Hello Gaia community: yesterday I got a message from a friend that made me stop for a minute and think about what I'm doing right now, and where I'm going. It's a wonderful story and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Here it goes for you guys to read:

A boat docked in a tiny village. A tourist complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them.

"Not very long," answered the fisherman.

"But then, why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?" asked the tourist.

The fisherman explained that his small catch was sufficient to meet his needs and those of his family.

The tourist asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"

"I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, and take a siesta with my wife. In the evenings, I go into the village to see my friends, play guitar, sing a few songs... I have a full life."

The tourist interrupted, "I have an MBA from IIM-A, and I can help you! You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat."

"And after that?" asked the fisherman .

"With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man, you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this little village and move to  any place . From there you can direct your huge new enterprise."

"How long would that take?" asked the fisherman.

"Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years," replied the tourist.

"And after that?"

"Afterwards? Well my Friend, That's when it gets really interesting," chuckled the tourist, "When your business gets really big, you can start selling stocks and make millions!"

"Millions? Really? And after that?" asked the  fisherman.

"After that you'll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife and spend your evenings doing what you like with your buddies."

"With all due respect sir, but that's exactly what I am doing now. So what's the point wasting 25 years?" asked the fisherman.

And the moral of the story is? Know where you're going in life. You may already be there.

Life in the present world is indeed a rat race. Many who have good qualifications too do not know where they are going in life.

Namaste,

Ramon

 

I'm currently subscribed to Neale Donald Walsch's daily letter, in which he sends messages that I consider to be "gifts" more than just words. Today's message is:

"On this day of your life, Ramon, I believe God wants you to know...

  that without knowing who you are and why you are here, life has no meaning.

  Seek, then, to study the questions. Work to experience

  the grandest answers. Who You Are is an Individuation

  of Divinity. Why you are here is to demonstrate that."

So I ask you all, try to answer the questions and find out for yourselves!
You can sign-up for the daily inspirational message here:
http://www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/index.php?p=Signup

Namaste,

Ramon

It happened like 4 years ago, when I read "The Eternal Validity of the Soul" by Jane Roberts and Seth. It turned my world upside down and made me realize that everything I believed in was not even close to the truth. It made me more conscious of everything and everyone; I started being less selfish and more tolerant. It made me realize that all my actions from the day I was born to that day were not aimed at evolving mentally, spiritually and physically, and that I had to change my way of living from that moment on.

Hello Gaia Community: today I woke up with the need to send this message. I was raised as a Christian-Catholic, nevertheless my experience in this maya/reality has made me impartial to support one sole religion, and taking the best out of each one in this current existence.

Hello Gaia Community: a couple of days ago I started reading the book "Mind Travellers" by W.S. Ranasinghe. I've read about 6 chapters and each one gets better. I got to a part that has left me thinking what I'm doing with all that I know and have read.

Hello Gaia Community: yesterday I picked up a book that I've been reading for quite a while. It's called "A Course in Miracles". I read between 2-3 pages per day; it's a really tough book to "digest", sometimes I even read a page twice or thrice to get the message sink through my head.
I came to this part where the author is quoting that in the Bible when they mention "The Kingdom of Heaven is within you", we got the message wrong. The "within" word should be omitted. The Kingdom of Heaven is You!
Everyday when you wake up, say the following:

I Am the Kingdom of God, Amen.

For you are!
Cheers,
Ramon

I'm learning to:
- Be a father :)
- Be a teacher
- Be a student
- Be tolerant with people that think different from how I think

And most important: how to be a spirit/entity/soul/etc. living in a human flesh and blood body!

Hello Gaia Community: I just came back from this year's Wesak (Vesak) Festival and had a wonderful and refreshing meditation. The Wesak Festival occurs when there's a full moon around Taurus and the stars align in such a way that Buddha and Jesus send illumination directly to the planet and we can redirect this illumination and happiness to our fellow men and women. It also celebrates the day that Buddha was born, found illumination and then disincarnated from this reality/maya.

In my humble opinion, the answer should be pretty straight forward. Just think about it... Hmmm... trick question?
I would say that I serve everyone else and myself, which at the same time (since we are all one) serving everybody would be serving myself which would be serving God.
There is nothing in this world that you wouldn't be serving that would not be serving God indirectly or directly.
So, in conclusion: serve others what you want for yourself. 

Hello Gaia Community: today I was talking with a friend of mine and out of nowhere we started asking ourselves if we were happy.

Believe it or not, my mind got boggled and I couldn't give a concrete and concise answer to this simple question.

After all this confusion and mind-debating at least I got to the conclusion that happiness is in the eye of the beholder.

For me right now, happiness is my daughter, my wife and of course my dearest friend God.

What's happiness for you?