Acharya

INFORMATION

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It will be really fruitful if someone in need uses this information.

Kusum Acharya

Future of A Child

A child takes birth in this world, grows up gradually and is sent to school for better future. As soon as the child takes birth, parents assume responsibility. They put all their efforts in shaping the future of their child.

After infanthood parents make sure to send their children to the best school within their resources, where they would get education for building their career. Conception of career takes place in the early age of a child. Parents desire that their child should excel over all other children in the school. Such type of thinking sows the seeds of competitiveness. So today children are competitive in building their career. Academic pressure and a sense competition shometimes cause depression in children and sometimes inspire them.

I have come across such type of parents who think that only Science stream will make their children's career bright. It is true that to be good in Science and Mathematics will have an edge as compared to other streams. There are all types of children. some may be more brilliant, some less in their studies. The child who is not brilliant in studies does not necessarily mean that the child is not brilliant at all. He might be brilliant in some other fields like sports or painting or singing or any other fields. so they need not despair. A child who passes out of a school finds it difficult to select a field. Parents always remain by their side. They help them in selecting their field. They provide them all the required facilities. I would like to say that the children should not get disheartened. Just put their industrious efforts in building their career. As a plant has to face so many difficulties before maturing into a tree like standing under the scorching Sun, braving storm and other vagaries of nature, then only it becomes a tree and is able to give fruits, shadow and shelter.

Put your best efforts in building your career and never get disheartened.

'LKSHAY TO HAR HALL MAIN PANA HA, PAYEGA JO LKSHAY HAI TERA'

Kusum Acharya

Childhood Friendship

One day I was watching a popular serial 'Shri Krishna', the popular episode of Shri Krishna and Sudama - Krishna's childhood friend. I felt it very touching. In that episode the way Krishna met his friend Sudama was very emotional. After listening the name of Sudama, His childhood friend, Krishna ran to see him. He literally ran and became impatient for meeting him. I could not even control my tears looking Krishna so impatient for his childhood friend.

I thought if a common man will also become so impatient on seeing his childhood friend. My query got the answer day before yesterday. On the way to my house I met a girl in metro rail. She was childhood friend of Pratibha, my niece. I recognized her and took initiative to talk to her. I asked her, "Are you Shobhna"? She said,"Yes I am Shobhna, but sorry! I don't recognize you". I asked, "Do you remember Pratibha"? "Yes, how can I forget her. She is my childhood friend ", she replied. "She is my niece," I told her. Then she said,"Now I recognize you also". She became happy to see me. She took Pratibha's mobile no. After a long discussion, she went away as she had to drop at the next station. I kept remembering the moments, I spent with with Pratibha's friends, years ago. They always took me as their friend. I dropped at the next station and went my home.

Next day it was Saturday, my holiday. I was busy with my household work. Suddenly I got a call. It was Pratibha. I found that so many bells were ringing in her voice. She was very happy. She said, "You have done a great job. You met my friend Shobhna and gave my number. She had called me and I had a long conversation with her. I have collected mobile numbers of my all other friends. Now I can talk to them anytime. From the last many years I have not talked to any of my friends and I was literally impatient to talk and see them. Thanks a lot".

I thought had I really done a great job, which made Pratibha so happy. I recalled Krishna-Sudama's childhood friendship and recalled the old Hindi song "A KASH KAHIN MIL JAYE KOI TO MEET PURANA BACHPAN KA". Again I couldn't control my tears. I felt that really one can't forget his childhood friendship.

Kusum Acharya