Meditation with open eyes- part 1

This journey of life seems to be a meditation with open eyes. Every soul we meet in our day to day life has something to teach us just by their way of living. It is said that we meet the other person only at the depths in which we have already met ourselves. We generally have this 'oversight' and do not easily take lessons from the people we interact with.

Meditating with closed eyes and seeking answers from within is spirituality,  living in a state of meditation with open eyes and taking lessons from everyone we come across is Reality.

Babuji says "Make love and ac9ceptance the two fulcrums of your life ".

While I am still trying to read, write and learn acceptance and first of all practice non resistance,  only after few years of marriage I understood how my husband applies the principles of Acceptance in his life. 

Most of his situations were not so easy and straight. But he accepts the what is ,makes peace with it and acts or works on what he wants to be. When dealing with other members of family he accepts people with their short comings that can't be changed but pushes them to correct their mistakes on areas  which can be changed. Babuji says " Acceptance is a wise counselor " . Knowingly or unknowingly my husband lives life wisely applying the principles of Acceptance. 

Now coming on to another important person in my life,  my father. After how many years I have understood him from a higher perspective.  While I am still learning the basic lessons of love, my father applies the principles of Universal Love in his life. He always treats people EQUALLY,  irrespective of their social status, caste,creed,language or gender.

His way of life tells me that love is not a fancy or abstract thing but love manifests in the small finer details of day to day life. Spending time for someone is greater than spending money on someone. Love is manifested in small gestures, say for example you buy or prepare a small dish and you take the effort to go all the way to give it to someone who likes it. You do this not only with your close family but for a bigger circle then that speaks volumes. Spending money for someone is a good thing, spending time for someone is a better thing, wishing the other person well with all your heart  is the best thing. Someone who can do all the three is really serving God while serving the fellow men. Babuji says " Service is constantly thinking good for others ".  Knowingly or unknowingly my father lives a life of service.

Look around you, there are people who teach without words, they teach by their way of life. We can meet them only at the depths in which we have already met ourselves. Introspect .