As our website YoursPositively completes two years today, OSWALD PEREIRA shares his thoughts on our beautiful world
The world is full of lovely, loving, beautiful people. Don’t let a miniscule minority of so-called bad persons spoil the party. Let us not shun the party poopers, but invite them instead to join the party.
When we learn to type, we practise with the line, “Let all good men of the world unite and come to the aid of the party.” Let’s make this typing lesson a slogan in our lives.
Positives
If we look at the positives, we will see that the world is a good place to live in. The sun shines every day, the moon lights up the darkness of the night and the stars have been shining forever in the skies. No doubt, we have ups and downs in our lives and we often talk of our bad luck. But if we count our blessings, we will realise how lucky we really are.
Negligible Evil
I don’t deny that there is evil around and there are so-called bad persons. But they are in a miniscule minority, barely a fraction of the good people. We often think that the might and power of evil is stronger than the good. That happens when we cloud our outlook with negativity. But it is in the law of nature that good always triumphs over evil in the end. You just need to have faith in yourself and your near and dear ones and the world around you.
Loving Neighbours
We complain about our neighbours. But if we do a reality check, we will soon realise that we have more neighbours who love us than those who hate us. Loving and giving begins at home. When we love and give enough at home, then we can extend that love and giving to our neighbours. And rest assured, your neighbours will reciprocate in equal measure, if not more, sooner than later.
True Givers
We’ve seen enough proof of the truly giving nature of people around us, during many natural calamities like earthquakes and floods. There are many true givers, who are more keen to give than to receive. Believe me when I say that there is great joy in giving. It is an opportunity given to us, to share not only our material possessions, but more importantly, love and knowledge.
When God gives, he doesn’t ask us for anything in return. So, when we give, we should not expect anything in return. We don’t go to heaven by giving, but if we all learn to give, this earth could seem like a heaven.
Happiness and Bliss
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells Arjuna that no man can know happiness without peace. But to experience peace, we need to prepare ourselves to receive it. So it is we who are responsible for peace and happiness in our life. Once we realise this, peace and happiness will flow in our lives like a never-ending spring, making us jump with joy.
The famous poet John Milton said, “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” This is, however, an incomplete truth. The real and complete truth is that it is the spirit that rules the mind…with a spirit full of love, optimism and calmness, heaven is a feeling that is within us all the time…the right word is, perhaps, bliss.
Love, Forgiveness and Happiness
When we love ourselves, it becomes easier to love others; and to forgive them if they have done us any harm. Pure happiness is achieved when you forgive a person, because you then detoxify yourself of all negative energy, free your mind and purify your soul and body. Love, forgiveness and happiness is a triple bounty bestowed on us. These are qualities that help us to transcend our humanness and get closer to divinity.
Boundless Grace and Goodness
As so much of positive energy, love, compassion and kindness surrounds us, don’t you think that the world is a place with boundless grace and goodness — a world that gives us great cause for celebration. But it is a celebration that never ends, because grace and goodness are not like a piece of cake that is eaten, digested and forgotten. Grace and goodness can’t be measured in quantities. These are infinite and inexhaustible attributes that no power on earth can destroy.
God’s Blessings
Behind all the beauty and goodness is God’s blessings. The Supreme Being has blessed us with Divine Grace and showers us with unconditional love. God is here, there and everywhere…in all things big and small. Every moment that we live is a blessing from God. Every drop of water that we drink is a gift from God. As Kabir says, we can find God in the “tiniest house of time…God is the breath inside the breath.”
Oswald Pereira, a senior journalist, has also written eight books, including The Newsroom Mafia, Chaddi Buddies, The Krishna-Christ Connexion, How to Create Miracles in Our Daily Life and Crime Patrol: The Most Thrilling Stories. Oswald is a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, and practises Kriya Yoga.
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Congratullations Oswald jee & Reena jee!
Read the post this morning Indeed Oswald jee!
“It is a celebration that never ends.”
Beautifully articulated blog Oswald jee.
As a matter of fact life is nothing but manifestation of love. Understand & examine love. Diligently absorb & implement love. Cultivating love.
Receiving and giving love. Spreading love. Sharing love.
Being absolved in love.
Life is indeed only celebration of love.
Thanks for awakening your readers to this beautiful shining truth.
Manas Jee, life, indeed, is only a celebration of love, which is infinite and everywhere.
You, as a person, is a true embodiment of love, which is so very evident, in all that you say, your kindness and support to our endeavours.
You have inspired us to keep going on our journey of positivity by being our co-traveller.
Thank you so much, Manas Jee.
Congratulations on completion of two years @yourspositively 😀
Kudos & Godspeed to all who made it!
Thank you so much for your support, Suman
Indeed Oswald ji, it’s a beautiful world, very beautiful indeed, but for the one who is blessed with a beautiful heart and a beautiful perspective to see.
And putting my hands on my heart I can say, so many beautiful people are there around who make it a beautiful place for all of us to live. Exceptions are no doubt there, for, in the world of demigods also there are devils and the battle between good and evil is as much a reality in heaven, as it is in our worldly life.
But, one thing is sure, the heaven and also the earth belongs to all the good people around who are very much positive and proactive to make life a shade better so that all that is divine and humane remains alive.
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Very succinctly, being true to this irrefutable truth you have conceived the title of your site as “Yours Positively”. I would not hesitate to confess that it was a love at first sight for me when I clicked the link and opened the site…rest is a happy love story and romantic delight😍
I wish you all the best Oswald ji and Reena ji for successfully completing two years of honing and finessing it in every way to make it a wonderful site. I extend my gratitude to you for making me a part of it.
Gratitude and Pranam to all the contributors too, immensely benefitted, learning from each.
Yours Positively 🙏
Baturam Ji, indeed, the battle between good and evil is a reality in our life, but it is also true that the heaven and the earth belong to all the good people, who exude positivity.
Thank you for being such an integral part of our positive journey.
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