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October 01, 2004
People who inspired me to be jobless & happy!
I don?t remember a day in my life when my future seemed so adventurous and exciting. Right from the age of 2 ? when I was put in my Jr KG Class, I hardly remember a day when my ?tomorrow? was unplanned. I had homework in schools, assignment in colleges, and unrealistic deadlines in offices. I always wanted to do things that which is in sync with the divine plan. Efforts become struggle if you try doing something that is against your purpose of life. And the people who have known their purposes in their lives have always lived a content life. Happiness never depends on the amount of money you have says Forbes , so I need not talk about it much.
Here is a list of few incidents that inspired me to surrender to the supreme lord and, do only those things God wants you to do.
There was a disciple who stayed with his master for a couple of decades. He was 54 now, and he thought he would spend rest of his life with his master and die a peaceful life. One fine morning his master told him that you have a bigger purpose in life. Go to the US and spread the message of Krishna. He landed in the US, and he had only 1 dollar in his pocket. He started from there and moved on to build ISKCON ? International Society of Krshna Consciousness ? one of world?s biggest prayer places. And the disciple was none but A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Jiddu Krishnamoorthy was never interested in material success. His brother left him bankrupt at the age of 60 and from there he went on to build the most famous brand ? the Krishnamurthy Foundation.
Osho Rajneesh wanted to take sanyas from life, not because he wanted to be called as a failure in his life but because he wanted to take it out of choice. He was a professor of philosophy in one of the colleges in Kolkatta, and quit his job one fine morning to set up his own meditation center in a Mumbai flat ? from then there was no looking back. He had some 10 million disciples across the globe when he died in the year 1990, and even today his books are one of the largest selling works.
That list was a too much of a comparison for me. Not that I will become so big someday, but just that success is just not about making money, it is about doing something that you love to do.
Posted by Kenni at October 1, 2004 07:06 AM
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