Gratitude to the Universe

   Many of us must've read the book or watched the movie "The Secret". The movie that created ripples of positivism in the world and brought the terms "Laws of Attraction" and "positive thinking" into drawing room conversation. 

      "Like attracts Like" is what the laws of attractions says which simply means that if we focus on negative thoughts, we attract negative results and vice versa. In other words, our life is only a projection of our inner beliefs. Like Laws of Attraction, Law of gravity too says, "whatever we throw, comes back to us." There goes another saying "as you sow, so shall you reap". Just as a needle in the compass which always points to the North, apparently, all these laws point to the same direction. 

      Of late, we are constantly attacked with whole lot of scams. Internet scams, online scams, facebook scams, 3-G scams, email scams, corruptions...........all the negative aspects of life. These scams have set up a deep root in our civilization. Hearing them day in and day out have blown our minds and numbed our brains that at times we are unable to react. But when we do, we react furiously. The media discusses it with much passion and fury. There are atleast 6 participants engaged in hot discussion, no one conceding to the other, allegations, counter allegations, with no possible solution at the end. Sparks of fire fly across but the status quo of the scam remains. All wasteful talk. We contribute too whatever possible from our side. What we do not realize here is that if we go by the "Laws of Attractions" we are only strengthening the roots by our violent reactions and are attracting more of this negative features. That is probably one of the reasons why these scams are increasing in great proportion of late. Without realizing, we create these.   

I'm reminded of a parable by Sri Ramakrishna.

A THIEF entered the palace of a king in the dead of night and overheard the king saying to the queen, "I shall give my daughter in marriage to one of those holy men who are dwelling on the bank of the river," The thief thought within himself: "Well, here is good luck for me. I will go and sit among the holy men tomorrow in the disguise of a holy man, and perchance I may succeed in getting the king's daughter."

The next day he did so. When the king's officers came soliciting the holy men to marry the king's daughter, none of them consented to it. At last they came to the thief in the guise of a holy man, and made the same proposal to him. The thief kept quiet. The officers went back and told the king that there was a young holy man who might be influenced to marry the princess and that there was no other who would consent. The king then came to the holy man in person and earnestly entreated him to honour him by accepting the hand of his daughter.

But the heart of the thief was changed at the king's visit. He thought within himself: "I have only assumed the garb of a holy man, and behold! The king comes to me and is all entreaties. Who can say what better things may not be in store for me if I become a real holy man?" These thoughts so strongly affected him that, instead of marrying under false pretences, he began to mend his ways from that very day and exerted himself to become a true holy man. He did not marry at all, and ultimately became one of the most pious ascetics of his day.

The counterfeiting of a good thing sometimes leads to unexpected good results.

This being the reality, life tells us that the best way to react to these negative aspects of life is to keep a positive attitude. As responsible citizens, rather than spreading negativity by discussing more and more of these scams, etc, the wisest thing that we can do is to wish and affirm that these are teaching us a lesson and that we are turning the leaves over to enter a beautiful new era filled with positivity. So the Universe and we will attract more of it. That is the least we can do for this planet. "Will that bring progress?" you may ask. Well, progress is not achieved by negative steps but by taking positive steps, though small. 

Says acclaimed writer Louise Hay, “It's as though every time we think a thought, every time we speak a word, the universe is listening and responding to us. The more grateful you are, the more you get to be grateful about. It's that simple. The universe really loves gratitude. And the more gratitude you have, the more goodies you get.”

There is only one saying which defies this law. It is, “If you smile, the world smiles back at you, but on the other hand if you cry, you cry alone.”

So, let’s smile more and more and attract more smiles………. JJJJJJ