Re: To Shyam Kamath: how dispose off the useless goods...introspection

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Absolutely Kishor but I am in line too...My take on this is simple Work which

includes a balance of work at home and place of profession sincerely done, with

passion,compassion and empathy has to give you fruits both spiritually and

financially....and if it then gives you the opportunity to enjoy the toys of

modern life without hampering your planning for your future...retirement sic!

children...in the form of material things like property etc or saving for their

education... then one must do it and enjoy it! We are an evolving creation and

I am sure our parents  grandparents must have seemed more simple in their

living to our parents and less stressed but one cannot ignore the evolving world

around oneself . If I may give my interpretation of Swami Prabhupads

interpretation of the verse 57 of the GITA in Chapter 2...steady wisdom or

perfect knowledge is when In the material world one is unaffected by whatever

good or evil he may obtain, neither

praising it nor despising it.Finally verse 60 of chapter 2 of the Gita also

deals with the fact that it is absolutely futile to expect us humans to not get

enamoured by the senses that are very strong and impetuous. And therefore my

dear friends we should be the karm yogis... enjoy what we have without

attachment...I love my MB  S550 and my summer home on the Golfcourse and Ski

resort in Flagstaff .. I think I can afford it  after fulfilling my duties as

a son, spouse , father and I am enjoying it to the hilt ...till we can attain

that level of  the dhyan yogis where we are ready to renounce everything I will

not fight it too much and not lose any sleep on it....!!

God Bless

Ashish Sachdeva'83

 

Subject: To Shyam Kamath: how dispose off the useless goods

To: mgims

Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 1:36 AM

 

Dear Shyam,

I have a simple solution. Collect all your electronic items etc and dump

them at my house. I shall bear the discomfort of owning useless goods. After

all, what are friends for?

Kishore Shah 1974

To,Sanjeev Kishore(84)

> Thanx Sanjeev for a lovely wake up call..to shun all,Worldy Electronic

> goods and materialistic worldy pleasures..and come back to Human-Human

> contact,which was and which still is,the Goldmarker for Happiness

>

> Your story..reminds me of One similar interaction I had with a Hare

> Krishna devotee,way way back..in the early 1980's..when he told our

> class,during a school trip,..that he chose to join this sect,because. .he

> found, inspite of he,in his part of Western World,having experienced

> everything,material istic,which money could buy, " Simple Pleasures " , still

> eldued him..till he sought refuge in this sect!!

>

> But,on an ending note,Kishore. .I am not sure..after reading your tale,How

> do I go about disposing off, all my electronic paraphrenalia. ?

> Bcos,whoever comes to buy..I would be tempted to add.. " Khareed

> lo!..lekin.. is'se bhi Sukh nahi milega...!!. . " ,which I am sure..would put

> off many prospective buyers!!

>

> So,SanjeevKishore kindly advice..How do one go about,in this present

> era..,back to Good Old Times..holding all the

> Ipods..Netbooks, Laptops,Iphones. .etc etc..??

> Bye

> Shyam(84)

>