Feb. 12, 2010
Never give up learning
As
infants, we have the entire world to explore, and we look at everything and
everyone with eyes full of wonder.
A child starts discovering the world with all his five senses, and the
process of discovery is incredibly interesting. The child explores with such great speed
that parents cannot keep up with him.
He keeps learning throughout school and college. And then something strange happens! He stops learning. Studies show that 42% of college
graduates don't ever read a book again.
Why? Because generally it is
thought that you must learn in your childhood and youth, but stop learning after
that.
We
hear of many people who started learning something new at an advanced age. When arthritis prevented her from
embroidering, Grandma Moses started painting in her seventies. She went on to become a renowned
artist. Cato, the wise man of
ancient Rome, was about 80 years of age when he started learning Greek. Despite all his accomplishments,
Michelangelo, the inventor, poet, engineer, sculptor of David, painter of the
Sistine Chapel and architect of St. Peter's Basilica was 87 years old when he
declared, "Ancora Imparo," i.e. "I am still learning."
It
is not age but attitude which puts an end to our learning process. If you choose to believe that 'you
cannot teach an old dog new tricks,' you will not bother to start learning
anything new. But if you fully
believe that 'you are never too old to learn,' you will never stop acquiring
knowledge.
We
are all life-long students. Never
give up learning.
Yours,
Didi Ji  |
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Video of the Week.
A discourse by Didi Ji on the importance of spiritual guru in achieving ultimate aim of human life has been uploaded on YouTube. Click here to watch the video. This is the third part of an hour long discourse by Didi Ji. Subsequent parts will be uploaded in coming weeks. |
Song of the Week
 Mere Nandnandan, Mere Nandnandan, a song from the album 25 Gems, has been
added to our website. Written by Shri Maharaj Ji and sung beautifully
by Suresh Wadkar , this bhajan is a devotee's plea to the Supreme Shri Krishna to accept him as his own.
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Geeta Lectures in English available from Radha Madhav Gift Shop!
 In this series of seven talks, each about an hour long, Siddheshvari Devi Ji has extracted
essential knowledge from the Geeta and explained it very lucidly for the benefit of all devotees . The meaning of surrender, the need for every individual soul to surrender to God and the steps required to progress towards complete surrender are explained very clearly. This lecture series is a must have for all those devotees who have wanted to understand and practice the true essence of the Gita. Click here for additional information and to order this series from the Radha Madhav Gift Shop. |
