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Devotion Out Of Fear Is Fine

Ramani, we need Five hours to travel both ways, take one hour for darshan in Special Entrance, leave a buffer of an hour and we should be back by

One PM( we left Chennai by 6 AM)

I told him not to set a time frame to the One who sets Time for Every One, that too, to Lord Venkateswara.

He laughed off saying that I am a Superstitious Fool.

We reached Tirupati, entered the Special Entrance, queue,into the Single lane fenced by iron barrier, from where one can not come back before the darshan is over.

We were made to wait for Seventeen Hours to have the darshan .

Imagine my plight as my daughter refused to get down from my Hips and I had to attend to her calls of Nature, demand for Food!

From that day I stopped even discussing the plans.

As I remarked in one of my Posts, I leave for visiting Tempe,s with no fixed Plan and cover them as I go by and I have been Blessed with immediate and Easy darshan of the Deity, wherever I go.

It was against this background my son told me that I follow Religious Rites, believe In God,being Spiritual because of Fear.

I do not know.

Balanced View Lifestyle World Death

We come across extremes in Life,

Pleasure, Pain,

Good,Bad,

Hot, Cold,

Love ,Hatred,

Home, World,

Family Life, Renunciation,

How does one follow the Precepts?

An advice is can not be followed unless it is experienced or we experience something similar.

Another tack is to understand by observing simple things in Life.

Rain flows as a River rolling down everything in its wake, not respecting anything.

It is predetermined, even that it is not, nor are we sure about,

As the things do not know why they are tumbled when being tumbled, nor the River that impels them, one rolls down Life.

As such, one need not be overawed by Great-men, much less condescending towards the weak and less gifted.

'

பெரியோரை வியத்தலும் இலமே;

சிறியோரை இகழ்தல் அதனினும் இலமே."

We are solely responsible for our Life, be it Good Times or Bad Times.

This accountability is the backbone of Hinduism and the Theory of Karma.

Of Course, we have limited Freedom, in that though we are free to choose a course of action, we can not determine the choices life offers or what impels us to choose a particular option.

None can insult you, demean you or elevate without your consent.

'Atman is Your best friend and is Your worst enemy" Bhagavad Gita.

You are the Master of Your destiny.

'தீதும், நன்றும், பிறர் தர வாரா;'

So are problems and solutions.

Hinduism is such a Religion that can say God is the Repository of Grief as well.

'Dukkabukh,' Repository of Grief-Vishnusahasranama.

Then why do we pray?

Because he gives you the strength, provides you with the tolls to tide over.

Dukka Sadanah' Provides you with the avenues to combat the problems-Visnu Sahasranamam.