Things Taken For Granted

Everyone who is born in India, is brought up with words like karma, dharma, yoga, dhyan and many more, so frivolously, that we, of all people in the world, grow oblivious to their meanings. When a firang talks about yoga online, we step forward to take the credit, even though practically we may know nothing about it. When a firang goes crazy after Sadhus in Haridwar and Banaras, clicking pictures and meditating with them at the banks of Ganga, we chuckle at the sight, while most of the time we ourselves know nothing about meditation. This is the reason why most of the new age books on meditation and yoga and any other form of Eastern spirituality are all written by foreigners. In fact, I learnt about the Tantrik sect and practices of India from someone who had been schooled in the subject in the West.

This is our national version of a micro concept of "taking things for granted". We often overlook things that are attained with little efforts, be them admissions in dream colleges, jobs, relationships or even personal attributes. If the effort doesn't leave a lasting memory in your psychology, you tend to forget how important it once was for you. But the objective thus achieved, held in ignorance and disrespect develops a tendency to break free in many karmic ways. A disregarded creativity may never convert to substantial results. You might have heard this oft quoted statement, "His is a wasted talent." A discounted relationship may result in tussles and fights and low threshold points of irritation and misconduct. 

The answer or a solution to this situation is an easy one, i.e. if you are lucky to not have left a permanent mark. Stop taking things for granted any more. It sounds too simple to create any effects at all. But in all its honesty this is a foolproof and the only solution. Only if you give the due share of respect and attention to that neglected object, you'll see how situations take a U-turn, back to the desired, always wished for paths. This involves another simple logic of returning the karmic debts to that and those which and what have been taken for granted. If not anything else, this is your moral obligation to hold those things--- that sometimes made you feel good and special--- in top regard. As added brownie points to better situations, you will also feel a sense of immense satisfaction and happiness.