15 March 2021
Positive Vibrations
Yesterday I had the privilege to attend a program on Shivratri celebrations at a Bramh Kumari Centre at Bangalore. Privileged that this was my first invite to address the gathering on a subject of spirituality. Privileged that I had the fortune of getting to learn a couple of very important behavioural aspects that impact our daily lives.
Yes, I want to treasure these learning for bringing a change in myself, to help me resolve the irritants one has to face. These are very simple things to do, yet difficult to initiate this process in one’s own behaviour. But, worth giving it a try.
One of the speaker told about the misery he had to face because of an unfortunate divorce process that his only son, an IT engineer, had undergone. The boy had returned from US, in a distraught condition. His love marriage was dissolved in the nascent stage itself. He was to be resurrected, overcoming the mental agony he was having. As a responsible parents, they meditated to find a solution to help their son. And the solution evolved was very simple- to just fill yourself with absolute and unconditional love for the son, never pointing out the miseries that were being faced. For giving a positive vibration to their son, they decided to look into the son's eyes, with love only. No talk of any negativity, encouragement and loving care became the central theme of their conversations. Gradually, the son could overcome the depression of the heartbreaking episode and joined a job, locally. He also got inspired to meditate and started taking care of his health, as well. Today was a happy day for the parents, as the son could find a match for settling down in life. The family is happy again.
Then, there was a lady speaker, principal of a school, who narrated about how she was duped for Rs 70,000, by an on-line fraudster, by posing as an insurance company representative. The lady’s husband had met with a serious accident and was bedridden since quite some time. The lady was the only breadwinner in the house. She had already narrated her misfortune with the fraudster, earlier. She complained to the bank, but nothing happened. In this mental state, she was trying to find solace in spiritual discourses, as well, when she chanced upon to listen about the power of vibration of love and kindness. Even when a person does some wrong and harms you, there is no point in cursing that person. Instead, bless him with all happiness in life and wish him well. It sounds quite weird to extend good wishes to a person who had done harm to you. It is difficult to forget the injury inflicted on us, but the lady principal decided to mould her thought process to comply with this principle and she started thinking well of the fraudster. After about a month, a miracle happened. She got a call from the fraudster, ‘Didi, I will return your money’. And within a fortnight, she got her money back from the fraudster. This change of heart in the fraudster was perhaps aided by the positive vibrations that the lady principal used to give him, albeit in prayers only, from far off.
Reminds me of the Gandhian philosophy, ‘ if a person slaps on one cheek, offer your other cheek, as well to him for slapping.’ Mahatma Gandhi had understood and propagated the theory of changing hearts by nonviolence.
