Ramnavami

Many people have different ideas about Shri Ram and the Ramayanam. Shri Ram had a difficult life. The day he was to be coronated as king, he was told he had to go live in the forest for 14 years. He never got angry at his fate for one moment. Every difficulty was an opportunity to realize his spiritual Self.

He did get a lot of wisdom from visiting sages in the forest during that time. Of course the last 2 years of the 14 were the most trying. The worst person in the world captured his wife Sita. Rama had to get to his place which was difficult to get to over large bodies of water. Then, he had to defeat someone who used sorcery as his main weapon. Rama did in fact defeat the demon and release Sita from what was the worst 10 months in both of their lives. Yet they came out of it.

Being a good king was his next task. It is often difficult to weigh personal dharma and the collective right of the society. Society is of course full of idiots with their own personal idiotic opinions. Unfortunately, kings have to deal with this. As do we all. Doing the "right" thing is often difficult to determine. Searching within is the only answer. Still you might end up doing the wrong thing. The only way out of this is prayer.

As Shri Ram's birthday is here, let us all offer a prayer every day to help us proceed in line with our conscious. Don't do anything that you have to hide!