11 Nov 2006
Dear Atma Bhai,
Omshanti. Thanks for the reply. I am also sailing in the same boat as you as far as remembrance is concerned. The karmic debts of so many births leads to the remembrance of bodily beings coming to my mind several times. But I have to correct myself again and again by telling myself that remembering these bodily beings or things is not going to be of any use. Most of the time I find that the wasteful thoughts include such thoughts which we create repeatedly although we know that we have already thought over that subject on earlier occasions and taken decisions on them. Wasteful thoughts also include thoughts about people who are in no way concerned with us or of any use. Then there are many news items that you see on TV or read in the newspapers which are of no use to us, but we see or read them only out of curiosity.
Recently, one of the emerging stars of Indian cricket team was held up in a hairstylist's shop for five hours just because thousands of people had gathered outside the shop just to have a glance of his hairstyle (he is famous for his long hairs) after coming to know of his presence. One of the TV channels was airing the news as if the hairstyle of that cricketer is the most important news of the country. While surfing through news channels, we also get attracted to such news even if it is for a few seconds, but later on repent for having wasted time on such useless news. In India, there are more than a dozen national news channels and many of them keep airing such unimportant news in a spicy manner to attract maximum viewership. Well, it is upto us to decide what is more important for us.
With regards,
OGS,
Arjun