GRACE...!

              "God forgives but nature will never forgive." Bec God is not a principle, not a law (natural law), not a system (barter system, where we exchange goods for goods), God is Mysterious LOVE. Therefore as God's children our christian life invites to live beyond laws, principles and systems. This is what we call going extra mile. And living Virtuous over being good. Bec, our life is beyond tit for tat, where we experience God's love as He embraces equally despite our differences and vulnerabilities. Bec, God cannot but love us; for He is love itself. This does not mean that he is conditioned by His love for us? No not at all. Bec, our minds are too small to grasp this profound truth. The point is that we are called to transcend from our limited level of eros to philia and from there to Agape level where we become complete. For we are called to go beyond tit for tat. At this level we begin to respect the individuals as they are rather than l...

Love keeps no score of wrong, and does not gloat over any sort of unpleasant happenings. Just like the love of Mamma Margaret and Don Bosco during the wandering oratory days despite the problems caused by the boys. This bicentenary celebration of the birth of Don Bosco, be a gentle reminder for me and for all of us to introspect about not what we are rather where we are ? Don Bosco is a saint who had foreseen the science of the times. Therefore, if our SPCSA invites him to grace the occasion of our unique celebrations in 2115 what would he tell his sons? Don Bosco would surely invite each of one of us to leave our four walls of comfort and security to launch into the civilized streets and new age youth platforms like Shopping Malls, Social Networks, Theatres, Games Clubs and Music/Dance Rooms to join the circle of friendship and love them as they are without any preconditions at the same time as catalysts to challenge them for something better. Thus for 2115 celebrations of t...

          Down the history we see many a people irrespective of creed, complex and community strive to make life worth living. Today no wonder why positive thinking books become the best sellers in the markets. However this is very transparent when a Psychologist Adler makes life all about Power.           For Adler, life is centered around Power. From this dimension we strive to dominate others. And thus we try to become the center of the attraction. We instead of serving and caring, begin to dominate others. Thus we try to make our life happy and easy.                   On the other hand Freud opens the eyes of Adler and unveiled the dimension of Power to Pleasure. It is very appealing for the Western lifestyle. He makes a move from Power to Pleasure. So, at this level we always strive to work to make life as a Pleasure. Thus from the Freudian perspective we become prey to the su...

           Today during my interaction with a girl named Glory...tells me that "Take things light and you will be bright." I think she was partially right by making this spontaneous and frank statement. I began to think about it. Then I began to make sense of what she said.    In life, we find very difficult to lose our belongings and things. It is although more difficult to lose oneself for the other. Especially in today's context where consumerism, materialism and functionalism creep into our minds and hearts instead service and concern.            Once, King Sree Krishna Devarayalu invited all the poets, learned and other elite to discuss about the ways to reach heaven. All great people were assembled for the show. Then one of his campus poets who was known for wit and wisdom Tenali Ramakrishan came forward and made this short statement. "If I go then I go." No could understand it. So he was reqested to e...

       There is a great story of the ancient legend. Of late I was watching a movie Pathfinder, where I came across this same story being told by the actress to the hero.       It is said that in everyone's heart there are always two wolves constantly fighting. One is HATE and the other is LOVE. If so, Who will win? The one that you feed the most, is the spontaneous answer given to the hero. Yes from dawn to dusk we project these two wolves through our words, deeds and intentions.      I was thrilled by this wonderful story and began to reflect upon my life over the years; how about my life? and which one I am feeding the most. Dear friendz let's be aware of the zoo of our heart where there are two wolves being inhabited. Let's feed the wolf of Love and thus become loving people and caring people. This is all about life where we make our life meaningful to self and the rest.

        No knowledge is greater than Self-Knowledge. Bec self-knowledge entails divine knowledge. Divine knowledge thus unveils the truth of our being. That's why Peter knowing who he was tells Jesus "Lord depart from me." Socrates also reminds us of the same.."Know thyself." By having self-knowledge we become aware of our frailties and vulnerabilities. By our weakness we come to know the greatness of our God. St. Paul confirms this as "When I am weak then I am strong." This makes us humble to accept that our is capable of making us strong despite our weaknesses. Therefore, our is great and doble great. 

     There are many MANY SERVICES that we can offer to fellow beings. But the question is what is the best service that is essential but doesn't cost much of your energies but our heart and will? The service that costs our heart and mind is PRAYER. Yes friendzz PRAYER the best SERVICE that we can offer to our fellow beings. Therefore prayer the best means to help others. St Theresa of Child Jesus knew this fact and she embraced all humanity and the whole world through her PRAYER. Thus by prayer we don't need to speak much to be heard. Instead we can be heard according to the voice of our heart and spirit of our prayer.