Dear Rajagopal.... You bring so much smile & laughter around here...am sure everywhere you go too.
This one is for you....
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There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of juice and he started his journey.When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to her and opened his suitcase.
He was about to take a drink from the juice pack when he noticed that the old lady looked hungry, so he offered her a Twinkie. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a juice. Once again she smiled at him. The boy was delighted ! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.
As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever. When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. She asked him, "What did you do today that made you so happy?" He replied, "I had lunch with God." But before his mother could respond, he added, "You know what? She's got the most beautiful smile I've ever seen!"
Meanwhile, the old woman, also radiant with joy, returned to her home. Her son was stunned by the look of peace on her face and he asked, "Mother, what did you do today that made you so happy?" She replied, "I ate Twinkies in the park with God." But before her son responded, she added, "You know, he's much younger than I expected."Author: Unknown.
(Bring up one smile on someone's face everyday)
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Wonder full. RG will come out soon from his sorrow and bring smile to all blog memebers with his"cute comments"
Thanks Illango ji
Bala
Lovely story, thanks Sir!
Ilango how could you find such beautiful stories everytime!
Rajagopal is coming up with one after another. Ilango the
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Hi Dear RAJGOPAL,
Get Well Soon,
Alpesh
Rajagopal sir,
Very sorry about the sad demise of your co-brother!! Our prayers with your family
a touching story indeed....ilango ji......
Sir - Thanks for the healing touch of your and our friends' healing touch. Now I want to propose a heavy metal question for the week end.
Is it worth beleiving GOD? Is HE there? Why should one waste his time and energy petitioning HIM when he decides to be deaf ? Is there any difference to things that happen to/in the lives of the BELEIVER and non beleiver?
Come. Ponder. As you all would have guessed, I have my usual perverted opinion influenced by this tragic hour.
Dear Sandy - so far only Sir used to be egged on for more. You are bestowing the honour on me. Will respond to you.
dear rajgopal,
your opinion is not just perverted but shocking. the little boy in the above story reproduced by ilango ji for you could see the god in the smile of the old lady. but you are so blind [sorry for the expression] that you could not see god in one hundred people who prayed for the peace of the departed soul and not just that for your and your family's peace and well being too.
tragedy should have made you saner, humane and humble but you in your pervertedness questioned the very existence of god and insulted all those god loving souls who prayed for your and departed souls well being and peace.
going deep into this you have even insulted those today who kept your name 'rajgopal'. in north at least gopal is one of the names of lord krishna.
i once again repeat that if you could not see god in the prayers of hundreds of known and even unknown souls who prayed for you and your relative, you are blind , perverted and somewhat insane person.
forgive me for the language but this is what comes to my mind after seeing your heavy metal question.
love and regards
rajgopal beliver can be in worse situation also, but he one who belives only knows the lightness, and when we belive is we belive in his quality, and we achive that quality only by beliving in him
God!
seen as is seen,
to a friend, a friend,
to a lover, a lover,
He's quite flexible,
to a person who sees not, He remains invisible.
Quite a guy huh?!
;)
Pranams
rajagopal,
Very natural questions at this hour of your life. Quite understandable. I dont believe in what most of my fellow human beings call "God". Or atleast the things they expect everyone around to do. I believe it is upto you to discover who "it" is. I am an agnostic - not an atheist. The reason I feel tempted towards the "God" group is because of just one question which comes from a science background ( or maybe too confused ) -
What are we ? When I look around and I see Nature, how did this happen and why ? And why are we made to feel these things ?
Now from a scientific point of view, wont this be the greatest discovery ever ? And that is what some 90% of people call God ( maybe ). Science might explain these things ( big bang etc ) but I doubt anything can be proven ( again my immaturity ).
Will we humans evolve genetically to do multi-dimension things ? Time ?
Oh, we humans try to explain all these things ( scriptures etc ) if answering the uncomfortable questions with a "God can do it" answer, but that doesnt satisfy the questioning mind. Believe without asking questions does not go well to someone who is used to using their senses.
Given your current situation, let me wrap by saying, everything we do and get attached is an "addiction". I feel, we are here to prove that we can stay from any addiction. And we fail. By Hindu scriptures, maybe we are reborn to keep reproving ourselves. Maybe. ( No to a scientific mind ).
I say "BE WATER". You fill up the space you are given and stay balanced, and over time you get clear.
@ilango sir - how should one go about passing any charts etc because I use this blog to ask questions on charts I have ? Please advise. If my post below is not right, i will stop.
Since i cant post charts here, beginner EW analysis chart posted in my blog - follow my id.
What a lovely story it is. I couldn't control myself to comment on it.
Dear RG sir,
I humbly would like to say something about “heavy me(n)tal question”
Death begins from very moment of Birth. “Life comes from Life only” we can’t search it somewhere else. So, it’s better to be very cautious in this life. Our balancesheet will “carryforward” to “next JANMA” Afterall while trading in NIFTY we are taking so cautious steps, then WHY NOT IN “LIFE”
This question shows your deep sorrow. I agree. Beautiful memories that will never fade of ONE WE LOVED. I know you are not a Non-Believer of GOD and how much respect you are giving to your mother (thro ur writings) If this is true, then how can you say “the LOGAMATHA” is deaf?? We are all her childs. She is very much hearing everything . If our prayers “fulfilled” GOD is there, and not “fulfilled” means he is not there?? He is deaf?? No . not at all. It’s depends upon our “Karma’ whether our prayers will “fulfilled” or “not fulfilled”. Your favourite ‘Kannadasan Lyrics”
வந்தவரெல்லாà®®் தங்கிவிட்டால் இந்த பூà®®ியில் நமக்கே இடமேது-
அலையில் ஆடுà®®் காகிதம் அதிலுà®®் என்ன காவியம்
நிலையில்லாத மனிதர்கள் அவர்க்குà®®் என்ன உறவுகள்
நன்à®±ி நன்à®±ி தேவா உன்னை மறக்க à®®ுடியுà®®ா
கலைந்திடுà®®் கனவுகள் கண்ணீà®°் சிந்துà®®் நினைவுகள்
You can say “saying is easy” …but anyway this is true and I experienced. Simple but true. . We can’t beat our FATE .
About the Non-Believer – hm.. everything is same. Happiness sorrow etc., etc., God is with everybody, whether he is believer or Non-believer, Non believer is not “realizing” anything why it’s happening and happened? or he wantedly blame GOD because of his bad “karma”. His previous “karma” is not allowing him to even “chant” GOD’s mantra. (you know Kannadasan himself is a Non-believer – turned a believer “wrote “arthamulla Indhumatham) That;s his fate. But believers like you can “realize”.
You know “everything” sir. Try to remember “all good/gold old times” of the person and try to be happy. Divert you mind. Changes only unchangeable. “TIME “ knows everything.. It will do the right thing at the right time. Time is the magic healer, it will heal everything. May GOD bless all your family members.
If this post “harms’ you inanyway… “blast me”, but don’t keep anything in your “mind” which is not “good” at this time. Hope you will “come out” of this tragedy gradually.
Warm regards
Mr. RG
that is really a interesting story.
I bless for you and your family.
@rajiv malik
life death sorrow happiness etc cycle appear natural
to us when we see it happening with others . the moment
it happens with us then..........
each one of us has and will
have moments in life which lies under perview of the
above words when most of us we will lose faith in god.
its ok to curse god,to fight with him, to complain.
He can take it. He will still love u not for what u
have done or not done but because who He is.
sujatha the principles of karma are very good when
we r on the receiving side. when it comes to giving
then.
the question is we should thank god everyday whether we
get miseries or happiness. there are very few who can
do it. rajiv malik can u thank god for miseries too .
u will know whether u can or cant.
i cant thank god for miseries. maybe some day i will be
able to or i might never be able to. i dont know.
its ok to curse god in miseries. but it is definitely
a sin
to curse god in ones own miseries and point others
when they do so.
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RG,
God is always there.... only in our tuff times we feel
hes not there... and in good ones that he is by your side..
but it is our own karma whcih makes things happen...
It is natural for you to feel this way at this juncture...
but do any of us ever realise that we we grieve is NOT the death of
the person who went away BUT THE VOID THAT THEY LEAVE IN OUR
LIVES AS THEIR SOUL MOVES ON AS PER ITS DESTINY.
Its time for you to let go... however tuff it may be..
to move on....becoz the only guarantee asssociated with birth
is death...accceptance is the only way out...BELIEVE IN GOD AND HE WILL
HELP AT ALL TIMES...
RG
At this moment, any amount of words cannot comfort you and your family. TIME ALONE is the healer and nothing or none else can help you comforting.Any effort will be of little effect. Accept what has happened - bravely - and continue to believe in GOD. You will be blessed in the days to come.
piyush sharda ji,
rajgopal is not unique in having lost his near and dear one. we all have lost our loved ones in the journey of life [btw i am 52 yrs old] but still we accept the will of god. there are the kinds of deaths of children and even youth which bring so much sorrow to the families. but it is very rare that one starts questioning the existence of god.
life piyush ji is a dukhalaya [home of sorrow]. even lord rama and lord krishna had challenges to face when they were there on this earth.
hundreds are dying every day but there are thousands and lakhs who go and console them everyday. in that way rg is no different than the vast humanity. but tragedy for the moment has made him lose his mental balance it seems.
or how else he could not see the healing and divine touch of hundreds of us who tried to console him through our prayers. god is not deaf, HE communicated to rg his love and care through us. in this case rg is deaf who cannot feel and realise this truth.
love and regards
RG, I'm an atheist and I think your question is a valid one - not just now but in every hour of every day.:)
Check out this Richard Dawkins youtube, he's the intellectual successor to the other great evolutionary and atheist, Charles Darwin. He wrote the book "The God Delusion" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yENWf5ThIg4
That's for you too, rajv malik. Most of the world religions - Vedic, Buddhist and Jainism - didn't find an answer to RG's question after 2000 yrs. Isn't it still an open question?
true but you raise this question when your relative dies and insult all who are praying to lord for your well being.......
the timing and the platform both are utterly wrong for this how so ever much you may support him yoda ji......
serenity and good sense demanded he just expressed his gratitude to all who prayed to the lord for his well being and the well being of the departed soul and his family. that is it.
nowdays i am out of trading but your blog is so interesting and useful & also having good story on every saturday
Come, rajv malik, is there a strict, social straitjacket, a fixed lock-step we must all walk even in our sorrow? Surely god makes you more understanding than that.
I prefer his honest primal questioning and rage to any attempt on his part to comfort *us* in our social attempts. To even ask for that is not to remember our own loss and grieving, and not to empathize.
You said: >>serenity and good sense demanded he just expressed his gratitude to all
I see he's expressed gratitude at the very start: "Sir - Thanks for the healing touch of your and our friends' healing touch."
What more?
@ RajaGopal
@Yoda @ Rajiv
So unique is this blog that strangers (who even prefer to use alibi avatar rather their own identity)have chosen to come together to be with you in your time of sorrow. What more can a man do? In the end each one is to himself, and each one has to carry his own luggage. It is providence and will of God we share these moments with you. Where else would you have so many well wishers. True, we are here together because of Ilango, but our coming together is the Will of God. In which other blog will you find such empathy.
Take this as a gift from God, like every other blessing in life. With no God , we are composed of nothing but a chemical compound mixture. The spark of life is God.
Glory of God is man fully alive.
Fear not death. Death is a symbol of resurgence , of beginning of new life. This is our final destination.
In loss there is pain. Endure it, as you cherish happiness. Both are two sides of the same coin.
"If you can meet triumph and disaster and treat these two 'IMPOSTERS' just the same".
Accept the truth with submission. Question not. We all are fleeting fire-flies in time.
a majority here has prayed to lord for his well being. keeping their sensibilities in his mind and also the serenity of the occasion, the timing and also i repeat the platform is utterly wrong. your sorrow does not mean you offend others sensibilities and faith which blog mates have displayed with so much love in their hearts.
you are just trying to support him as a friend and i talk in a broader manner. if one is in such a great sorrow better to observe mauna [silence] rather than saying things and raising matter not appropriate for the occasion.
rest you and others can keep supporting him and even give all proof available that god is not there. just because rg's relative has expired god will not cease to exist.
i once again pray to lord to give wisdom to rg and friends like you to understand that this platform and the time is most inappropriate for discussing the me[n]tal question as sujatha said raised by the gentleman.
Dear Rajagopal,
You have asked a very valid question which troubles us all at times of tradegy or great sorrow. Why me? Why does this have to happen to me when I have done no wrong and have bowed to the almighty and offered my prayers without fail????????
Your First question:Is it worth beleiving GOD? Is HE there?
When we see any man assembelled gadget we presuppose an inteligent person behind it whether we have seen him or not. So when the whole of nature which includes you,me and all that is around us which is truly a marvel of intelligence, it all has to have a super intelligent being who is all knowledge and we can give any name we want whether GOD, premordial energy what ever.
The ultimate aim of life is realising the truth of who am I. For this one not neccessarily believe in god just like a Buddha who realised the self without believing in god.Its our vedic heritage that teaches us that in the final analysis the gross identity which includes god as we understand resolves ( in the mind) with the the higher conciousness in the sense that there is nothing but bramha once ignorance is dispelled by GYANA.
Second Q : Why should one waste his time and energy petitioning HIM when he decides to be deaf ?
God is neither deaf nor does he decides to be deaf.Can a small child petition his parent? The child knows without any parent telling him that all his needs would be taken care of and all the child's troubles are theirs.The child never questions his parent. Are we similar to our relationship with god? All are prayers as I understand is nothing but beggary and done out of either fear of the unknown or for the greed of wanting some good thing to happen or to stop some unpleasent thing to manifest.
God is the giver of our karma phal without prejudice towards any one.He has neither likes or dislikes.So in the ultimate analysis its our deeds that counts.
Third Q : Is there any difference to things that happen to/in the lives of the BELEIVER and non beleiver?
A believer who leeds his life with that of gratitude and with a prasad budhi and leads a religous life in the sense that he doesn't do to others what he does not want others to do to him and does for others what he wants others to do for him. When a person lives with a prasad budhi he doesn't fly off the handle on getting unexpected joy or sorrow.If a believer leads such a life than its better than that of a non believer.But if not than a non believer is better off in the sense that at least he is free from guilt of any act of ommission and commission.
In the end I would like to add what a prayer should be to GOD:
God give me the wisdom to discrimanate between what I can change and what I cannot change and to accept what I cannot change and give me the courage to change what I can change.
Best wishes,
manoj agarwal
RG - My Heartfelt thoughts, prayers & wishes with you & your family during these testing times.
Guys - I sincerely think, we are missing the whole point of this beautiful story, God (or whatever you wish to call that supreme power) is here & everywhere in this world, rather within ourselves. You, me, everyone can be GOD for someone & can find our own GOD here itself in someone else.
God or Peace be with all at all the times ... Life & Death are unavoidable but, everything else is
On a Side & SAD note - while Mr :-) Swati made atlast an sensible comment but, Mr Dimpy Arora gave credit to RG for this story ... am sorry for this comment but, as usual could not control myself
RG - am sorry, and my heartfelt thoughts with the bereaving family members
@RG sir,
we know saying is easy, but the situation makes us believer/non-believer of god. But this is life, we should accept both good/bad. Time will only heal all the wounds.
Rajiv your words are reasonable but rude at this
juncture.
Rajagopal Ilango is my God (representative) in stock
market and for many.
Rajagopal sir,
"IDHUVUM KADANTHU POGUM" - Sir, after you have come out of your initial shock which might take few more days you will recollect how the power of GOD has carried you to face and overcome all the grievenaces of life.
He has given me the courage to face the world after the demise of my parents. He has helped us -my sisters and brother - to stand united always. He has helped us sail through tough times - and so on and so on........
We were also "ANGRY WITH HIM - QUESTIONING HIS VERY EXISTENCE"
Existence of GOD should not be questioned.
He is just to be believed.
Have Faith and follow your life path.
Not everyone gets everything in life.
And there's no one who has got nothing in his life.
Believe in yourself, you will thereby believing in god.
My Dear Sir and Friends,
At the outset thank you all for your honest opinion. I could sense sincere attempts to rein in a confused and wandering mind to come to reality and correct path. What is more appealing is an attempt by many friends trying to get into the mind of the aggrieved to justify his confusion. Here is my take from this tragic episode.
Victory and happiness teach less than defeat and sorrow. Parallel in our trading world – recall how many times we did pathology on our winning trades-to understand how did we win? But do we not constantly dissect a “stop loss” hit trade to know what went wrong? (If we do not then the next stop loss is around the corner for sure).
My present predicament was born out of watching three women (my wife, sister-in-law and a third woman who is “just a friend” to the family) praying day in and day out for the entire two months. Prayers were on continuously in Mosques, Churches and Temples – prayers and petitions by friends. Holy water and Prasadams were received from unknown people who wanted my CB to recover. But ultimately the doctors said “Sorry”. I must confirm that the three women
known to me personally are not ones who turned to God in their hour of “desperation” – but for these three prayers are daily compulsive joy in life. I couldn’t answer my learned and highly religious wife (for whom Sri Kantha Shasti Kavacham and Soundarya lahari must be recited by her every day) when she asked “you mean all the Gods decided to ditch us?” Sat and thought.
Mahavitshnu avatar Sri Ram accepted ‘vanvas’ so that King Dasarath could suffer the curse of “puthra shog”
Same Mahavishnu in Krishnavatar, allowed to be hit by the arrow on his feet (from a hunter) to meet his end.
Moses commanded the sea to part in the name of God to allow the “Believers” to pass through. But Jesus accepted the Cross and Thorn crown, praying to God to forgive the ignorant aggressors.
Md Nabi Sal, the messiah who blessed the Believers with miracle cures, accepted to suffer during his Mecca to Medina journey
contd...
What is the bottom line in all our religions where Gods and Messiahs suffered when they could have exerted (exploited?) their super natural powers to banish the “bad times”? Simple. Gods abide by the rule. A rule that is called “Destiny” or “Fate”. Whether one believes HIM or Not, he is not our local politician to be bribed with bakthi or devotion or even wealth that we drop in his Hundi, to re-write fate to suit us. He will and MUST adhere to the rule book.
Exactly why GOD is great. So what happens to his devotees and believers? Please recall the bottom line of FOOTPRINTS- it is something like “those are my footprints Son. You are sitting on my shoulders”. Yes. GOD suffers for his children, sharing their grief and blessing them with more courage to overcome present sorrows and fulfill future duties. My friend Karimbhai came to pay his homage. He walked up to my SIL, held her hand, looked into her eyes and said “…. We don’t have the knowledge to understand HIS decisions. But one fact you must believe. Having made this decision, he has certainly devised ways and means to be with you all the way. Just believe him stronger”. My wife was standing nearby hearing the words. I looked at my friend with thankful eyes for answering my wife’s question.
Practically…
If it is FATE so be it. But let us not ignore our walk, exercise, good food habits, avoiding alcohol and tobacco and most importantly periodic medical check up. Please remember we have a great duty to the happiness of our family. Most of our family consists of Husband, Wife and just a couple of children (mostly one child). Just being healthy ensures happiness…being sick just spoils the environment at home. Just for the sake of enduring happiness and fulfilling our duties please DO NOT IGNORE YOUR HEALTH. Wealth will follow automatically.
Thanks to Sir, Jay and all of you for being mentally part of my family in our weak hour.
Yes Satheesh. Idhuvum kadanthu pogum.
It is a great BLESSING if we can be the young one in the story who can bring a ray of smile on the faces of fellow human beings.
My condolences for RajGopal Sir.
May god give you strength in such difficult times.
@RG,
Just returned from a self-imposed exile of 7 days, as I wasn't able to concentrate in the market. My condolence and sympathy for you wouldn't be enough, I understand, as I have also lost a person I loved and most of all, respected deeply, on 29th July. So got out of the city, to some place where no TV or internet or even a newspaper could reach me. Had my cellphone shut off. And it helped me. Today I returned to this blog to see this. It was not a two-months long fight for me. It was a sudden demise, from heart attack. In perspective, I had to bear a lot less than you. I grieve for you in my heart.
Regarding your question posted earlier about the existence of God, I found the responses typical. A few logical or open-minded voices, most others rigid in their respective beliefs, a few outright rude and self-important, enclosed in their own world. Your later writings should be an eye-opener for a lot of us. Personally, I consider myself an Atheist in the conventional sesnse, but always found solace in Spirituality. And I don't see any conflict between these.
You have found the perfect path for a long time now, as illustrated by this beautiful story Ilangoji presented here -- making people laugh and smile. Our lost dear ones would want just this from us.
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