: The first valley: “All structures begin with contemplation; without contemplation, all that exist will decline.” and its effect on me

The ninth  session of the 63^rd  round of the Academy Branch Workshops was held on September 26^th,    2018 at 9:50 a.m. This meeting was held by Mr. Dezhakam as the master of ceremony and Ms. Salde as the secretary. The weekly agenda was: The first valley: “All structures begin with contemplation; without contemplation, all that exist will decline.” and its effect on me.

Mr. Dezhakam: Next week’s agenda is the first valley, reading “All structures begin with contemplation; without contemplation, all that exist will decline.” I have experienced that it is enough for us if we apply only the first valley in our life.

If we contemplate a bit about what we want to do, everything will be resolved and we can solve many problems, alas, we do not use our contemplation. If a person does not donate a part of their wealth [to the poor], their heirs [children] will inherit everything, however, they will not pray for them. [This shows that many parents have not thought about their wealth correctly, if they had contemplated, they would not have left all their wealth for their children].

Mr. Bill Gates has donated his wealth (about 100 billion dollars) to charity and he has left only one million dollars for his daughter. If he had given his wealth to his daughter, his daughter would have been ruined. Our maximum age is 80 years old; from 70 on, you will be physically and mentally disabled and amnesia will start. We have to think and contemplate so that we get wise. No one lives forever and everything we do will return to us.          If we think in any stage of life, problems will be resolved.

We have to know why we consume drugs and why we don’t. 1.5 billion people in the world are suffering from inactivity and lack of movement and therefore, they are suffering from many diseases. All men have to walk 8000 steps a day and women have to walk 5000 steps a day. Do we walk at all?

If I do not want to consume drugs, I have to know why. We draw the map of future in our mind. Whatever happens in the future is the result of our current thinking and planning. If we abuse the opportunities we have now, we will lose everything in the future.  If you hoard anything, you will be punished by buying other things expensive, because you can only hoard one product and if other people do the same, you have to pay more for your own requirements.

Thank you for listening to  me.

Translated by Elahe