{"id":7103,"date":"2012-11-06T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discoverursupersoul.com\/2012\/11\/relationship-so-valuable-but-now-rarely-valued\/"},"modified":"2012-11-06T04:05:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T04:05:00","slug":"relationship-so-valuable-but-now-rarely-valued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/relationship-so-valuable-but-now-rarely-valued\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationship \u2013 So valuable but now rarely valued"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">And finally he decided to      send his old parents to the old age home. It was difficult for him to deal      with them. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Both were good friends      since school days. But now one of them is a business magnate and the other      one is just having a simple job in an office. It became difficult to      sustain the friendship. Now they rarely meet. It\u2019s verily said that friendship      is possible only among the equals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">2 brothers lived together,      played together and studied together. But now they are not living      together. It\u2019s practically impossible. As they have to realize their      independent dreams, they live independently. Also today they cannot      tolerate each other.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">We might have heard or even witnessed these events in our lives many times. Relationship of this world does not last long. Unfortunately most of the relationship is based on the philosophy of \u201cWhat is there for me in it?\u201d Selfless relationship has become like an endangered species. Few years back love of a mother for her child was considered to be selfless. But this has also changed. Today\u2019s mother does not hesitate to murder her child in her womb by undergoing abortion. And if somehow the child is born then some mother consider him to be a burden. Relationship between a husband and wife are more at physical level than at emotional level these days.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">This is why today\u2019s major diseases are loneliness and depression. In our journey we may achieve many things which are material. But these material things will not have much value. The most invaluable gift is the relationship. And the relationship can only be possible if it is centered on God.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">If we just have a glimpse of our rich Vedic heritage we will find innumerable examples of selfless love and loving relationship.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Shravan Kumar <\/span>is championed as an ideal son who dedicated his      life taking care of his old and blind parents.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Bharat had the opportunity      to become king of Ayodhya. But he refused because he wanted his elder brother      Lord Rama to be the king. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Lord Krishna and Sudama      were great friends. Although Krishna had become the king of Dwarka but      still he never forgot Sudama. The moment he heard that Sudama had come to      his door, he rushed to meet him and embrace him. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Love of mother Yasoda for      Krishna is well known. Such loving reciprocation between a mother and her      child is even sung today. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Happiness is in sharing. Joy is in giving. Life is in loving. We can love all if we understand that every one of us is children of one Supreme Father, God. Let us try to rebuild our society based on the wisdom of Vedic literatures. It will open the door of endless love and never \u2013 ending happiness. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And finally he decided to send his old parents to the old age home. It was difficult for him to deal with them. Both were good friends since school days. But now one of them is a business magnate and the other one is just having a simple job in an office. 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