1. Is it bad to be good? Everyone around me says that we must be good but only to a certain extent. Is it true? 2. In the past I have observed and many people keep telling me that I am too good and have too much faith. Is it good to be that way? It would be nice of you to send my reply.
By rkmissionashrama on Sep 3, 2007 in Practical Spiritual Life, Spiritual FAQs
1. No. it is not bad to be good. The goodness that is in you, what is its quality? What is its strength? Can it change a bad man to become good? It is better to be good than to be goody-goody. A goody-goody person appears victorious and respectable. But he has no inner strength/grit or determination to remain good always. He behaves extremely well in order to please people around him. That behavior is not approved; if something wrong is going on in front of him he closes his eyes. He does not want to resist it or fight against it. Such a person is called goody-goody. He does not have the capacity to fight against injustice.
2. Swami Vivekananda used to say that If you want to learn anything from Krishna it is that - good should be equally aggressive as evil. Please read Bhagavad Gita chapter IV, Sloka 40, in which he says, “Never my son does a doer of good come to grief.”
3.Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi was good. But when a mad person by name Harish chased Her, she was able to put him down and slap on his face, and in the process changed his course of thinking. That is the strength of goodness.
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I always want to know the ultimate goal of human life.Inspite of believing in God I want to know what is God is it a scientific phenomenon,a person or what exactly
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Chirag.P | Dec 10, 2007 | Reply
The ultimate goal of human life is to realize your Self or God. As regards the rest of the questions - these are too deep to be answered in a line or two. Please go through the works of Sri Ramakrishna or Swami Vivekananda. You will get the answers.
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rkmissionashrama | Dec 18, 2007 | Reply
what are the signs that denote that we are nearing guru maharaj?
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srinivasan | Mar 24, 2008 | Reply
Dear Srinivasan,
The first sign that denotes your nearing Guru Maharaj is that you will be longing more & more to have His Darshan. Secondly there will be a remarkable change noticed by others in your personality. Such as you do not like the worldly talks, you hanker to have the company of good devotees, you also like to read only such books which inspire you to do more & more spiritual practices.
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rkmissionashrama | Mar 27, 2008 | Reply