I wish.....

Have you ever wondered what would be the one boon you would ask God if he appeared before you? But first, lets be clear on a couple of things.....if God appeared before everyone so easily then he would not be God, he would be a genie! Then I need to understand that I am not a very evolved human being....I still have all those "bad" qualities and a busy mind!

But what would I ask? I wish.... No not this, its too low....may be this.....naah! too little for God to give....and soon I find myself testing God's giving power. Then this story comes to mind...the story of young Dhruva...and interesting one...may be it will teach me what to ask for???

There was a prince named Dhruva, he was the son of King Uttanapada and his wife Suniti. The king had another wife Suruchi and a son Uttama through her. Suruchi and Uttama were the king's "favorites". One day, while playing the two princes raced towards their father to sit on his lap. Suruchi chided Dhruva and told him he had no place on his father's lap. She further told him to seek Lord Vishnu and ask him the boon of being born as her son in the next birth.

Dhruva started crying and went to his mother. Suniti consoled young Dhruva and asked him to pray to Lord Vishnu to end his misery. Dhruva then undertook a severe penance as directed by Sage Narada.

After several hundreds of years of penance, Lord Narayana appeared before Dhurva to grant a boon. By this time Dhruva had forgotten the reason for his penance. So, he asked Lord for a life dedicated to singing praises of the Lord. Dhurva could have asked for anything including moksha. But Dhurva had no personal desires. This made the Lord very happy and gave him the highest seat in heaven...a seat that will never move. To this day you can see it in the sky...its the Pole Star or the "Dhruva-tara".

Ok so the highest place in the Universe is taken...what do I ask for....well I still dont have an answer...sorry God! I wish... you could give me a hint. Oooops!!

Support System

Yesterday, I finally managed to finish watching this movie called "Arai En 305il Kadavul". It simply traslates to "God in Room 305 of the lodge".

Its a story of God coming down from the heavens to teach the important lessons of life to mortals in a poor neighbourhood. Most of the lessons seemed cliche`d. But the one discussion on who God is and why he should exist was interesting.

As humans who have a wide range of the so called emotions, we constantly need support - "emotional support". When we are sad, angry, happy...we need someone to listen to us..someone who will give us a shoulder to cry on if we need. Most of us find our support system in our family.

But sometimes there is something lacking....I wouldn't say lacking.....may be we need more support....a support that is not corpereal ... that I believe gives rise to the concept of God. Some people would call it internal strength. Something our heart tells our mind and our troubled mind becomes stable again....that voice from our heart is God. The form that we give God is the form given by our mind. So no matter who we are God, I think is the same... the voice of our hearts....the rest of it is a world created by our minds!!