Spiritual devotion, a comment about Katha Upanishad

Spiritual devotion, a comment about Katha Upanishad
br p in ancient times a man named Vajrabasa decided, developed a ritual, to merit of the artists perform to make. Resulted in the drawing away to give all their possessions in the exercise. But he had no intention, and instead went to give their livestock easily away and only worthless they: the old bald, blind and lame. His son, this noticed Nachiketa came to his father and said: "Father, not your words repent!" Consider you, what happens to those that gone before, and how will it be with the living. In corn, matures a man falls to the ground, such as corn, he jumps back on his season. (Katha Upanishad 01.01.06) /p is undeniable: we follow the path Vajrabasa sometimes, but some do it in abundance. This is particularly deadly in the sphere of intellectual life./p I remember when the two new friends from South India Indian surprised asked me: "what is an" Indian donors? "When I said that it not meant someone, but promised delivered or which made and accepted, they were really shocked." But when I explained that it was not, that Indians understood "were donors", but the wrong white men, and they my em / em was confusion. (If I of "Honest Indian spoken?") And "The only good Indian is a dead Indian", they laughed, cried, and often the question: "honest Indian?" (When I told him no.) It's no fun when we "Indian donor" in the spiritual life as a forked tongue and cunning with God and our own spirit and politicians were native Americans./p one of the funniest and typical examples are in comedy, em the end / em. In a scene with Burt Reynolds was the floatingmen in the sea to drown. He begins to cry to God, how much of his income, he swears if he survived. The percentage is increasing and the total amount. But when he sees that there is a chance that he returned to the Bank. So begins the percentage decreases proportionally to how near it is the country! Finally he says God that he has nothing to give and if God loves it, it isn't too bad. We are very (often just) the is like. If we believe that we are not something or nothing, we generously offer to God or to contain. But now we see a need or can use if we tell us, that God wouldn't expect him to say whether they give up./p many people are willing to consecrate and sacrifice to achieve liberation at the beginning of spiritual life with enthusiasm. But in the course of time the sand in the hourglass of interest is growing and increasingly as a step on the lower self-discharge and material life to what remains, is so weak and insignificant, it would be better if it was eliminated in honesty./p the only principle we reap what we sow and is definitely one of the spiritual life. Here are the words of Paul with the theme: "be fooled, is not mock God: for what a person sows, that he will reap." Because who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap destruction, who but sows on the mind of the spirit reap eternal life. And let us be not tired to do good: in his time we will reap if we are not tired. "(Galater_6:7-9) impotence is a real option for all of us and that is why these cautionary words Nachiketa in the Upanishads was written:" father, not regret your words! Consider you, what happens to those that gone before, and how is it live with nowthe. In corn, matures a man falls to the ground, such as corn, he jumps back on his season. "/" P law reap what is sown, and vice versa not reap what is sown p not - will be taken seriously in all aspects of life especially in spiritual things. Solomon warns us: "If you postpone a God like vowest, not paying because... better you would promise that you vows and not pay." "(5: 04 Preacher) the question is here that God is not angry, or angry at our non-payment, but the negative effects on our own infidelity is directly with us." It is not God who rewarded and punished, but our self, and justice are inevitable. So ask God, us our emissions or positive to forgive it means nothing, it is our own ego, we are with and em / em couldn't handle all sizes become./p unfortunately there is before the many examples of those ", back to their own stimulus and suffer the consequences, for easy to extreme unhappiness and misery extended gone and even death." The latter is not an exaggeration I know how. If you'll excuse me, I have no examples at all because it is too dark. Just wasn't a yourself! But I'll tell you a principle that I have seen during shown again and again: what to keep a person dispenses his spiritual life in order em or to win will be taken (usually abruptly or even violently) and from it he will never return or on their spiritual lives in this incarnation. /. Em I've never seen an exception. Never. (I speak from, we all do just that not only risk or delay the personal spiritual life make stupid mistakes or weaknesses but it tats&#)228; mainly type and runs, including the rejection of the spiritual life and obligations. (This is fatal. / p for each phase of our spiritual lives, we must have the laws of cause and effect, and ", preview that how it with those gone is, and how is it with them live today." "And let us believe that if we karmic response in this life to escape are we"free House"Nachiketa," such as corn, matures a man and falls to the ground as corn jumps he back to his season. "This is our future life thrive where neglect in many forms, everything, what our progress harms."/p naturally words Nachiketa important, only the wise. Krishna as Arjuna said: "Even a wise man is the tendencies of his own nature." All living things follow their passions. What's the point of all external constraints? When a man after my classes with faith in his heart, and not intellectual online, he be released from the chains of his karma. But those who think teaching mockery, and not to follow, are lost. You are spiritual indiscriminately. Their knowledge is an illusion. "(Bhagavad_Gita_3.33,_31,32) / p"