We(especially distressed people) give enormous importance to miracles and search for them. Why is there rush at Siddhivinayak or Lalbaugcha Raja Ganapati, etc ? It is because the deities in those places are considered to perform miracles and hordes of people wait in queues for hours to seek Divine Intervention and a sort of miracle in their own lives. How is the idol of this Deity more powerful than the one in your homes or the one in the society or the all pervading Divinity?
If you observe, a miracle is nothing but an event outside our understanding of human possibilities. It is our own understanding that is limited, not the possibility. To explore the possibility takes the right effort but we want quick fixes and don’t want to invest our energies into transforming ourselves and hence the rush to deities/ saints who perform miracles. Further we somehow don’t seem to accept the fact that life is fair, in that it screws everyone and no one gets out alive. Everyone wants to go to heaven but no one wants to die… This is the paradox of human existence.
An idol of a God is just meant to remind you of what you truly value and give you the inspiration to make all efforts to reach there. In the instant case – Ganapati is the symbol of Buddhi (Intellect), Riddhi (Prosperity) and Siddhi (Spiritual Powers), so when you bow to a Ganapati Idol you are reminding yourself to have the strength to walk the path of Yoga that would proferr Buddhi, Riddhi and Siddhi for ultimately attaining Moksha (Liberation). You still have to walk the path.
So don’t look for miracles, you are the miracle that you are waiting for.
Explorer, Philanthropist, Mentor:
Exploring and researching on practices of Self Realisation
Philanthropist: engaged in projects with social and environmental impact
Mentor: guiding people crystallise and achieve their material and spiritual goals
Background:
Former CEO of Mahindra Integrated Business Solutions- an Advisory and Business Process Management Arm of the Diversified US$ 17 Billion Mahindra Group. Ajit was responsible for transforming a Shared Services Centre of the Mahindra Group into a full-fledged Advisory and Business Process Management Company with products/services spanning Strategy & Enterprise Risk Management Advisory to Digitization and Transactional Outsourcing.
He has over 23 years of experience in the industry as an Entrepreneur. He has built businesses in Music Publishing, Media (Compact Discs/DVD’s) Manufacturing, Logistics and Financial Services and is currently nurturing his own initiative called FREE (Forests, Renewable Energy and Environment) & associated with NPO Trusts/ Organizations and mentoring select people and a few start-ups in his personal capacity.
A Chartered Accountant by Qualification with extensive continuing education in Executive Management Programs @ Harvard Business School, Michigan- Ross Business School, IIM-A
He has pursued spiritual interests since an early age exploring inner facets of self through Vipassana, Isha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, other yogic approaches / meditation techniques An Avid Marathoner, trekker/mountaineer, scuba diver, writer and motorbike traveller, is passionate about exploring the outer world as much as the inner.
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