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One day I decided to quit...I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality...I wanted to quit my life.I went to the woods to have one last talk with God. "God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"His answer surprised me... "Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?""Yes", I replied."When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo.In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo." He said. "In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit. In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit."He said."Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small andinsignificant...But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive.I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle." He said to me. "Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually beengrowing roots?" "I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you.""Don't compare yourself to others." He said. "The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern. Yet they both make the forest beautiful." "Your time will come", God said to me. "You will rise high""How high should I rise?" I asked. "How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return."As high as it can?" I questioned"Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."I left the forest and bring back this story. I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you.He will never give up on you!-- Have a great day

Sun, moon and the earth....

What do these imply to us ? Technically speaking, we dwell in earth, sun is our source of energy (vitamin D) and a lots of it and moon we enjoy it during our evenings. This is an attempt to try to explore if there are any symbology in these. Do these planetary elements indicate us something ? Is there some hidden truth behind these elements ?

"Suryaha Prathyaksha Devatha"..a very famous sanskrit saying..which means Sun is the visible God. Thanks to our smart analytical brain, that we rightly interpreted this statement as given by people of older civilization, whom we think are not so scientifically advanced as us. In those days sun was the only source of energy, no nuclear power and other modern day techniques. The economy was grossly based on agriculture and Sun formed the essential element. The greeks and other old civilization hence rightly treated sun as god. The famous Appolo the Sud God of Troy.

The moon is the satellilte of earth. It reflects the rays of sun. The moon grows continously for fifteen days to form a full moon and slowly casts itself to shadows for the next fifteen days to form the no moon day.

Man is a manifestation of God. "Aham Brahmam", the ancient vedas says it. This is again emphasized by Adi Shankaracharya as "Jeevathama and Paramathma are same". Jeevathma refers to human being and paramathma refers to the divine.

If Sun symbolized god, then the moon a meagre reflection of the Sun can be sumbolized to human beings. We all are reflection of god, but our material desire which is symbolized by the earth hides us from knowing the fact. As the full moon shines, once we can get rid of the material desire, we can completely be one with God, but as material desire takes control, we diminish day by day till we become completely ignorant.....