Day 328 of small things giving smiles – the meaning of greeting with a namaste.
As an Indian, you must have very often seen people greeting you with folded hands and saying a ‘namaste’. And mechanically even l would greet them back with a namaste not understanding the real essence behind this word.
And then one day I heard a cute story. It seems that once God decided that he needed to find a new place of peaceful residence. So he decided to stay on the peak of a mountain…yet his followers soon thronged there. Then God checked out different places of residence like a barren desert, a remote island, an abandoned cave… but soon God was pursued by his numerous devotees.
After using up all the external options God decided to go internally! God decided to reside in the hearts of every human…and surprisingly he found his peaceful abode.
The humans kept searching for God externally in all the corners of the world, not realizing that God was within all the time!
What a beautiful message from this simple story! It reminds us that at the soul level we are all connected to the same Higher Power. We may call our God with different names, yet there is a oneness connection between this higher power and all of us!
And Yes..I understood the inner essence of the term Namaste..it means the God in me acknowledges the God in you…what a wonderful greeting it is that acknowledges the connection with each other.
So the next time someone smiles at you with a namaste, I am sure you will smile more acknowledging the connection of the entire humanity with each other and also with the higher power!
So which small thing gave you a big smile today?
Please become aware of the small things that make you smile.
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