Dew drops are falling .........

We all want to be happy. We want to be peaceful. The actions we do are to make us happy and peaceful. In married life, it is not difficult for husband and wife to be happy. They need to help each other and care for each other. They need to ignore others faults. But instead of that, many couples end up fighting, blaming each other and focus on negativities. So, they end up unhappy and miserable. If we look over and examine their actions, it seems that it is easy to resolve their issues and be happy. But unfortunately, this mind gets stuck with negativities and it appears that mind really does not want to resolve the problems as if it really wants to be unhappy. But from the perspective of husband and wife, they are right and they feel that their actions are for the best of everyone. So, the situation of their mind is that it gives up water of ganga (i.e. attributes of forgiveness, caring and ignore negative in life) and desires dew drops (parihari sur sarita aas kar os kan). Instead of leading a life of happiness, they lead of life of unhappiness and also, unfortunately do a great damage to their children. Instead a satisfied, contended and simple person can lead life of happiness and peacefulness and also, bring joy in others life.

What is true in relationships also applies to our whole life! If we could control our mind and do what is right for us, we can overall be more happy and peaceful. But our mind gets obsessed and we fulfill our obsessions thinking that they will make us happy but we end up more unhappy. The qualities which help us to be more happy are those which make us better person.

• Simple mind which does not keep negative things but lets them go. It does not dwell on what makes us unhappy but ignores those thoughts.

1. Forgiveness - Instead of keeping ill feeling towards those who hurt us, we should let it go and forgive. When we don't forgive, we hurt ourselves and become more unhappy.
   
2. Living in the present moment - What has happened in the past has happened! Why it should bother us and make us unhappy now. If we really want to be happy, then we should let go of past.

• Realizing the value of peacefulness and doing what will give us peacefulness.

1. Hari smaran - focus mind on Ram.
2. Meditation - Naam jap.
3. Saranagati to Ram.
   
4. Exercise and sports.
5. Keeping good friends and acting selflessly and caring for them.
6. Keeping balance in life.
   

Beggar

Bhagavan Ram! I am helpless. I am begging you to protect me. I have faith that you are listening to me. You are in my heart and it is your promise that you listen to me. So, please listen to me and give me what I ask for. Please have mercy on me. What should I ask for? Should I ask for your darshan? Once I will have your darshan, I will feel that I am great devotee. I may even tell others that I got your darshan. But what is the use of your darshan, if my mind is not attracted to you after your darshan. May be I can have some powers? That will help me develop more faith upon you. I can even use those magical powers to help others or even make others your devotees. But what is the use of those powers if my mind is agitated and disturbed. Bhagavan, my mind is agitated and it wanders here and there. It keeps on thinking about useless stuff and it even makes me unhappy by dwelling on negatives again and again. Please have mercy on me and make my mind attracted to you! May my mind take refuge of you and always dwell upon you. It is your promise that you fulfill desires of those who come to you. Please fulfill your promise. You may say that your bhakti is more precious and therefore, you don't want to give me. But Ram you are the most powerful and the most most in everything. Why will I ask you something inferior if you are giving me what I want! I will ask you the most precious thing. You may say that I really don't desire you. My mind really does not want to be attracted to you. That may be true. But Bhagvan I am helpless being who is controlled by maya. Please be merciful of my condition. My mind may wander again and go somewhere else. Therefore, I beg you to make it attracted to you. I want to think of you. I have only one qualification that sometimes I desire to think of you. Bhagavan, this is good desire and you can fulfill it. Please make my mind attracted to you! Please, please, I beg you. Don't blame me if my mind goes away from you. You did not fulfill your promise. What can I do? Ram, I am dependent upon you and you are my master and my shelter. Please make me remember you. That is best thing which can happen in my life.