MOBILE MESSAGES

[Originally written by me on Monday 11 December 2006]

We are free citizens with full freedom to move and speak, yet telephone companies promptly disconnects our lines after last date of bill payment :-)) I received an interesting text message on my mobile - ‘ A guy goes to police and complains - they are threatening me to pay money or they will cut!!' Police was alarmed ‘Who they, are they threatening to cut you?' ‘They call me every month and tell me to pay or they will cut my telephone line.' These SMS messages can be quite funny and we receive a lot from phone companies, family and friends. If bought in package they are cheap too. My phone company was offering 2000 messages per month @ Rs.20 (USD 0.44) now it has increased the rate to Rs.28 (USD 0.62). This is only for national SMS for sending messages to other countries we still have to pay at least Rs. 5 (USD 0.11) per message. I was one of the first to make good use of cheap messages in the city. I made a list of 60 good people in the city and started sending them a spiritual and inspiring message every morning. Many of them were not known to me and after a few days some of them called back to know who was sending them messages. Nobody told me to stop bothering, they found it good :-). It went on for a while and then I was busy in other things. Later I found other people making good use of cheap messages. A social institution in the city which used to send paper communication to its members for regular meetings and functions started sending messages. Good change, it will save some precious paper and greenery.

            Now a day one of my cousins has got the SMS fever. He keeps sending messages to all at any time. With few extra pegs he can send message at 12 in night or 4 in the morning too :-)) Day before yesterday his message was amusing ‘Small people talk of money, big people talk of time, great people do not talk at all ...... they just send message ;)'

I don't think I am great or anything like that but I also used to send a lot of messages. Life of a common man is always better then great people. We don't need bodyguards, can eat-drink normally without any fear, can be seen anywhere and nobody cares if a little thing goes wrong. Here are some messages which are still on my handset others were saved on PC and as things always happen with electronics especially computers, they were wiped off.

1.                  Tamas is andhakar (darkness), giving and getting pain is Tamas. Its most binding, keep away from it to get Mukti

2.                  Rajas is sensual pleasure with no caring. Pleasure followed by pain is Rajas, it also binds.

3.                  Satav is giving and getting pleasure. It highest of three- Satav, Rajas and Tamas. It purifies the heart and has least bondage.

4.                  Gunatit is getting away from all three - Satav, Rajas & Tamas. When there is no like or dislike, nothing bothers, all is acceptable as wish of God, then we become gunatit and get deliverance.

(Human nature is broadly classified into three categories - Satav, Rajas and Tamas. Eatables are also classified like this.  These are called three gunas or nature of thing/person. Guna+atit (getting away from something) state is calming, relaxing and deeply nourishing.)

5.                  God has all the gunas yet he is gunatit. In doing any karma God has no ego or attachment. When we try to be gunatit we feel peace and are near to Him.

6.                  God is omnipresent; love lets us see Him everywhere.

7.                  Puja (worship) is offering to God, prathana (prayer) is demanding from God. When we pray by offering all our karma and even ourselves to God, the prayer fruitifies.

8.                  God, you are first of all, supreme, the best- I bow to you. You are life, death, air, water, fire, universe, you are all - I bow to you thousand times from all directions.

9.                   ‘Mera aapki kripa se sab kaam ho raha hai, karte ho tum kanhaya mera naam ho raha hai' - O God! All my works are being done by your grace, you do all things and the credit goes to me. When God obliges us so much we should also try to do something to say a ‘Thank you God :)'.

10.              Comforting Wealth comes by good work, by wisdom it increases, cleverness stabilizes it and by patience it is preserved.

Few spiritual messages which I received from others :

1.                  Life without God is L-onely, I-nsecure, F-ull of doubt, E-mptiness ; Life with God is L-ife changing, I-nspiring, F-ull of hope & E-nthusiam

2.                  I pray to God to give you shanti (peace), shakti (power), sampati (wealth), swarup (self-realization), saiyam (patience), saadgi (simplicity), safalata (success), samridhi (prosperity), sanskaar (good habits), swaasth (health), sanmaan (reputation), saraswati (knowledge) and sneh (affection), Have a nice day :-)

3.                  Prayer teaches us to wait; it clears our vision; it calms our heart; and it activates our faith. Grow like the sunshine and be humble like the sunset.

4.                  Read this - GODISNOWHERE. What did you read? God is no where or God is now here! Just a beautiful way to say ‘Life is how you see it. Have a nice day.

Funny & other stuff from others :

1.                  I like you, I like you, I really like you, I like you very much, I really like you, because it is written in all holy books..... Hate the sin not the sinner :-))

2.                  If you delete this message cause you love me. If you save this that's cause you desire me & if you ignore it that's cause you miss me. So what you gonna do with IT? ;)

3.                  Good friend is like a computer, Enters your life, save you in heart, format your problems, shift you to opportunities & never delete you from his memory.

4.                  Marriage of Mobiles : INVITATION - ‘Marriages are settled in heaven but celebrated on earth' Mrs. & Mr. NOKIA cordially invite you on the occasion of marriage of their son 6600 with SONY ERICSON daughter of Mr. MOTORALA. You are requested to please send SMS to our mobile no. 123456 on this auspicious occasion with family. Compliments from: Nokia 3120 (bro), Nokia 7610 (uncle), Nokia 5110 (grand father) & all Nokia family. Kids line - ‘Please do send SMS on my uncle's marriage'- MOT-C385

5.                  Merry X-mas, Njoy new year, Happy Easter, Gud Luck on Valentine & Happy B'day. Now bug off & don't annoy me 4 nxt 12 months!!

6.                  B4 marriage - Roses are red, violets are blue, ur beautiful, I love you. After marriage - Roses are dead, I'm blue, ur getting on my nerves, someday I'll kill you :-))

7.                  Terrorists have abducted all politicians and are demanding 5 million or they will kill and burn them. Please contribute. I have contributed 5 gallons!!

8.                  A man boarded a bus with 40 kids. When asked ‘Are they yours?' He said 'No, I have a contraceptive manufacturing factory and they are customer complaints!'

9.                  ‘Hello' means H- Have you missed me, E-Everything alright?, L-Like to be with you, L-Like to see you, O-Obviously  I miss you, Just wanted to say Hello :-).