Message, Meaning and ____
A thirst, yearning to earn and fulfill the desire is embodied in human. This thirst makes human move, progress and makes a life. Yearning can be a desire for many things, not only of money or wealth. In general, what one doesn't have one craves for it. One becomes thirsty, hungry to get those things. Generating a passion in human, to work and move for achieving desired result/thing.
Passion, which brings in fire within is very precious. Without which life seems meaningless. In this fire we offer our life, every movement, outward acts, our thoughts & feelings. Keeping this fire alive, is equally important as to keep it pure. To keep this fire out of greed, envy, jealousy and all such impure parts. At beginning, at the middle and may be till towards end, it generates more fire. It looks and keep passion too much.
How than it generates more passion? increases the thirst and also gets more result. Ohh! what one is offering is actually a true fire, one eats up oneself. Without knowing. One engulf oneself. and Self remain hidden for a long. A true fire hidden under layers of thick ashes. Our tendency is not just quenching the thirst, a need. Time, comes into the picture. Which makes human think about past quench and thirst which wasn't quench. Future thirst and its imagery runs into the mind and heart. forgetting many times natural place and space of body. This time ask for more, to take little more always. If didn't got to take in whichever way and all friendly negatives enter in. thirst is left on side, another superficial thirst came up. This is not right space to ask what is time? whether its good or bad? We burning in this fire. On one side our need, our natural thirst and hunger and on another side artificial, synthetic needs. Needs turning into immediate demands, desires and wants. a pressure on supply, source.
All offered, prayed to Goddess Mahalaxmi. Many prayed to God Kubera. For a change, as little point human psyche recognizing little more. You get messages and prayers considering other aspects of fire, thirst. Something which was getting quench easily. Are now not quench because thirst of artificial, money has taken up more values. How can thirst of emotions, thoughts and many other forms can be fulfilled. A balance need to be brought.
Above all, I wrote just to explain and make a base for message I shared.
whoever, whatever amount of thirst you have,
whatever type of thirst you have,
let your thirst be quench by MahaLaxmi.
Happy Dhanteras.
{Dhan = capital, money, जीवन-निर्वाह हेतु साधन भूत द्रव्य - a valuable which helps as a tool for living, one can consider emotions, social life, cultural life, spiritual life, all are as equally important tool to live and they all have its own kind of dhan;
Teras = it means thirteenth day of month either in first or second half of the month. With little breakdown, it sounds like word Taras, meaning Thirst.}
Me, Money & Economics
Before my physical age turned into double digit. I was getting averted from my name. Reason, meaning of my name were associated more with money, one of the over valued proposition. And than there was this Vrat (fasting, resolve) of Vaibhav-Laxmi vrat. This over stretching and seeking of money, i use to hate. Even though one of the sister from Brahmakumari's had told me the deeper meaning of the word. Abundance. Still it never went in that well.
For me various transactions were economics, at that age. I think in its simpler way, to explain its nothing but how things were exchanged and cycles were created to generate, sustain and destroy.
Yet, 18 years ago when I got economics as separate minor subject under main subject of social science. I was elated to have such subject. It was one of my favorite subject and I had taken a keen interest. In fact, even while taking admission in science stream I was looking and aiming at college where I can study economics along with physics and mathematics. Stock Market, Business, Budget were few things. Even till graduation year, I used to read and try to understand them. [Which never happened and never studied the subject as in academically]
But is this the real economics?
In school we were taught about big systems, theories and institutes. How taxes are generated. How trade happens between one country and other? How does Bank functions? My knowledge is only limited to what I learn in school.
Rather I feel first and for most when need to be taught economics of our living. Right values and its propositions. Positions of various Dhan in our life. How to deal with them? What kind of attitude one should keep? Now a days, under name of financial literacy and few using economics are talking and bringing in life, individual into picture of economics. But when I studied... (Sorry! no point going back to past and reflecting. Trying to bring some point and building something to fill those gap. That is also good. But that's not the purpose here. Nor i feel it helps more than creating and practicing more real connections.)
Why we need to be taught economics to all?
economics which helps person to figure out what actually it takes to live a life in harmony, in unity along with a beauty.
In Sri Aurobindo's words -
Harmony and beauty of the mind and soul, harmony and beauty of the thoughts and feelings, harmony and beauty in every outward act and movement, harmony and beauty of the life and surroundings, this is the demand of Mahalakshmi.
(Selection from the book, The Mother)
Harmony with oneself, Harmony with people around me, Harmony with animals and Nature. Whole of the earth. I think and feel, this is more vital point to learn. Specially in current time.
But what we were taught was mere theory of capitalism or socialism or Nehru's model & adoption in India or someone else & some country. They corrupt the mind, it puts one against the other. Our teacher never took that interest, even if some child wants to become economist or chanakya(kautilya - Indian Economist from ancient period). Life was missing. Life is still missing. Life is divided. Can we have a look at micro level of economics along with macro?
A big question. In fact there are few important question one can asked, few were asked.
Our search continues and so does story of life. me, economics and practices.... To Be continued in next part...
Part 2
