childhood
children
children
enlightment
happiness
husband
spirituality
teenage
way to god
wife
world
dear friendsssssssss
By shivram123
@shivram123 (656)
India
December 4, 2008 9:15am CST
hi i am very happy to say u all that today is my birthday
as it is a auspicious day for me i was thinking of this day from so many days and i just find out that i lived in this earth from the past 21 years,and in my childhood playing games and going school etc spend my life time,in teenage love and friendship and all take away my life and if i get some more years i will spend my life in wife children and all,so we are all bound up in this world,
ok let me ask u one thing
how many years hav been u here{earth}?
and wht hav u done for strengthen ur spirituality,or {the way to god}
doesnt means violence only to know all the paths to god from everyone.
regards
shiv ram
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18 responses
@avinashn (8)
• India
4 Dec 08
hi iam avinash and i am here from 1990 means 18 years
i think i hav not yet started by journey in finding the god,i hear the teachings of swamy vivekananda,satyananda saraswathy etc,which i think give me a guarantee of the good road to god{hinduism}
but it is impossible to study our holy books without a perfect guru,so i am now only concentrated in reading bhagavatha,gita etc to be in my duty more and be a good student for getting a good guru.
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@shivram123 (656)
• India
5 Dec 08
thats a nice responce,see bhagavatha and githa make u in a high spiritual status,
githa gives u the message that karma{duty} is the way to god,
if u r the master in ur duty,u is also in the path of god,
hope u will get ur guru soon,i got my guru 2 years back in a mountain encounter{the avator of mine is frm that encounter}and i feel tht he was with me in all my life,
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@bestboy19 (5478)
• United States
6 Dec 08
I have been on this earth for 56+ years. I have accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and pray almost daily. I have put my faith in Him and He has given me everything I need for life.
@shivram123 (656)
• India
6 Dec 08
thank you,
and i am happy to see 56+ years boy:)
the age is not with the years we live in earth it is by our mind u made me to think abt it thnks
and if u dont mind plz can u giv a line from bible which u liked the most for the readers here,i think it will help all
thanks
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@bestboy19 (5478)
• United States
7 Dec 08
Numbers 6:24-26 : "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."
@bestboy19 (5478)
• United States
6 Dec 08
I'm sorry, I forgot to wish you a happy birthday. I hope the Lord blesses you now and in the future.
@freethinkingagent (2501)
•
7 Dec 08
Happy birthday late. I enjoy studying all religions, and believe every religion holds some truths we can all learn from. I don't debate if religious books are without error, because I think they all are without error in context to the original languages and meanings. I do not believe they are all literal in their meanings though, nor do I accept that all of what these books say is fact, as they were all written by man that were inspired to write it, but God himself did not do the writing so none is perfect. I do call myself a christian though, And believe in Jesus as the Christ. But I also believe in the peaceful teachings of Buddha and other religions of Peace, I don't pretend to have all the answers, but I like to look at things analytically. I am 44 years old.
@shivram123 (656)
• India
7 Dec 08
same path as mine,i am also researching for all the good teachings
as for me i am a hindu and intrested in all the good of all religions,
let us pray to god that
let the noble thoughts come to us from all over the world
regards
shiv ram
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@shivram123 (656)
• India
5 Dec 08
family is ofcoure on the first place
in hinduism we hav been teache as
mathru devo bhava
pithru devo bhava
acharya devo bhava
asmin thwom devo bhava
means first of all u must consider mother as the god,secondly ur father,then consider guru as ur god
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@Princecaspian (225)
• Norway
5 Dec 08
Happy birthday Seems there is only 1 day difference between our birthdays.
Have been living for 19 years.done nothing in particular to increase spirituality.
@shivram123 (656)
• India
5 Dec 08
i think 1 day difference maybe 1 day earlier or after my birtday,how did u two knew he is aftr my birth day,
anyway happy birthday caspian
i think aftr this post u must hav thought for the ways to increase ur spirituality,aint it,
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@murderistic (2278)
• United States
5 Dec 08
Happy birthday! I am 21 as well! Woohoo I admit I feel a bit older than 21 being married and all. but oh well. To strengthen my faith I have dedicated my life and career to humanitarian service through economic development.
@shivram123 (656)
• India
5 Dec 08
i only said if i get some more years i will marry and all,
and if u come through hinduism u can see that
"manava seva is madhava seva"
means helping people is the serving god
u r gr8 muderistic
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
11 Dec 08
I hope you had a nice birthday and compliment you on your studying and pursuing God.. I am of the christian faith which says we can have have a close friendship with God (because our faulty human nature has been defeated by Christ on the cross for us) and it's my belief that by drawing close to God we find happiness and fulfillment and also transformation, because he is the source of all that.. I have learned valuable things also from other religions, one of my favorite authors I've read being Paramahansa Yogananda..
@rameshkumaar57 (5908)
• India
6 Dec 08
Dear shivram123, I saw your post just now on my daily mail from mylot, I was not in town for the last two days and that was the reason I was not able to see it before. I would like to wish you a very long life on your birthday and wish you all the success in your life, my greetings and blessings might be late, but I feel it is better to be late than never. I am quite surprised that you are only 21 years, and at this young age if you are able to talk about Hinduism in such a manner, you have bright future ahead of you. Best Wishes.
@kat_princess (1470)
• Philippines
5 Dec 08
I'm 21 like you.Well,life hasn't been easy on me until now with me still being crippled and my boyfriend was taken away by his parents because they would do everything just to keep us apart.I've been so depressed up to this day but I always come to God to bring us back together this Christmas no matter how impossible it seems.Friend,whatever religion you may belong to,please pray for me to your god.
@vijigopi (991)
• United States
4 Dec 08
First of all, a very Happy Birthday to you, Shivram. Hope you reach your goals in this lifetime. I have been around for more than 34 years and I am already bored. I guess I have let my lifetime goal out of my sight right now. The way my life is going now makes me wonder if I ever am going to get there. I'm just waiting for something to inspire me and get going. I had been brought up in a family that had spiritual values in life and I spent a lot of time in my childhood with sadhus. But nowadays my life is going very materialistic and I just hate the way I am, lazy and aimless. I know it's up to me to do something about it but, I don't find any inspiration at all. I hope the Lord takes me back to my path soon.
@shivram123 (656)
• India
5 Dec 08
i think u must start from the meaning of bhagavad gita
u dont want to hav knowledge about hinduism for spiritual life,u must hav belief and love in him and make him ur life goal,u can reach to him by any means,
by karma,meditation,yoga,dhyana,pranayama etc
there is actually not a single way all the ways end up in him
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@noreligion (105)
• United States
4 Dec 08
I have been alive for 25 years. It's been mostly good and I can say I have enjoyed my life be a godless man. I can't say I've strengthened my spirituality but I've been studying Evolution. Gives me a new perspective on life.
@shivram123 (656)
• India
5 Dec 08
studying evolution is great,it is too difficult i know,
but dont get angry to me when i say u also posses a religion,
the ideas of urself is ur religion,
thanks for u reply also
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@GADHISUNU (2162)
• India
4 Dec 08
I was introduced to religion as part of my upbringing. When once I grew up I started studying my religious scriptures in translation. Though it did strengthen my spirituality or give me the path to religious experience, it still left in me doubts as to whether the translators have been true to the the original seers. This made me learn the language of Scriptures i.e. Sanskrit in my case and I beagn and am still continuing my study of Original Scriptures. I find that this gives me first hand peep into the minds of the Masters.
The next thing I have done is to understand, what the scriptural injunctions mean, what the rituals mean. This means I had spent quite a lot of time contemplating on the ideas I had received as a child, ideas I learnt from books, and corroborated them with my rel life experiences.
The third thing I have done and am doing is to meditate(what is called as Dhyana). This takes me to a thoughtless state and helps me to "understand" by not reasoning and conforming to the dictates of the mind.
And I am continuing my Scriptural Stgy, Contempolation and Meditation. Spiritual Experience is an ongoing process.
@shivram123 (656)
• India
4 Dec 08
hi gadhisunu,
happy to see u here,anyway i liked that u are trying to study our vast heritage,but now a days peoples are always mis directed for the sanskrit words in our holy books if u look to a discussion start my maths http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1813022.aspx?p=1 u can see it,look through all the discussion and try to make him understand abouth the vast meanings of sanskrit words to caspian in page 3
i am happy that u get time to take dhyana,
in my full filled daily routine i never get time for that,but i do sandhya vandhan everyday in morning and ewvening,
thanks
regards
shiv ram
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@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
5 Dec 08
I hope it's still your birthday.
Happy Birthday Shiv.
I'm 24 and yes.. I've never separated from the world since birth so i've been with the earth for 24 solid years. hehehe..
It's been up and down. well, life's like that.