Miscellaneous philosophical topics

sanju · Sep 24, 2008

Love all is it true, to reach GOD

I have a doubt !

Who belive in god everyone says some spiritual words.I have heard common word is pratice love.Love everyone even your enmeny.In the same way if we love then we have more attatchments ,more relations,we expect more from people whom we love.yes this is ture we expect more love from whom we love(egarents,hubby).
But some says only god is main no one else.ofcourse we have to do our duties but its impossible to leave attachment to reach god til we are in this world.Some says love should be unconditional shoudnt expect anything return.But what does it mean should we love the person who says please dont disturb .You may get doubt what is meant for disturbing.Yes when you really love some persons like your parents can you be without talking to them even though they say not to talk.I just said eg(jst imagine with whom u love more ).
So what type of love we should have to people who says that love everyone is way to reach GOD.Can any one tell what type of love we should have.what is LOVE.

geevee68 · Nov 24, 2008

Re: Forgiveness and love are great treasures of life

kalpana said: ↑

Once a warrior asked a monk: "What is the difference between heaven and hell?" The monk replied: "You ignorant brute, you are nothing but a savage. Why would I waste my time on you?"

Filled with anger and hatred, the warrior started beating the monk. After a few minutes, the warrior realised what a heinous act he was committing and stopped.

The monk smiled and said: "That fit of anger is hell". The warrior was so ashamed of his violent act that he begged the monk to forgive him.

The monk again smiled and said: "Your asking for forgiveness is heaven".

First of all feelings of anger, hatred and vengeance cause damage to the physical body. Secondly, there is a karmic price one must pay when one is filled with anger and hatred.

If we know this, we may think twice before sending out the boomerang of anger.

Thirdly, when we act out of anger, we may set in motion a chain of violence from which we find it hard to escape, resulting in an even worse situation than the original injury.

The password to God's abode is love. God is love and only love can reside in God's domain. Thus, for us to be fit to re-enter our eternal home, we must become all love. Anger and hatred are alien to the land of God.

Forgiveness is the remedy for anger and this will help us re-enter the domain of the Lord. There are many spiritual benefits to practising forgiveness.

First, we experience improvement in our meditation. We know how difficult it is to still the mind, we can maintain a calm mind by forgiving others as it brings spiritual benefits.

Forgiveness decreases our karmic load. Because anger and hatred increase our karmic load; each day that we control our negative qualities is a day that we are lessening that load.

Forgiveness is a good detergent to purify ourselves of karmic debts. Finally, one of the greatest benefits of forgiveness is that we become examples for others.

Love and forgiveness inspire others to love and make the world a peaceful place. If we learn the art of forgiveness, we can transform our life and achieve our goal of self-knowledge and God-realisation.
We should all try and practice this.
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Kalpana,
This is absolutely awesome explanation you have given here.Thank you for this wonderful insight.The very thought of forgiveness removes a big burden from us.

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