YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR VICIOUS NATURE BY
CULTIVATING HEALTHY VIRTUOUS QUALITIES.
POSITIVE ALWAYS OVERPOWERS THE NEGATIVE.
THIS IS AN INFALLIBLE LAW OF NATURE.
YOU SHOULD BE EVER WATCHING THE
MENTAL STATES THROUGH CAREFUL AND
VIGILANT INTROSPECTION, AND SHOULD NOT
ALLOW ANY NEGATIVE AND UNDESIRABLE
BHAVA TO MANIFEST. YOU MUST
IMMEDIATELY CHANGE THE EVIL BHAVA
BY THINKING OF THE OPPOSITE BHAVA.
UNWAVERING FIRMNESS AND PATIENCE
ARE NEEDED TO TIDE OVER CRITICAL
SITUATIONS AND GAIN SUCCESS. DO NOT
PERTURBED ON SMALL HAPPENINGS
AND NEVER LOSE PATIENCE.
An ethical man is more powerful than an intellectual man.
Ethical culture brings in various sorts of Sidhis or occult
powers. The nine Ridhis(accomplishments) roll under
to serve him. Morality goes hand in hand with spirituality.
Right thinking, right endeavor, right action,
right living, etc., are all best calculated to
develop the moral side of a man. Sadachar
or right conduct aims at making a man moral,
so that he may be fit for the reception of Atma-
Jnan or the realization of the Supreme Tattva.
ASSERT YOUR DIVINE MAJESTY. RECOGNIZE THE
BRAHMIC GLORY. REALIZE YOUR FREEDOM AND
SATCHIDANANDA NATURE, YOUR CENTER, IDEAL,
GOAL AND HERITAGE. REST IN THAT OCEAN OF
LIGHT, KNOWLEDGE, LOVE, PEACE, JOY AND BLISS
YOU MUST BECOME AN EXPERT IN
DECIDING A LINE OF ACTION, WHEN
YOU ARE IN A DILEMMA, THAT CAN
BRING SURE SUCCESS. YOU MUST
KEEP THE INSTRUMENT(BUDHHI)
VERY VERY SUBTLE AND SHARP.
Do not be carried away by undue sentiments
and bubbling emotions. Control them.
Reflect how the calamity or trouble or
catastrophe has come. There is always
scope for suitable, effective, easy methods
to tide over the crisis or trying situation.
Always try to keep a cool head. Do not cry
over spilt milk. Anyhow it has come to pass.
You will have to face it with cheerful
countenance. Try to make the best of things.
Find out methods to tide over the difficulty.
APPLICATION AND TENACITY, INTEREST AND
ATTENTION, PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE,
FAITH AND SELF-RELIANCE, CAN MAKE
A MAN A WONDERFUL WORLD-FIGURE.
THINKING TOO MUCH IS A HINDRANCE IN THE
EXECUTION BY THE WILL. IT BRINGS CONFUSION,
DIFFIDENCE AND PROCRASTINATION. THE
OPPORTUNITY WILL SLIP AWAY. YOU MUST THINK
RIGHTLY AND, AT THE SAME TIME, FEEL RIGHTLY.
THEN THE ‘WILL’ IS BOUND TO SUCCEED.
Never complain against bad environments. There
are some difficulties and disadvantages wherever
you go. You cannot get an ideal place and ideal
surroundings in any part of the world. This world
is a relative plane of good and evil. Try to live
happily in any place, under any condition.
You can get sanguine success in any undertaking.
ENERGY IS WASTED IN IDLE THINKING.
KEEP YOURSELF ALWAYS OCCUPIED
IN DOING VIRTUOUS ACTIONS AND THE
STUDY OF RELIGIOUS BOOKS. YOU CAN
THEREBY CULTIVATE GOOD AND SUBLIME
THOUGHTS. DESTROY RANDOM THINKING.
A GOOD MAN CAN HELP HIS FRIEND, EVEN
THOUGH HE LIVES AT A LONG DISTANCE,
BY GOOD THOUGHTS . YOU MUST NOT
ALLOW ANY EVIL THOUGHT TO ENTER
YOUR MENTAL FACTORY. AVOID USELESS
AND BASE THINKING, AND RESERVE
OR CONSERVE YOUR MENTAL ENERGY.
ONE SHOULD DEVELOP THE FACULTY OF
PRODUCING PURE SATTVIC THOUGHTS
BY PROTRACTED MENTAL DISCIPLINE,
DIETETIC ADJUSTMENTS, REPETITION OF
GOOD SLOKAS WITH MEANING, GOOD
COMPANY, STUDY OF DIVINE BOOKS, JAPA,
MEDITATION, PRANAYAMA, PRAYER, ETC.
A THOUGHT OF ANGER OR HATRED SENDS
ARROWS FROM THE MENTAL FACTORY
TOWARDS THE PERSON AIMED AT, HARMS
THE INDIVIDUAL, SETS UP DISCORD AND
DISHARMONY IN THE THOUGHT-WORLD,
AND COMES BACK AGAIN TO THE SENDER
AND HARMS THE SENDER ALSO.
LUSTFUL THOUGHTS, THOUGHT OF HATRED,
JEALOUSY AND SELFISHNESS, PRODUCE
DISTORTED IMAGES IN THE MIND AND
CAUSE CLOUDING OF UNDERSTANDING,
PERVERSION OF INTELLECT, LOSS OF
MEMORY, AND CONFUSION IN THE MIND.
Misunderstanding easily occurs between two persons. One is not able to understand rightly the views of another. Hence, friction, rupture and quarrel occur within a minute even amongst fast friends. The friendship does not last long. One should be in tune with the mental vibrations or thought vibrations of another man. Then only one can easily understand another.
EVERY MAN HAS GOT HIS OWN MENTAL WORLD,
HIS OWN MODE OF THINKING, HIS OWN WAYS
OF UNDERSTANDING THINGS, AND HIS OWN
WAYS OF ACTING. JUST AS THE FACE AND
VOICE OF EVERY MAN DIFFER FROM THOSE
OF ANOTHER MAN, THE MODE OF THINKING
AND UNDERSTANDING ALSO DIFFERS.
CHARACTER GIVES A STRONG
PERSONALITY TO A MAN. PEOPLE RESPECT
A MAN WHO HAS GOOD CHARACTER.
MORAL PEOPLE COMMAND RESPECT
EVERYWHERE. HE WHO IS HONEST,
SINCERE, TRUTHFUL, KIND AND LIBERAL-
HEARTED, ALWAYS COMMANDS RESPECT
AND INFLUENCE AT THE HANDS OF PEOPLE.
In the world take always the position of
the giver. Give everything and look for
no return. Give love, give help, give service,
give any little thing you can. Make no
conditions and none will be imposed.
Let us give out of our own bounty,
just as God gives to us.
WHEN SOMEONE HITS YOU WITHOUT A
CAUSE, DO NOT SEEK REVENGE,
KISS YOUR ENEMY’S FEET, FAREEDA!
PURSUE YOUR NOBLE END.
MORALITY IS THE BASIS FOR THE
OR ONENESS OF LIFE OR FEELING OF
SAMENESS EVERYWHERE.
YOU MUST KNOW THE WAYS AND
MEANS TO APPROACH PEOPLE.
YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO TALK
WITH THEM AND HOW TO BEHAVE
TOWARDS THEM. BEHAVIOR IS
MOST IMPORTANT. AN ARROGANT,
STUBBORN AND SELF-WILLED MAN
CAN NEVER BECOME A MAN OF
STRONG PERSONALITY.
PRACTICE SELF-DENIAL, SELF-ABNEGATION
AND SELF-SACRIFICE. LEAD A CONTENTED,
HAPPY LIFE. USE THIS BODY AS A BOAT FOR
CROSSING THE RIVER OF LIFE TO THE
OTHER SHORE OF IMMORTALITY AND
FEARLESSNESS.
Those, whose aim in life is to become great in every way, should always take down notes then and there. Whenever good ideas roll in your mind, at once jot down in your pocket note-book. This is the keynote to success in life in all endeavors, in every walk of life, and in all spheres of activity. Practice, feel and enjoy. You should become a practical man.
One should know how to behave and adjust
himself with other people. You must talk
sweetly and gently. This produces a
tremendous impression. You must be polite,
civil, courteous. You must treat others with
respect and consideration. He who shows
respect to others is respected in turn.
HE WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH AND PRACTICES
BRAHMACHARYA(CELIBACY) BECOMES A GREAT
AND DYNAMIC PERSONALITY. EVEN IF HE SPEAKS
A SINGLE WORD, THERE IS POWER IN IT AND
PEOPLE ARE MAGNETIZED. CHARACTER-
BUILDING IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE
IF A MAN WANTS TO DEVELOP HIS PERSONALITY.
PRACTISE SELF-ANALYSIS OR SELF-EXAMINATION
FOR TEN MINUTES BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.
THINK OF ALL ACTIONS, GOOD OR BAD,
THAT YOU DID DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY.
THINK OF ALL THE MISTAKES THAT YOU
COMMITTED CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY.
THE MIND BECOMES SUBTLE AND SHARP
BY THE PRACTICE OF INTROSPECTION.
The householders are not properly discharging their duties in accordance with the injunction of Sastras. There are many blunders in the daily conduct of householders. They do not observe right conduct. They do not speak the truth. They hurt the feelings of others. They are greedy, dishonest and passionate. They do not discharge their daily duties, such as, service of guests, charity etc. They lead a very materialistic life. Hence they do not grow spiritually. They have no ethical training. They eat, drink and amuse themselves. They are the followers of Epicurean Philosophy.
Science and religion, poliitics and religion are inseparable. They obviously go hand in hand. Politics prepares the ground for the reception of spiritual seeds. If there is no economical independence, no peace in the country, when there is chaos in the country, how can the spiritual teachers bring home the subtle philosophical truths and facts to the minds of the people when their minds are perturbed, and they have not got sufficient food, clothing and other auxiliaries of life?
Self-realisation does not mean, however, that we should ignore the life in the physical plane of matter. Matter is expression of God. Matter and Spirit are inseparable like heat and fire, cold and ice, flower and fragrance. Power and he who possesses power are one. A life in the physical plane is a definite preparation for the eternal life. World is our best teacher; the five elements are our Gurus. Nature is our mother and director. Nature is our silent Master. World is the best training ground for the development of various divine virtues. The central teaching of the Gita is that one should realize his Self by remaining in the world.
Life is of two kinds, viz., life in matter, and life in Atma or Spirit or pure consciousness. Biologists and physiologists hold that life consists of thinking, feeling, knowing, willing, digestion, excretion, circulation, respiration, etc. This kind of life is not everlasting. This is attended with dangers, pain, fear, cares and anxieties, worries, exertion, sin, etc. Therefore, sages, seers and prophets who have realised their inner self by discipline of the mind and the organs, by leading a life of self-denial, self-sacrifice and self-abnegation have emphatically declared that a life in the Pure Spirit alone can bring everlasting peace, infinite bliss, supreme joy, eternal satisfaction and immortality.
WHAT IS LIFE? IS IT MERELY THE ACT OF BREATHING OR RESPIRATION OR DIGESTION OR EXCRETION, THE CONSTRUCTIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE CHANGES THAT EVER GO ON IN THE PHYSICAL ORGANISM OR HUMAN BODY OR ECONOMY OF NATURE? IS IT MERE THINKING OR PLANNING OR SCHEMING TO EARN MONEY, NAME; FAME? IS IT THE ACT OF PROCREATION TO KEEP UP THE LINE? SCIENTISTS AND BIOLOGISTS HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT CONCEPTION OF LIFE. PHILOSOPHERS HAVE QUITE A DIFFERENT CONCEPTION OF LIFE.
A DEVOTEE ALWAYS THINKS THAT HE IS AN INSTRUMENT IN THE HANDS OF GOD.HE SAYS WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENS, WHETHER DESIRABLE OR UNDESIRABLE, “GOD IS EVERYTHING. GOD DOES EVERYTHING FOR MY OWN GOOD. GOD IS JUST.” BY THE PRACTICE OF THIS BHAVA (MENTAL ATTITUDE), HE IS ALWAYS HAPPY, UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE. BY ENTERTAINING THIS BHAVA, HE GIVES UP THE IDEA OF AGENCY AND ENJOYMENT AND THUS FREES HIMSELF FROM THE BONDS OF KARMA. HE RESTS IN PERFECT, UNALLOYED PEACE AND ATTAIN THE STATE OF THE HIGHEST BLISS, KNOWLEDGE AND IMMORTALITY.
What is success? Is it material prosperity and thriving on well in this world with plenty of money and children, or something else? Success is of two kinds, viz., worldly success and spiritual success. If you are in good, affluent circumstances, if you have everything that this world can give you, this is worldly success. This alone will not suffice. Because, this world is imperfect. You must have success in the spiritual world and in the path of realisation as well. Then only you will have complete or perfect success.
Lead a simple, natural life. Be honest in your dealings. Develop noble qualities. Take recourse to the company of wise men. Remember God, sing His name, feel His presence. Think aright, speak truth and act righteously. Learn how to lead a divine life while remaining in the world. Then the whole question is solved. All miseries will come to an end. You will have success in every walk of life and undertaking. Keep the master-key with you and open the chambers of Elysian-Bliss.
People have lost their senses and walk self-deluded in this sense-universe. Intelligent people devise intelligent methods to take bribes and earn money by various dishonest means. There is corruption everywhere. Mercy, sympathy, candidness and honesty have fled away from the heart. When the mind is filled with greed, passion and dishonesty, conscience is destroyed. Now then, is there any remedy for improving this present deplorable state of affairs? Yes, there is. We will have to adopt the simple living and high thinking.
What has science done to us? No doubt, it has added a fund of knowledge on the physical plane. But, this knowledge is mere husk when compared with the knowledge of the Self. All sciences are founded on the knowledge of Atma(self). Thanks to science and scientists who work whole-heartedly for years together in closed rooms for inventions and discoveries. They are giving comforts. But, it has made living very costly and luxurious. Man is more restless now. A luxury of today becomes want of tomorrow. The standard of living has become very high. Clerks and officers do not hesitate to tell lies and take bribes to make both ends meet.
Do not have any Moha(infatuation) for this perishable body. Identification with this body is the root-cause for bondage and human miseries and sufferings. Do not become a slave to this body. It must obey your orders at all times and under all conditions, and not you its order. You must be prepared to give this body up, and dedicate it to a just and noble cause.
HE WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH AND LIVES
DISCIPLINED LIFE BECOMES A GREAT AND
DYNAMIC PERSONALITY. EVEN IF HE SPEAKS
A SINGLE WORD, THERE IS POWER IN IT AND
PEOPLE ARE MAGNETISED. CHARACTER-BUILDING
IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE IF A MAN WANTS
TO DEVELOP HIS PERSONALITY.
I SHUDDER TO THINK OF THOSE
WHO DO NOT THINK OF GOD,
BOTH HERE AND HEREAFTER,
THEY WILL RUE THEIR LOT.
A MAN WHO HAS ATTAINED ETHICAL PERFECTION
BY CONTINUED PRACTICE OF RIGHT CONDUCT
HE CAN INFLUENCE MILLIONS.
A man of pleasant nature with the spirit of service,
with humility and obedience, can influence millions.
The law of “like attracts like” operates in the physical
and mental planes. A man of strong personality need
not send invitations to people, they are attracted to him,
just as bees come and perch as soon as flowers blossom.
ADAPTABILITY DEVELOPS THE SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE. IT KILLS SELFISHNESS. A MAN OF ADAPTABILITY DEVELOPS THE FEELING OF UNITY OR ONENESS OF LIFE. HE WHO PRACTICES ADAPTABILITY HAS TO DESTROY THE FEELINGS OF CONTEMPT AND THE IDEA OF SUPERIORITY. HE HAS TO MIX WITH ALL. HE HAS TO EMBRACE ALL. ADAPTABILITY DEVELOPS UNIVERSAL LOVE AND KILLS THE FEELING OF HATRED.
HUMILITY AND OBEDIENCE ARE NECESSARY FOR DEVELOPING ADAPTABILITY. THAT EGOISTIC PROUD MAN FINDS IT VERY DIFFICULT TO ADAPT HIMSELF. HE IS ALWAYS IN TROUBLE. HE ALWAYS FAILS IN HIS ATTEMPTS. EGOISM AND PRIDE ARE TWO IMPORTANT AND INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF DEVELOPING ADAPTABILITY. ADAPTABILITY IS A STRONG CATGUT LIGATURE THAT LINKS PEOPLE IN BONDS OF UNBROKEN LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.
Adaptability is a virtue or noble quality by which
one adapts or fits himself with others. A man of
adaptability accomodates himself with others,
whatever their temperaments may be. This is a
most desirable habit or quality for success in life.
The vast majority of persons do not know how to
adjust themselves with others. Adaptability is a
peculiar knack or pluck to win the hearts of others,
and ultimately the battle of life, by a little bit of bending.
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