Sri Ramakrishna was very concerned about his disciples’ welfare. If anyone of them did not visit him for a while, he would ask someone about that person.

Once, when Hari Prasanna [later Swami Vijnanananda] did not come to Dakshineswar for a long time, the Master sent for him. When he arrived, the Master asked why he had been absent for so long. Hari Prasanna replied truthfully: “Sir, I didn’t feel like coming. Moreover, I try to meditate, but I find I cannot.” “What do you mean you cannot meditate?” exclaimed the Master. After remaining silent for a few moments, he said, “Come near me.” Hari Prasanna related what then transpired:
As I approached the Master, he asked me to stick out my tongue. When I did, he drew a figure on it with his finger. My whole body began to tremble, and I felt an unspeakable bliss within. Then the Master said, “Go to the Panchavati and meditate there.”

Following his instruction, I slowly moved towards the Panchavati. I walked with difficulty, intoxicated with joy from the Master’s touch. Somehow I reached there and sat for meditation. Then I lost all outward consciousness. When I regained my ordinary state of mind, I saw the Master seated by me. He was rubbing my body with his hands. His face shone with a heavenly smile. I was still in an intoxicated mood. He asked me, “Well, how was your meditation?” “It was very good, sir,” I replied. Then the Master said, “From now on you will always have deep meditation.” He further asked, “Did you have a vision?” I reported my experience to the Master as faithfully as I could. Then I followed him to his room. I was alone with him. That day he talked to me for a long time and gave me many spiritual instructions. I was overwhelmed by the Master’s love and compassion for me. I had not realized before that he had so much feeling for me. Sri Ramakrishna’s grace was boundless.

On that day the Master said to me: “Never get involved with women. Always be careful. Let there be no stain on your character. Never look at a woman, even if she is made out of gold. Do you know why I am saying all this to you? You belong to the Divine Mother, and you will have to do a lot of work for Her. A pecked fruit cannot be offered to the Mother. So I tell you, be careful.”

No pressure is bigger than Life

Stress. Pressure. We work under it. We are driven by it. We suppress it. We deny it and try to escape it. We take vitamins for it. We feel it in our chest. Our stomach churns. Our palms get sweaty. And all of us are squeezed by it.

But whatever these stresses are, it doesn’t matter, what matters is, how We all should learn to see these pressures in our lives, we have to change our point of view of perceiving these pressures. What are these pressures and burdens, perhaps the burdens we try to cast off are the one’s Allah use in our lives to press us to Him, to make us to trust Him, totally, completely without any reservations. He strengthen us for responding to these pressures.

1-The first step toward easing off of these stresses is, “don’t blame yourself unnecessarily, be your own strongest ally in stress relief.”

2-If you find yourself emotionally “holding onto” mistakes you’ve made, noticing more of what you’ve done wrong than what you’ve gotten right, and getting anxious when you do a good-but-not-perfect job, be aware that there is a better way.
“do your best” is better than “be perfect,”

3-You may not be able to change your personality, but you can soften the edges and shift your focus toward being more relaxed, and that can make all the difference.

4-You can start by paying attention to how you feel at the end of the day, at the end of a weekend (when you’re about to start a new week with new challenges), and taking a careful look at your life to see if you have enough time for nurturing relationships, engaging in regular exercise, getting enough sleep, and maintaining other self-care activities on a regular basis.

Taking care of yourself is essential for stress management, and no other goals should be put above it, or you won’t be able to reach those goals as effectively–exhausted people lose momentum eventually.
5-Be optimistic rather than pessimistic

6-Feel free than feeling better

“It is not pressure, but our response to pressure, that determines pressure’s effect on us.” Joe Bayly

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Role of your own 🌹

A man had two large pots, each hung on an end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to his house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the man delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, feeling accepted and appreciated. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the man one day by the stream.
“I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you.”
“Why?” asked the man. “What are you ashamed of?”
“I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don’t get full value from your efforts.” the pot said.
The man felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion, he said, “As we return to my house, I want you to look at the beautiful flowers along the path. It will make you feel better.”
Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this made it feel a little happier. But at the end of the path, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the Pot apologized to the man for its failure.
The man said to the pot, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you’ve been watering them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to take home to my wife. With you being just the way you are, you have given beauty and meaning to me every day.”🌹

How to be a true devotee of Shiva!

A rich man had a garden and two gardeners. One of these gardeners was very lazy and did not work; but when the owner came to the garden, the lazy man would get up and fold his arms and say, “How beautiful is the face of my master”, and dance before him.

The other gardener would not talk much, but would work hard, and produce all sorts of fruits and vegetables which he would carry on his head to his master who lived a long way off. Of these two gardeners, which would be the more beloved of his master?

Shiva is that master, and this world is His garden, and there are two sorts of gardeners here; the one who is lazy, hypocritical, and does nothing, only talking about Shiva’s beautiful eyes and nose and other features; and the other, who is taking care of Shiva’s children, all those that are poor and weak, all animals, and all His creation.

Which of these would be the more beloved of Shiva? Certainly he that serves His children. He who wants to serve the father must serve the children first. He who wants to serve Shiva must serve His children — must serve all creatures in this world first. It is said in the scriptures that those who serve the servants of God are His greatest servants.

So, If you want to become a devotee of Shiva then try to follow these things ~

Keep unshakable faith in Shiva.

Discard your ego, Do everything for Shiva’s sake. Do Everything with love and compassion.

Help poor and needy people.

Control your lust, anger and greed. (You can easily overcome these bad qualities by the grace of shiva)

Worship him with all faith and devotion. Time doesn’t matter. Worship him day and night.

Remember, He is not anywhere if he is not in your heart.

Shiva is There, Where the heart is holy and the mind is pure. Where there is love and compassion.

If you commit any sin unintentionally, Then apologize to Shiva and do not repeat that mistake again.

The highest form of bhakti is to meditate on Shiva while doing any activity.

Meditate on shiva while walking, talking, reading or doing any activity.

The one embracer of the universe, by knowing Him as “kind, benign” (śivam), one attains peace forever.!

Hari Om Tat Sat.
THE SHIVA TRIBE

You are my Love, you are my Beloved;
You are my heart, my soul, and the faith of mine.

By your breath I am alive;
What is one life? – you are a hundred lives of mine.

Without you, bread cannot feed a man;
You are the water and the bread of mine.

By your touch, poison becomes medicine;
You are the cure and the sweet nectar of mine.

You are the garden, the grass, and the heavens;
You are the cypress and the laughing jasmine of mine.

I have entered that supreme silence.
Please, you go on . . .
My mouth may open, words may come out,
But you are every sweet song of mine….!
Radhe Radhe

When a real man tells you that he loves you, then you will become his priority. You will become the center of his world. You will become the axis of his life and his life will only revolve around you. He will consider it his responsibility to make you feel loved in every possible sense. He will make sure that he takes out special time for you no matter how busy he is. He will give his undivided love and attention to you to make you feel special. Sometimes he will pamper you and treat you like a kid and sometimes he will treat you like his best buddy. He will sit through your endless conversations and your childhood stories. He would want to sleep in your arms and wake up in your arms. He will be completely transparent in his relationship with you and never hide anything from you. He will never sugarcoat his words to impress you and he will always tell you the truth by looking straight into your eyes. He will be possessive about you and he will be jealous of the other men you interact with because he would never like to share your attention. He will fulfill all his commitments and always keep his promises. He will turn the world upside down to see a smile on your face. He will cherish your imperfections and he will appreciate the woman you are. He will never cheat on you and he will never play with your feelings and emotions. A real man will treasure his woman and there will be nothing in this world that he would want more than to stay by her side forever…

Lovers pray constantly.

Once a day, once a week, five times an hour,
is not enough. Fish like we are
need the ocean around us!”

Do camel bells say, Let’s meet back here Thursday night?
Ridiculous. They jingle
together continuously,
talking while the camel walks.

Do you pay regular visits to yourself?
Don’t argue or answer rationally.

Let us die,
and dying, reply.

Rumi

To dwell on the past can ruin your relationships, lower your self-esteem and knock the confidence right out of you. To live in the “I wish I had done it different” or “Why did this happen?” will smack you in the face and cause you to have nothing but distress. On top of that, you can’t move forward if you’re looking backward. You can’t undo your past, but you can do something about your present and future. Remember you can only play the ball that is in front of you, not a ball that’s in back of you.Just Believe

Breathing in, I know I am alive. Breathing out, I smile to life. This is a very simple practice. If we go home to our in-breath and out-breath and breathe mindfully, we become fully alive in the here and now.

• Thich Nhat Hanh

The Essence of a Being is not Your Rank or “Greatness”….
but Being who God’s Made you to be…
Radiantly Beautiful on the INSIDE….
One thing we’ve got to learn is that no one person is better
than the other. Some are blessed with knowledge, some with beauty, some with strength, some with humor, and some with a unique gift from God that they have yet to find….. The essence
of a being is not your rank or “greatness” but being who God’s made you to be… radiantly beautiful on the inside…..