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How does GOD helps us? I have always believed that 'God helps only those who help themselves'. It would be foolish on our part to sit back and expect a miracle to happen in times of crisis. Most of us would also start worrying unnecessarily imagining everything to go wrong and let our mind go blank. Now I shall just ask you to look back at any one such incident in your life in which you almost went panic (I am sure that all of us would have gone through AT LEAST one such incident in our lives. I myself have gone through many). Now just have a look at the outcome of that incident. In 99% of the cases the crisis would certainly have been sorted out with ease or at least without those outcomes which you had IMAGINED to take place during the time of crisis. Thus, it turns out that we unnecessarily get tensed and panic when we face a problem and start imagining all odd things to take place which is completely baseless, as is always proved after the end of the crisis. So, the lesson is don't panic and don't worry, instead start thinking about the possible solutions and available options to solve the current crisis. Those who trust in GOD pray to him during a crisis asking their GOD to help them out of the present situation. Is that right? Of course, Yes. there is nothing wrong in praying to GOD. It is not the question of whether GOD exists or not, instead it has more to do with your psychological stress. This stress gets eased out when you share it with somebody and GOD is the most IDEAL to do that. There are a few who limit their efforts in solving the crisis only to praying and do nothing else to solve the problem. This will never work out because as I said earlier, "GOD helps only those who help themselves." Consider the following story: Once there lived in a village a firm believer in GOD, who strongly believed that GOD shall always help him out in times of crisis as he was a staunch devotee. Once it so happened that there were heavy rains and the river on the bank of which the village situated overflowed and the entire village began to submerge in the flood water. All the villagers now started vacating the village as flood water started flowing into the streets first and then into their houses. The neighbor of our devotee who was about to leave his house with his family asked our devotee to join him. But our devotee refused to move out of his house saying that, he believed a lot in GOD and was sure that GOD would never allow him to die in the flood water and would certainly come to save him. The neighbor left the village with his family and so did all other villagers except our devotee. Soon, the flood waters entered the ground floor of his house and he was forced to move to the first floor of his house. After a while a local rescue boat came in search of those who were still trapped inside their houses and on seeing our devotee still inside his house, the man on the boat asked our devotee to join them. Again, our devotee refused to budge. He still believed that GOD would certainly arrive to help him. The rescue boat left the place. As the water level increased our devotee moved up to the terrace of his house. There he started staring at the skies expecting GOD to arrive any time. As he was staring the skies, a rescue helicopter arrived this time and on seeing our devotee standing on the roof top of his house, the man inside the helicopter offered to throw a rope down and rescue the devotee out of the increasing flood waters. Yet, again our devotee refused to give up saying, "GOD shall not let me down". The helicopter too left the place. The flood water level just kept increasing till our devotee finally drowned and died. After his death, the devotee went to the GOD and questioned him with anger, "GOD, I believed in you so much. I was your greatest devotee throughout my life. Yet, you did not come to save me during the time of my crisis and today I'm dead. Why did you do this to me?" "What?",
asked the surprised GOD to the devotee, "How can you say that I
didn't help you, when I indeed did come to your rescue." The moral of the above story is that, do not expect miracles to happen in times of trouble as our devotee did. Because, "GOD helps only those who help themselves." In the above statement can be seen an ancient Hindu belief 'Aham Brahmasmi', which means 'I am the GOD' in Sanskrit. When we say "GOD helps only those who help themselves", it really means that 'we ought to be our own GOD'. Self is the architect of the Self. When a Hindu says "'Aham Brahmasmi" (I am the GOD), it doesn't mean the individual I with a selfish attitude. Instead the I represents the selfless I who is unified with the entire universe. A Hindu believes that GOD pervades the entire universe and an individual being a part of the universe is a part of the GOD himself! If we just have a closer look at ourselves, we can always see and experience the universal I who has always been there within us and guiding us in times of crisis. Some also call it the inner conscience. What really matters is, 'how much do we listen to the GOD within us?' The more we listen to him, the less likely are we to face problems and even if we do face one, the more likely are we to get out of it. In the above storyline for instance, the devotee did indeed listen to the GOD within him, but to a smaller extent, that he kept moving up the stairs as the water level increased. But he did not listen to the GOD within beyond that, else he would have been saved from that unnecessary death. Let us not make the same mistake. -by
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