4 वेदों के 4 महा मंत्र

1) दुनिया में 4 संस्कृतीयां अती प्राचीन है  …मिस्र, युनान, रोम और भारत…मिस्र, युनान और रोम की संस्कृति को तो धर्मांतरण वालों ने कुचल के अजायब घर में रख दिया…अब एक संस्कृति बची है प्राचीन..जीजस के बाद इसायत चली..मोहमद के बाद इस्लाम चला…लेकिन ये संस्कृतियाँ उस से बहुत प्राचीन है..उन में अपना वजूद है..अब इन में से केवल भारतीय संस्कृति प्राचीन बची है..और भारत संस्कृति में 4 वेद है..ये ज्ञान  सुन लेना…अपने बच्चे बच्चियों को पड़ोसियों को समझाना..
भारत संकृति में 4 वेद है..इन 4 वेदों में मंत्र, प्रार्थना, उपासना का बहुत सारा खजाना भरा है..मुख्य 1 वेद था, उस के वेदव्यास जी ने 4 विभाग कर के 4 वेद बनाए:ऋग्वेद, यजुर्वेद, अथर्व वेद, साम वेद.
उन 4 वेदों के 4 महा मंत्र है..
a)प्रज्ञानम  ब्रम्‍ह : तुम्हारी बुध्दी के गहेराई में जो बैठा है वो परब्रम्‍ह परमात्मा है…उस परमात्मा का ज्ञान अथवा उस परमात्मा में शांत होना, उस परमात्मा को प्रसन्न करने के लिए कर्म करना सारे विकासों की कुंजी है..सारे सुखों की कुंजी है..वो सारे ज्ञानों  का ज्ञान  है..सारे मंगलों का मंगल है.
b) अयं आत्मा ब्रम्‍ह : दूसरे वेद में आता है की अयं आत्मा ब्रम्‍ह ..जहाँ से तुम्हारा ‘मैं’ ‘मैं’ उठता है वो ही तुम्हारा आत्मा परमात्मा है..तुम शरीर नही हो, जैसे तुम माई-भाई जो भी कपड़े पहेनते तो तुम कपड़े नही हो  ऐसे ही तुम को ये जो स्री का चोला मिला है अथवा पुरुष का चोला मिला है वो यहा मरने के बाद भी तुम रहेते हो..
c) अहं ब्रम्‍हास्मि : ये बात तीसरे वेद में है..की मैं आत्म ब्रम्‍ह हूँ.
d) तत्वमसी : ये चौथे वेद का वचन है..जिस सुख को सामर्थ्य को , मुक्ति को, भगवान को तू खोजता है वो तत्व तू ही है; वो तत्व तुझ से अलग नही है..जैसे तरंग पानी को खोजे, उस को समझा दे की तू तरंग नही तू ही मूल में पानी है ..अपने को झाग, बुलबुला, तरंग मानना छोड़ दे तो तुम स्वयं समुद्र है ऐसे ही अपने को शरीर, मन, इंद्रिया, फलाना जातीवाला मानना छोड़  दे तो मूल में जो सर्व व्यापक परमात्मा है वो ही तेरा आत्मा है..

Ashtavakra Gita - Chapter 3

Ashtavakra : Knowing yourself as truly one and indestructible, how could a wise man possessing self-knowledge like you feel any pleasure in acquiring the wealth ? Truly, when one does not know oneself, one takes pleasure in the objects of mistaken perception, just as greed arises for the mistaken silver in one who does not know mother of pearl for what it is.

All this wells up like waves in the sea. Recognizing, "I am that" , why run around like someone in need ?
After hearing of oneself as pure consciousness and the supremely beautiful, is one to go on lusting after sordid sexual objects ? When the sage has realized that he himself is in all beings, and all beings are in him, it is astonishing that the sense of individually should be able to continue. It is astonishing that a man who has reached the supreme non-dual state and is intent on the benefits of liberation should still be subject to lust and held back by sexual activity.

It is astonishing that one already very debilitated, and knowing very well that its arousal is the enemy of knowledge should still hanker after sensuality, even when approaching his last days. It is astonishing that one who is unattached to the things of this world or the next, who discriminates between the permanent and the impermanent, and who longs for liberation, should still be afraid of liberation.

The great souled person sees even his own body in action as if it were some-one else's, so how should he be disturbed by praise or blame ? Seeing this world as pure illusion, and devoid of any interest in it, how should the strong minded person, feel fear, even at the approach of death? Who can be compared to the great-souled person whose mind is free from desire even in disappointment, and who has found satisfaction in self-knowledge ?

How should a strong-minded  person who knows that what he sees is by its very nature nothing, consider one thing to be grasped and another to be rejected ?An object of enjoyment that comes of itself is neither painful nor pleasurable for someone who has eliminated attachment, and who is free from dualism and from desire.

35 Fast Tips to Make This Your Best Year Yet - Robin Sharma

1. Remember that the quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.
2. Keep the promises you make to others – and to yourself.
3. The project that most scares you is the project you need to do first.
4. Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results.
5. Stop being busy being busy. This New Year, clean out the distractions from your work+life and devote to a monomaniacal focus on the few things that matter.
6. Read “The War of Art”.
7. Watch “The Fighter”.
8. In a world where technology is causing some of us to forget how to act human, become the politest person you know.
9. Remember that all great ideas were first ridiculed.
10. Remember that critics are dreamers gone scared.
11. Be “Apple-Like” in your obsession with getting the details right.
12. Take 60 minutes every weekend to craft a blueprint for the coming seven days. As Saul Bellow once said: “A plan relieves you of the torment of choice.”
13. Release your need to be liked this New Year. You can’t be a visionary if you long to be liked.
14. Disrupt or be disrupted.
15. Hire a personal trainer to get you into the best shape of your life. Superstars focus on the value they receive versus the cost of the service.
16. Give your teammates, customers and family one of the greatest gifts of all: the gift of your attention (and presence).
17. Every morning ask yourself: “How may I best serve the most people?”
18. Every night ask yourself: “What 5 good things happened to me this day?”
19. Don’t waste your most valuable hours (the morning) doing low value work.
20. Leave every project you touch at work better than you found it.
21. Your job is not just to work. Your job is to leave a trail of leaders behind you.
22. A job is not “just a job”. Every job is a gorgeous vehicle to express your gifts and talents – and to model exceptionalism for all around you.
23. Fears unfaced become your limits.
24. Get up at 5 am and take 60 minutes to prepare your mind, body, emotions and spirit to be remarkable during the hours that follow. Being a superstar is not the domain of the gifted but the prepared.
25. Write love letters to your family.
26. Smile at strangers.
27. Drink more water.
28. Keep a journal. Your life’s story is worth recording.
29. Do more than you’re paid to do and do work that leaves your teammates breathless.
30. Leave your ego at the door every morning.
31. Set 5 daily goals every morning. These small wins will lead to nearly 2000 little victories by the end of the year.
32. Say “please” and “thank you”.
33. Remember the secret to happiness is doing work that matters and being an instrument of service.
34. Don’t be the richest person in the graveyard. Health is wealth.
35. Life’s short. The greatest risk is risk-less living. And settling for average.

By Robin Sharma

Generosity of the Heart Is the Beginning of Meditation

We are going to talk about something that needs a mind that can penetrate very profoundly. We must begin very near because we cannot go very far if we do not know how to begin very close, if we do not know how to take the first step. The flowering of meditation is goodness, and the generosity of the heart is the beginning of meditation. We have talked about many things concerning life, authority, ambition, fear, greed, envy, death, time; we have talked about many things. If you observe, if you have gone into it, if you have listened rightly, those are all the foundation for a mind that is capable of meditating. You cannot meditate if you are ambitious, you may play with the idea of meditation. If your mind is authority-ridden, bound by tradition, accepting, following, you will never know what it is to meditate on this extraordinary beauty.It is the pursuit of its own fulfillment through time that prevents generosity. And you need a generous mind, not only a wide mind, a mind that is full of space, but also a heart that gives without thought, without a motive, and that does not seek any reward in return. But to give whatever little one has or however much one has that quality of spontaneity of outgoing, without any restriction, without any withholding, is necessary. There can be no meditation without generosity, without goodness which is to be free from pride, never to climb the ladder of success, never to know what it is to be famous; which is to die to whatever has been achieved, every minute of the day. It is only in such fertile ground that goodness can grow, can flower. And meditation is the flowering of goodness. - J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life