Comments on: Discussion Question 7 for Strength in What Remains http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/04/discussion-question-7-for-strength-in-what-remains/ The PTPI Blog aims to provide a place to share our members' stories. They inspire us and they will inspire others. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Karen Hoch (PTPI Staff) http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/04/discussion-question-7-for-strength-in-what-remains/comment-page-1/#comment-25135 Karen Hoch (PTPI Staff) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:09:17 +0000 http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=670#comment-25135 Thanks for sharing your thoughts K. You make a great point about Deo not realizing his own inner strength. The key is he had hope and as you say surrended to 'what is.' In addition, he made the best of the opportunities that came his way. Many times I look back at challenges I faced and wonder how I managed to get through that particular experience (yes, inner strength!)? Most of us do manage and become better beings because of it - even though we may not see the immediate results. Thanks for sharing your thoughts K. You make a great point about Deo not realizing his own inner strength. The key is he had hope and as you say surrended to ‘what is.’ In addition, he made the best of the opportunities that came his way. Many times I look back at challenges I faced and wonder how I managed to get through that particular experience (yes, inner strength!)? Most of us do manage and become better beings because of it – even though we may not see the immediate results.

]]> By: K.Saroja http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/04/discussion-question-7-for-strength-in-what-remains/comment-page-1/#comment-25060 K.Saroja Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:59:18 +0000 http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=670#comment-25060 Deo's inner strength is what pulled him through. But I don't think Deo was even slightly aware of his own strength. How could he have known? There was no way. He just surrendered to 'What Is'. The great spiritual teachers say that first thing any of us need to do is to completely surrender to 'What is' when faced with challenges in life. Then they say, the strength of 'surrender' is so powerful that it would change the external surroundings in a mysterious way to solve the problem. Again I do not think Deo knew this either. He innocently surrendered to ' What Is' and went along with what ever/ where ever his life took him to. But one thing he did was he kept his awareness and dream alive, dream of joining a university and to become a doctor and build a clinic at his native place to help his people. Deo had to survive and was meant to survive to give 'hope' to his people and to rest of the world. My answer is yes. In my own life I kept my dreams alive and worked hard against discrimination and odd circumstances. Of course this is no means a comparison to what Deo went through. But i did not give in and give up my dream to the external forces. In the end I did accomplish what I wanted to. What kept me going? My stubbornness and perseverance and faith in myself. Of course help came to me in a very mysterious way from people and places i did not even know existed. Deo’s inner strength is what pulled him through. But I don’t think Deo was even slightly aware of his own strength. How could he have known? There was no way. He just surrendered to ‘What Is’. The great spiritual teachers say that first thing any of us need to do is to completely surrender to ‘What is’ when faced with challenges in life. Then they say, the strength of ‘surrender’ is so powerful that it would change the external surroundings in a mysterious way to solve the problem. Again I do not think Deo knew this either. He innocently surrendered to ‘ What Is’ and went along with what ever/ where ever his life took him to. But one thing he did was he kept his awareness and dream alive, dream of joining a university and to become a doctor and build a clinic at his native place to help his people.
Deo had to survive and was meant to survive to give ‘hope’ to his people and to rest of the world.

My answer is yes. In my own life I kept my dreams alive and worked hard against discrimination and odd circumstances. Of course this is no means a comparison to what Deo went through. But i did not give in and give up my dream to the external forces. In the end I did accomplish what I wanted to. What kept me going? My stubbornness and perseverance and faith in myself. Of course help came to me in a very mysterious way from people and places i did not even know existed.

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