Right Living

                                                       

                          Mankind has been existing on planet earth since time immemorial and the human beings have been living their lives in different manners. A God incarnate like Sri Sathya Sai Baba is born and live’s the life of a great humanitarian, a saint like J.Krishnamurti live’s the life of a living and perfect God, a  Fr.Martin Coyne devotes his life to the service of God when he is saved from being killed during World War II when a bullet grazed his belly and  a Lionel Messi lives the life of a good human being since he perceives being a good human being is far important to him than winning great soccer accolades. Relating some embarrassing incidents, an AIDS awareness campaigner may have stolen the world limelight but somewhere down the line live’s the double role of stealing someone’s husband from right under her nose, a so-called Baba who run’s a Mystery school maybe living his life using his siddhis(divine powers) unnecessarily to obstruct devotees from serving God wholeheartedly, a Non-Being fanatic may have lived his life converting a meditation retreat to an around the clock brothel and a disciple of some scientist may be living his life deluding people that he is a God incarnate by claiming that he is a living God.

                         Right living is a lifestyle that develops not while undergoing a human evolution, but is a way of life developed after bearing the fruits of meditation sharpened after the end of human evolution, a spiritual evolution. The spiritual values that one develop’s and instill’s in one’s awareness and who apply them in their lives, living the perfect examples of the embodiment of God evolved Beings is right living according to great souls who have inhabitated  planet earth down the ages. Why do we call this kind of a lifestyle "Right Living?" We call this kind of life right living because this is the only kind of lifestyle that is of a permanent nature. The virtues, values and conduct which are the byproduct of a spiritual evolution is of a permanent nature, because it is Soul or God nature. Therefore a spiritually empowering life is “Right Living” since it is a permanently enriching way of living. A Dr.Wayne. W. Dyer’s life is unique living, a Mr.Dipak Chopra’s life an ideal one, an Eckhart Tolle lives a spiritually affluent life, a Sri Sri Ravishanker’s lifestyle is  exemplary living and the life of a J.Krishnamurti is  perfect living.

                          A person who live’s in spiritual affluence is responsible enough to discipline his thought, word and deed. He is a positive action oriented person who performs only good actions. He is careful enough not to cause negative actions to the individual, society and the world. The positive karma that he performs is exemplary enough to set living examples and standards to other people and the community around him. Being cautious enough not to spark off any form of violence through thought, word or deed, he has contributed to planet earth by the addition one more peaceful and peace loving individual.

                          A person who has an ideal lifestyle starts seeing the presence of the Supreme Spirit wherever he goes. Every grain of sand, every drop of water and every living particle in the atmosphere is infused with an embodiment of the Universal Spirit according to him. Therefore, everything is the aspect of one United essence and according to him, God, from the smallest living God particle to the most gigantic planet in the Universe and from the most minute sub-atomic detail to the greater details. God or pure consciousness is the term he uses to define every living particle that animates existence.

                    A  person who live’s uniquely is someone who draws no lines of demarcation or discrimination between a sinner and  a saint.He is the  perfect image of a gentleman who does not mind lending his hand for a dance to an elderly lady over on the dance floor. He is the good neighbour next door who wants to do a good turn everytime you give him a lift  to town. His usual vocabulary and conversation code are “Thank you very much”, “I’m awfully sorry” or “Can I lend you a helping hand?”. All in all, he abstain’s from actions of thought, word or deed that does not suit the nature of a true son of God.

                     He does not react when his neice throw’s a burning cigarette stub right onto his face burning his skin in the process . He does not object to one of his disciples absconding with his entire fund of close to one billion dollars. He is someone like Socrates who swallow’s a bowlful of poison when asked to and he is someone like a Jesus Christ who willingly dies on the cross because God commands him to. He takes the extreme polarities of life wholeheartedly not only because he has the good humour to but because he has realized his entire sojourn on planet earth as the Ultimate will of God.

                     He start’s living an exemplary life in a more synchronized manner when his Shiva-Netra gets activated and he has the powers to control even the weather. Just merely manifesting his desires will disperse the heavy sky overcast with dark clouds when he wants sunshine. He has the superhuman ability like that of a Sri Sri Ravishanker  who can control the rainfall when his disciples are gathered on the open ground to get his Darshan during the monsoon. Incarnations of God like Sri Sathya Sai Baba have the entire planetary system to their command. He treads on the earth gently, has the patience to make a hunter impatient and loves the non-living things on equal par with living things.

                             He start’s living a complete  and a perfect lifestyle the moment he starts perceiving his reflection in the image of compassionate people like a Mother Teresa as well as in the image of a ruthless tyrannical dictator like Adolf Hitler. Dive down to the deepest ocean bed of the pacific and he is there, drill planet earth down to the very core and he is there or fly with the UFO’s to the farthest Galaxy and you will still find him there. His Spirit is now unified and united with that of the entire manifested Cosmos. His spirit and the Universal Spirit is now one and the same.

 

                           Exemplary lives of a J.Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharshi, Aurobindo, Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Paramhansa Yogananda, Roy Eugene Davis and a Sri Sri Ravishanker is what right living all about. We may not have that capacity to radiate that blaze of light as these saints have radiated, in other words, we may not become  well known and famous like these souls  have become but we can definitely make that special contribution from our sides to the cause of God’s great mission by carving a niche for ourselves by being  spiritually evolved Beings. May we all live to be that glow of light to radiate planet earth and the Universe with the Light of lights.
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