Why do we look surprised if we see a young man chanting or following devoational service? But older man and women are encouraged to spend their time in spirituality!!! I read an analogy which disputes our conventional thoughts. Do we give old, dried out flowers while doing Puja? We always give fresh, nice smelling flowers. Similarily, why donot we give our young, youthfull bodies in service f Lord. The dried out husk of a body in old age is akin to the old flowers.
Lets say a beggar has a few loaves of bread and you ask him to throw those away. Will he do it? No! Because that is all the poor man has managed to scrounge to eat! Now, give him a couple of delicious dishes and he will automatically discard the bread loaves! well, our material world is akin to the bread loaf with the spiritual world akin to the delicious dish. (And remember, there is someone to give the delicious dishes!)
Nice !
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