Out of the Blue occurred this Question in my Mind this Morning as I was Pottering around in my Garden.
" WHAT IS MAN'S GREATEST STRENGTH ? "
Trust me I know the Answer as it was Blowing in the Wind again this Morning, even though I have known it for decades.
Guess who told me this ?
My Beloved Baba & Father in Law Dr. Manilal Gupta, a Krishna Devotee and Secretary of Ram Krishna Mission, Singapore
My Mothers words of Wisdom were "If you are 1/10th of Your Father, you will be a Good Man" I can tell you I am definitely a chip of the Old Block; "A Good Man to a Good Man and a Bad man to a Bad Man"
So I decided to ask every one what they believed is mans Greatest Strength and answers are coming in one by one.
Mean while I decided to ask Dr Google and found all these amazing responses in the Images section alone and decided they are worth Blogging for every one to see and Read:
Google Images:
People I know of, Said the Following
Summary:-
Yet No mention of my Babas Secret.
Now lets us see the whatsapp feed back so far:- ( I am including comments sans names)
- Courage .. if one possesses it at all .. it helps us face all threats and threatening situations .. fear is itself frightening
- Self Confidence
- Sixth Sense
- Wisdom
- A Good Woman
- Patience and Dedication
- I believe one's greatest strength is belief in one's self .
- Inner Self
- Real love around us...that is great strength for me
- Blow Hot Blow Cold
- The ability for rational reasoning. Only humans have this, and The Creator deliberately did this.
- To me it's family
- Faith and Hope
- Ability to acknowledge that women are stronger 😂😂😂
- Being at peace with the world...
So Far No One has come anywhere close to my Babas answer to this question.
BTW, Man to me stands for men and women. Man and woman are the same species and we have the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in both, the only difference is that they are born with different reproductive systems designed for Procreation but misused for Recreation. (Now this is my Original not copied from Google )
I have Come across Men & Women who are God sends and others who are Ugly & Cruel Devils.
To believe that all women are weak and angels is a myth based on my life span of 74 years. You just have to ask Mithu, who loves Criminal Minds and she will tell you how many women have murdered their husbands and more often than not for his Money. Killing the goose laying Golden eggs for what ?
As an aside what is the Connection between "Procreation and Recreation" which to me is Re Creation meaning the same as Pro Creation. Have to ask Shashi Tharoor to throw some light meaning enlightenment on this.
Recreation is defined as "an activity done for enjoyment when one is not working."
Does this mean Procreation is Work :-)
Leave it to you to decide on this one
Now My Babas Words of Wisdom:-
"Mans Greatest Strength is knowing he is merely a mortal and the Only thing certain in Life is Death, Yet Living his Life as if He is Immortal and here on Earth for ever."
The Other advice he gave me will never escape my mind:-
Baba Said "Ram Close Your Eyes and tell me what you can see ?" I closed my eyes Chuckled and said "Ofcourse I can see Nothing" and Baba says "Remember this what you see with your eyes closed is all that belongs to you nothing else, not this leather sofa, nor your home, not even your wife and son; they don't belong to you. Everything in life is Temporary and an Illusion. So Love every one but learn to detach yourself from everything in this world. The Day you are able to detach yourself from everything you have achieved what most don't.
I wish my Baba meaning my Father in Law was around today for such serious discussions. My own Dad I lost him when I was just 20 and immature.
My Mother engraved all virtues in my mind through stories from Leo Tolstoy & Eric or Little By Little etc etc.
I never told my son stories and wish I had when he was young. We watched Cricket instead and that helped us bond
Thanks for Reading Folks
