When will Sadhna like people be understood...

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I read in one of the posts Sadhna is too hard to believe, she is a character who is hard to be understood by everyone... I'ld like to concentrate on some real-life characters and how people can ,ake effort to make understand them. Its not really difficult to find altruistic characters like Sdahna, although the world now is filled with average minded people I admit....

This morning and afternoon I did two important stuff...I visited an old age home for dying destitutes which is run by Mother Teresa and I was watching the film "Border". Many people might be aware of " Mother Teresa" and also might know the film Border is based on an actual war.

In the dying destitute home, I found many sisters working restlessly for the destitutes and also saw many volunteers who come from all over the world to serve these destitutes. People might say that sisters are bound to do this, but what bout these young volunteers, boys and girls, spending time away from home , serving these dying people, are they mad? What is driving them to do this activity, rather spending time in self-activites. The driving force is that they feel suffering people's pain more than their own. So, there are people like Sadhna, who put others comfort and their "Seva dharm" above their self-comforts and "mera khushi/mera gum".

Next come to the numerous soldiers who give us protection so that we can sleep peaceful nights. Many of them come from many well-do-families, and who do not need to sacrifice their lives or stay away from their beloved for the sake of the country. There are numerous self-less soldiers. I feel these types of people are still more than the average minded people, thats the reason we are still sleeping peacefully in our homes. Are these brave soldiers really hard to be understood or labelled as "egoistic/mahaan" in a sarcastic tone?

Last example, I'ld give of Late Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who sacrificed his life during the last Mumbai Terrorist attack. I read an article about him and his self-less nature...once he was climbing mountain and was very thirsty, so he ran to drink water from a tube well during their short break. But when he reached some civilians wanted him to help with the pump so that they can drink water. Eventually it so happened, he never got the time to drink water...what would you call him...pagal or egoistic that he wanted to prove him "Mahaan" as many people call Sadhna...

There are numerous girls in our society who are like Sadhna and because of them we still see joint families and people believing in the concept of altruism...there was a Mother Teresa, there was a Swami Vivekanand, there are numerous social workers, there are numerous "sipais" of our country who still put others interest before their own and do not even hesitate to lay down their lives for the betterment of others...mind them they all come from families like you and me...Mother Teresa did not become mother teresa in one day....

then why is Sadhna's character so hard to be believed...because of people like Sadhna, the world is still going on as they never hesitate to lay down their lives for the betterment of others, but they do not get one word of appreciation also.....

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Posted: 15 years ago
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not to forget our freedom fighters who released us from the slavery of the British... many of them could have rested back at home, without even bothering about the country and men...during the freedom struggle also, when many were selflessly fighting to attain independence, many people were engrossed in their own motifs and called them mad...are they really mad...these average people accepted titles of "Raibahadur" or became spies of the British and became instrumental in passing info about the freedom fighters to the British police...

the answer to all these will pave the way to the wuestion " can we really not understand characters like Sadhna"...

In every age, there are people like Sadhna, and it is them to drive this society, not the average people...
Edited by Omshanti1111 - 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: Omshanti1111

not to forget our freedom fighters who released us from the slavery of the British... many of them could have rested back at home, without even bothering about the country and men...during the freedom struggle also, when many were selflessly fighting to attain independence, many people were engrossed in their own motifs and called them mad...are they really mad...these average people accepted titles of "Raibahadur" or became spies of the British and became instrumental in passing info about the freedom fighters to the British police...

the answer to all these will pave the way to the wuestion " can we really not understand characters like Sadhna"...

In every age, there are people like Sadhna, and it is them to drive this society, not the average people...

🤗 ... Ufff ... Bani ....... so beautifully written.... so good!... 🤗

Those who contributed their life, time and soul to our India ... were so dear ... were so lovely ... they were blessings...

How many can I name ... they were numerous ... educated, well to do ... they could live like kings...

But they were not average ... they were in the favor of truth ... they knew that the path of sacrifice had thorns in them ... they knew that they would be ridiculed ... and they DID NOT KNOW how long it will take for success to come, or if they will ever have success or not....

BUT WHAT THEY KNEW WAS....in their struggle was their Independence. They knew that their RISING UP was the key to BREAK the chains of bondage.

Maybe the physical chain of Bondage were break in the day when we celebrate our independence....BUT THE SPIRITUAL chain broke THAT INSTANT ... when we told ourselves : "We Are Independent ... We Are INDIANS ... We Are Not To Bow Against Opression ... We Are Not To Be Treated As Sub-Humans ... We Are Equals ... We Are To Break Free INDIA! ... We Are To Pland The Tree Of LOVE ... WE ARE SWATANTRA!!!!!!!".....

That was the moment of independence ... FOR ME!

As for Sadhna ... the moment she was confirmed of her detachment from evil/wrong and banishment ... at that moment ... SHE WAS REBORN ... INDEPENDENT ... GREATER .... ENLIGHTENED.... And wore her crown ... the crown of Purity ...

But the Queen of Purity now must walk to her throne of BEAUTY ... Through the path of CHASTISEMENT.... and chastisement comes through fire O' Daughter Of Blessings!... O' Hand-Maiden Of The Lord!...


God Bless People Like Sadhna ...
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Posted: 15 years ago
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what you wrote is beautiful and nicely written

here's my opinion strictly upon Sadhna :
She's a selfless giver and sacrifice isn't what one would think of to be this unfortunate majboor act but rather, that is another way of showing love...only when you love selflessly you'll know the true meaning and act of love... anything else besides it is not true ...these people are taken in many ways..sometimes as ideal ppl and sometimes as rash ppl..but all in all i doubt these ppl like sadi are meant to stive to explain their reasoning..actually i doubt if they give a damn if anyone understands them or not..its more geared towards the act of loving and giving that keeps them grounded and that is their 'kartava'
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Before I begin, I'd like to just compliment you- omshanti on your writing skills: always elegant and graceful masha Allah.
Now, anyone who denies the goodness in a character like sadhna is indeed in denial. But my problem is the burden many are putting on average characters, by trying to strike a comparison. A person like sadhna cannot be used to prove that 'simple people' are wrong, or bad. I'm sure a person like sadhna does not want to be put on a pedestal, they do what they do because they know mankind falls short sometimes, she (Sadhna) knows that people hurt and make mistakes, thus she lives her life with a great desire to make people happy. Good for her!, and yes there needs to be people like this, but sorry this does not prove to me that the 'average joe' is inferior or automatically wrong whenever they display natural human instincts. So no everyone does not need to be like her, as long as we try our level best to enjoin the good and forbid the evil. But we were not made perfect and we do and will continue to make mistakes…
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: sonya85

Before I begin, I'd like to just compliment you- omshanti on your writing skills: always elegant and graceful masha Allah.
Now, anyone who denies the goodness in a character like sadhna is indeed in denial. But my problem is the burden many are putting on average characters, by trying to strike a comparison. A person like sadhna cannot be used to prove that 'simple people' are wrong, or bad. I'm sure a person like sadhna does not want to be put on a pedestal, they do what they do because they know mankind falls short sometimes, she (Sadhna) knows that people hurt and make mistakes, thus she lives her life with a great desire to make people happy. Good for her!, and yes there needs to be people like this, but sorry this does not prove to me that the 'average joe' is inferior or automatically wrong whenever they display natural human instincts. So no everyone does not need to be like her, as long as we try our level best to enjoin the good and forbid the evil. But we were not made perfect and we do and will continue to make mistakes'



Thanks for your lovely post...and you corrected me when I was vague...

Average people are in no way inferior, sometimes their silent support proves their strength. Like a Shahid Bhagat's mother who is not remembered as well as Shahid Bhawat Sinfh, and is an average person, but it is she who gave birth to Bhagat Singh and raised him to grow those principles....


thanks a lot for your reply...we continue to make mistakes, but as long as being an average person, we learn from our mistakes, it is good and indeed appreciable. But to justify for the mistakes that an average person makes and then inturn to prove that Sadhna like people are egoistic and made mockery of by calling "mahaan", is it what an average people is left to do...
my parents taught me that even if you cannot do something good, it ok...but dont do something bad at least
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Posted: 15 years ago
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A leader is a composed person and not all people are born with leadership qualities and to feel for others...when relationships are at stake, one person in that realtionship needs to be composed, or else nothing remains left.

There are people who even make mockery of our respected "Gandhiji" by calling "Gandhi Buddha" and what not and criticise him, but as average people, did we do anything as compared to Gandhiji, to even utter one silent harsh word also against him...we can criticise a person only when we do something as altruistic as those "Mahaan persons"...Jealusy and criticism and self-mode cannot be established even by shouting at the top of the voice....actions speak louder than words...

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Posted: 15 years ago
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if being mahaan is the only bad quality the anti sadhana can come up with.....its fine by me.......... i will take mahaan over selfish anytime😃.
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Totally agree. We need to understand the Sadhnas around us and we need to have respect for them. Infact, there is no harm in trying to be one. As the saying goes "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among stars". Similarly, we all can aim high to become good human beings.

And if we can not become like them, atleast respect such people. That is the most important thing.
Bani (I think this is your name), your threads are more interesting than seeing the serial :)
Only thing I dont like in Sadhna is she needs to stand up and voice against negativity. She can not silently keep on helping people who are negative. Somehow can not tolerate that any more.
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: reguser

Totally agree. We need to understand the Sadhnas around us and we need to have respect for them. Infact, there is no harm in trying to be one. As the saying goes "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among stars". Similarly, we all can aim high to become good human beings.

And if we can not become like them, atleast respect such people. That is the most important thing.
Bani (I think this is your name), your threads are more interesting than seeing the serial :)
Only thing I dont like in Sadhna is she needs to stand up and voice against negativity. She can not silently keep on helping people who are negative. Somehow can not tolerate that any more.



well said...


thank you

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