Our words are to bless people and bring peace to the world | ASHTAVAKRA GITA

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                  🌿Chapter - 1🌿

                  ~ Introduction ~

                     🌱 Day - 3 🌱

                     

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A gentleman said he had been eating only raw vegetables for many, many months. Eating only raw vegetables! Then, his body could not accept anything else. If someone has only been drinking milk all the time, his body is used to that only. It cannot have anything else. They have restricted the body's digestive ability i.e. it's elasticity and the ability to accommodate itself is gone.

It is the same thing with asanas. If you are not used to sitting cross-legged, your joints become very stiff after some time. You cannot do it at all! Start sitting cross-legged gradually - not for hours at a time. A certain amount of discipline is essential for the body.

Secondly, discipline is required in words and speech. Do not say anything that would create turbulence and turmoil in the minds of others. Some people get agitated even if you don't speak. You are not responsible for that. Take a vow that, for the next five days, you will not speak any harsh words. Do not hurt anyone with your speech,for the Divine dwells in every heart. A person, whose words and speech are cultured, is eligible for Ashtavakra Gita - a person, who does not or cannot utter unpleasant words even when he is angry - words which will be like arrows.

This is the second discipline - discipline in speech. You will see that when you start this in your life you'll not get a chance to speak harsh words. Just a little change in your tone will be sufficient when matters are not moving quickly. You don't have to yell at people! We feel we must display some anger. Even in the display of anger there is no need to use any harsh words.

These situations happen all around you. They say the tongue does not have a bone. That is true. This is how it goes in all directions - up and down, left and right. We slap people, left and right with our tongues. This is abusing the power of speech. We have been endowed with the power of speech not to create turbulence, but to create silence. But our words go like stones, hitting the silent mind and creating turbulence all over. We have got to bear this in mind - cultured speech. The main purpose or one of the main objectives of silence is to make one aware of what he or she says. If someone is demanding something which you are not capable of giving, you can gently refuse. Or you can yell and shout at them.

Don't think speech has less power; it has a lot of power. The more and more we soak in the Being, the more any harsh words from us will become a curse! Our words are to bless people and bring peace to the world. So let's take a vow not to utter a single harsh word in next five days. You shall find that it enriches your life.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

ASHTAVAKRA GITA

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