Q: Gurudev, is there an expiry date or best before
use date for blessings as well? Sometimes blessings don’t seem to yield the
desired result, what is the reason?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
I want to ask you a question; do gold and diamond
have expiry dates? Do you think blessings are less than gold and diamond and
yellow stones and metal? No way!
Q: Gurudev, can one’s basic personality or nature
change by practicing sadhana and meditation?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
The
answer to this depends on what is your understanding of one’s basic nature or
personality. If you tell me that anger is your very nature, then I am not ready
to believe that.
A
person’s essential behavior is determined by the three Gunas – Vata, Pitta
and Kapha, and one's behavior keeps
changing due to these Gunas. But the
fundamental aspects of one’s nature is the same for everybody, and that is –
creativity, enthusiasm, joy, and living in harmony with everyone. These are
constant for everybody.
Life is a mixture of things that are constant and things that keep changing dynamically. We can never say, "Everything has changed”, and we also cannot say, "Nothing has changed”. Life is a mix of the two. So some things in us can change and some cannot – and we have to accept them both.
Suppose your height is five feet. Then once you turn
21 years old, your height is not going to change. But your weight can increase
or decrease, whatever your age may be. You may weigh 70 kilos or even 100
kilos. Life is a delicate balance between that which is constant and that which
is capable of changing. By Sadhana, your basic nature gets strengthened and
more established, and that which can be changed undergoes change much faster.
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