SELF BELIEF IS A POWER

IF WE PEEP INSIDE THE HISTORY OF MANKIND WE FIND MANY STORIES WHICH ARE FILLED WITH THE INDOMITABLE COURAGE OF THEM. THEY  ATTAINED  WHAT WAS CONSIDERED BEYOND THE REACH OF MANKIND. HOW THEY ACHIEVED THOSE HEIGHTS. BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THEM SELVES. THEY AIMED BIG AND BELIEVED IN THEIR DREAMS.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. 
 Anatole France

SELF BELIEF IS A MOTIVE POWER
SELF BELIEF GIVES US POWER WHICH ENABLES US TO DO WHICH SEEMS BEYOND OUR CAPACITY. TO DO MIRACLES WE DON'T NEED STRONG BODY BUT STRONG WILL POWER WHICH COMES THROUGH SELF BELIEF.

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark. 
SWAMI VIVEKANAND

WHY ONLY FEW OF US CAN DO WONDERS WHILE OTHERS JUST THINK THAT IT IS BEYOND THEIR REACH. THE ANSWER IS MOST OF US LACK SELF BELIEF. WE THINK THAT THOSE WHO DO SO ARE EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE WHO ARE BLESSED WITH SOME EXTRAORDINARY POWERS. 
BUT WE HAVE ALL THE POWERS OF UNIVERSE WITHIN US. WE NEED TO CONNECT OURSELVES TO THOSE POWERS. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE OUR REAL SELF WHICH IS BEYOND OUR PHYSICAL SELF. OUR REAL SELF IS 'ATMAN' [SOUL] WHICH IS A PART OF 'PARMATMA' [SUPER SOUL]. IN THIS WAY WE ALL ARE PACKED WITH POWER OF UNIVERSE WITHIN US. 
WHEN WE DEVIATE FROM THE CENTER POINT WHICH IS 'ATMAN' [SOUL] WE LOSE TOUCH  WITH OUR REAL SELF. THE MORE WE DEVIATE FROM OUR REAL SELF MORE WE GET CONFUSED.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT INSTEAD OF GETTING POWER FROM WITHIN WE DEPEND ON SOME EXTERNAL SOURCES TO FIND THAT POWER. WHILE IT LIES WITHIN US.  IT REMAINS DEEP INSIDE OUR HEART. WHAT WE NEED IS INSTEAD OF FINDING IT OUTSIDE WE SHOULD TRY TO GET IT WITHIN.


We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
SWAMI VIVEKANAND

IT IS AN OLD SAYING 
'AS YOU SOW SO YOU REAP.'
THE SAME IS TRUE WITH OUR PERSONALITIES. OUR PERSONALITY IS THE REASULT OF THE WAY WE THINK.
WHEN A THOUGHT PENETRATE IN OUR MIND WE THINK ABOUT IT. IF WE RETAIN IT IN OUR THOUGHT PROCESS FOR A LONG TIME IT SEEPS IN OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND AND BECOMES A PART OF OUR PERSONALITY. WE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS. IF A NEGATIVE THOUGHT COMES TO OUR MIND WE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY THROW IT OUT FROM OUR MIND. IN PLACE OF NEGATIVE THOUGHTS WE SHOULD GIVE OUR MIND DOSE OF GOOD POSITIVE THOUGHTS WHICH CAN INSPIRE US IN HARD TIME.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
SWAMI VIVEKANAND 

WRIGHT BROTHERS THOUGHT ABOUT MAKING A FLYING MACHINE. THEY BELIEVED IN THEIR IDEA AND AFTER  LOTS OF EFFORT AND PATIENCE THEY SUCCEEDED IN MATERIALIZING THEIR IDEA INTO REALITY.
PLANT AN IDEA INTO YOUR MIND NOURISH IT WITH POSITIVE THOUGHT, PUT EACH AND EVERY FIBER OF YOURS IN IT, LIVE IT, BREATHE IT, AND MAKE IT THE MOTIVE OF YOUR LIFE. ONE DAY IT WILL TURN INTO REALITY. 

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak. 
SWAMI VIVEKANAND

WE HAVE THE POWER TO TURN THINGS INTO REALITY. AS WE ALL ARE GIFTED BY GOD THE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME HURDLES WHICH ARISE IN OUR WAY. WE JUST NEED TO BELIEVE IN US.
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.
Michael Korda

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. 
SWAMI VIVEKANAND
THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN IGNORANCE. THEY ARE FACING PROBLEM OF POVERTY AND HUNGER. THE REASON IS THAT THEY ARE KEPT AWAY FROM THE LIGHT OF EDUCATION. IF THESE DOWN TRODDEN PEOPLE ARE PROVIDED WITH EDUCATION SPECIALLY KNOWLEDGE OF SELF THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN LIFE. THEY CAN HELP THEMSELVES TO COME OUT FROM THE DARKNESS TO LIGHT. THE BEST GIFT WHICH CAN BE GIVEN TO HUMANITY IS TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ABILITIES. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO FIGHT WITH CURSE OF POVERTY AND IGNORANCE.

DEVELOP A SELF CONFIDENCE AS ONLY YOU CAN HELP YOURSELF. 

LIFE IS TO LIVE

 LIFE STARTS FROM OUR FIRST BREATH AND ENDS ON LAST BREATH. BETWEEN THE TWO WE EXPERIENCE A LOT. WE DANGLE BETWEEN PAIRS OF OPPOSITES LOVE AND HATE, JOY AND SORROW, SUCCESS AND FAILURE, UNION AND SEPARATION. IT IS LIKE A ROLLER COASTER RIDE. WE ENJOY IT'S UPS AND DOWNS.

 “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein
 WHATEVER IS THE SITUATION WE SHOULD NEVER QUIT THE ZEST FOR LIFE. LIFE IS LIKE A RIVER. IF THE WATER OF RIVER BECOMES STAGNANT IT BECOMES PUTRID. THEREFORE WE SHOULD MOVE ON IN EVERY SITUATION OF LIFE.
 
 “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”  George Bernard Shaw
  
THIS WORLD IS LIKE A STAGE AND WE ARE GIVEN OUR PART TO PLAY ON THIS STAGE. DURING THE DRAMA OF LIFE WE GET A CHANCE TO CREATE OURSELVES. LIFE PROVIDES US A CHANCE TO SHOW OUR ABILITIES. THAT IS HOW WE CAN CREATE OUR PERSONALITIES. IT IS NOT THAT WE SHOULD BE APPLAUDED IN THE VERY FIRST ACT BUT WE SHOULD KEEP ON TRYING UNTIL WE GET STANDING OVATION.


“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” John Lennon


LIFE IS VERY UNEXPECTED. IT DOES NOT WORK ACCORDING TO OUR WILL. DURING  OUR LIFE TIME IT COMES TO US IN DIFFERENT GARBS. SOMETIMES IT IS LIKE A ROUGH PATCH IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE WANDERING IN A DESERT UNDER THE SCORCHING SUN. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ON A BEND IT BECOMES THE GARDEN OF ROSES WHICH IS FILLED WITH AROMA OF FRESH FLOWERS, COOL BREEZE BRUSHING US. THIS TIME IT BECOMES SMOOTH AND VELVETY. THIS UNCERTAINTY ADDS A CHARM TO IT.

 “You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”Virginia Woolf

 LIFE IS GIVEN BY GOD TO LIVE BUT ONE WHO TRIES TO AVOID IT CAN NEVER FEEL HAPPINESS. THE HARDSHIPS WHICH COME TO US IN OUR LIFE MAKES US A STRONG PERSON EACH TIME WHEN WE FACE THEM. ONE WHO TRIES TO RUN AWAY FROM PROBLEMS CAN NEVER BE AT PEACE. ONLY ONE WHO LIVE LIFE IN FULL ACCEPTING WHATEVER COMES TO HIM CAN  FEEL PEACE AND SATISFACTION.

 “Life is to be enjoyed, not endured” Gordon B.  Hinckley

ENJOY EVERYTHING IN LIFE. IF IT GIVES PAIN THE PLEASURE WILL SOON FOLLOW IT. THEREFORE LIVE IT IN FULL BUT NEVER THINK THAT LIFE IS A BURDEN TO YOU. KEEP YOUR HEAD HIGH , KEEP YOUR CHIN UP, AND ALWAYS SMILE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO SMILE. ONE OF THEM IS 


THE LIFE IS A PRECIOUS GIFT OF GOD GIVEN TO US. IT IS LIKE A GEM.  IT IS OUR DUTY TO GIVE FULL RESPECT TO THE GIFT OF LIFE.


 
 “Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.”
 Mother Teresa

SPIRITUAL SEARCH

PRAYER IS A POWERFUL TOOL TO CONNECT WITH GOD. IT NOT ONLY PURIFIES OUR THOUGHTS AND HEART BUT ALSO REJUVENATE OUR SPIRITUAL ENERGIES. HUMANS ARE MOST  CONSCIOUS CREATURES OF THIS UNIVERSE. THEY CAN FELL THE PRESENCE OF SUPREME POWER WORKING BEHIND THIS MANIFESTATION. MAN IS MESMERIZED WITH THE WAY EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING. HE WANTS TO BE CLOSER TO THE POWER WHICH MOVES THIS WHOLE WORLD. THAT IS WHY HE MEDITATES ON THE SUPREME POWER. THIS GIVES HIM FEELING OF SECURITY.

GOD IS PROPRIETOR OF EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD. WHATEVER WE RECEIVE IS DUE TO MERCY OF GOD. PRAYER GIVES US A CHANCE TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE TOWARDS GOD FOR WHATEVER WE POSSESS. 

AMIDST HARDSHIP OF LIFE IT PROVIDES US SOLACE AND GIVE POWER TO ENDURE PAINS WHICH ARE PART OF MATERIAL LIFE.

LIFE'S JOURNEY

FROM OUR FIRST WAIL TO OUR LAST BREATH LIFE TAKES A FULL CIRCLE. IN BETWEEN THIS IT REVOLVES AROUND TOTALLY OPPOSITE WORDS LIKE HAPPINESS AND SORROW, LOVE AND HATE ,COMPASSION AND CRUELTY, VICTORY AND DEFEAT ,  UNION AND SEPARATION , LIFE AND DEATH. WE SWING LIKE A PENDULUM BETWEEN THESE OPPOSITES THROUGHOUT OUR LIFE.  LIFE SPAN HAS FOUR PHASES  : 

                       1. CHILDHOOD
                        2.ADOLESCENCE
                        3.YOUTH 
                        4.OLD AGE


1. CHILDHOOD :- THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAYS OF ONE'S LIFE. THIS PERIOD CAN BE DESCRIBED BY A WORD INNOCENCE. IN THIS AGE WE LIVE IN OUR OWN WORLD FAR AWAY FROM HARSH REALITIES OF WORLD AROUND US.
TWO INNOCENT EYES WATCH THIS WORLD WITH UTTER AMAZEMENT .A BLANK MIND TRY TO FIT IT ACCORDING TO IT'S OWN PERCEPTION AND CREATES A WORLD AROUND ITSELF.
THIS IS THE PHASE OF LEARNING. AS AN INFANT FIRST WE LEARN TO CRY TO BE FED, AFTER SOME TIME WE TOOK OUR FIRST STEP TO LEARN TO WALK.WHEN WE GO TO SCHOOL WE MAKE FRIENDS AND LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH OTHERS.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL TIME. EVEN SMALL THINGS GIVE US PLEASURE.LISTENING FAIRY TALES, RUNNING AFTER BUTTERFLIES,COLLECTING PEBBLES, PLAYING WITH OUR FRIENDS ATTRACTS US A LOT. ESPECIALLY OUR MISCHIEF GIVE US SPECIAL PLEASURE.

2.ADOLESCENCE :-  THERE IS A STAGE WHEN YOUR CHILDHOOD IS PREPARING TO LEAVE AND YOUR YOUTH IS NOT IN SIGHT. AT THIS STAGE YOU ARE NEITHER A CHILD NOR A GROWN UP. IT IS AN IN BETWEEN AGE.DURING THIS PERIOD CASTLES YOU HAD CREATED START TO FALL AND ALL THE MAGIC RELATED TO THEM VANISHES. YOUR PERCEPTION  ABOUT WORLD CHANGE. YOU FIND NEW MEANING OF THING AROUND YOU.
NOW YOU THINK YOURSELF AN INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL BUT YOUR ELDERS ARE NOT READY TO TREAT YOU AN  INDEPENDENT ONE FOR THEM YOU ARE STILL A CHILD.
YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR OWN SET OF BELIEFS AND TRY TO PAVE YOUR OWN PATH BUT YOUR ELDERS WANT YOU TO MOVE AHEAD ON PATH SELECTED BY THEM FOR YOU.
IT GENERATES A STRIFE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR ELDERS. THIS IS A CRITICAL STAGE.

3. YOUTH :- YOU REACH THIS STAGE AS A DIFFERENT PERSON. WITH A NEW SETS OF BELIEFS AND WAY OF THINKING YOU ARE FULLY EQUIPPED TO FACE THIS WORLD. YOUR VIGOR PUSHES YOU TO GO OUT AND TAKE YOUR SHARE. THIS IS THE TIME FOR SOME REAL ACTION.
THIS IS THE TIME TO SHOULDER SOME RESPONSIBILITIES. RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS YOUR NATION, SOCIETY, FAMILY BUT ABOVE ALL FOR YOURSELF.
NOW THE STAGE IS SET TO PERFORM. IT IS NOT NECESSARY THAT YOU STEAL THE SHOW IN YOUR FIRST PERFORMANCE BUT DO NOT LEAVE UNLESS YOU RECEIVE STANDING OVATION.
IN THIS PHASE WE WORKED HARD TO MAKE OUR PLACE IN SOCIETY. 
THIS IS THE PERIOD WHEN YOU BECOME A HOUSE HOLDER NOW YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES INCREASE AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK AFTER YOUR FAMILY.

4. MIDDLE AGE :- AFTER FEW YEARS YOUR ENTHUSIASM STARTED TO FADE DOWN.UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED YOUR SELF.NOW YOU ASSUME THE ROLE OF A GUIDE TO LIVES YOU HAVE CREATED. IT IS ANOTHER ADJOINING AGE.WITH ALL EXPERIENCES YOU ACCUMULATED YOU PROCEED TOWARDS LAST PHASE OF YOUR LIFE.

5. OLD AGE :-  THIS PHASE OF LIFE IS LIKE SITTING ON YOUR TERRACE AND WATCHING THE SUN GOING DOWN AFTER A LONG AND TIRING WORKING DAY. IT IS TIME TO EVALUATE YOUR WHOLE LIFE.WHAT YOU HAVE GAINED AND WHAT YOU HAVE LOST.

MOTIVE OF LIFE

EATING, MATING, SLEEPING AND DEFENCE THESE ARE THE CHARECTERISTICS OF ALL ANIMATED BEINGS. THEN WHAT KEEPS HUMAN BEINGS ABOVE ALL OTHER LIVING ENTITIES. THIS IS CONSCIOUSNESS OF HUMAN BEINGS.OUR CONSCIOUSNESS PROVIDES US THE POWER OF DISCRIMINATION. THIS POWER HELPS US TO LEAD OUR LIFE IN PERFECT WAY. DISCRIMINATION TELLS US WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG, WHAT IS TEMPORARY AND WHAT IS PERMANENT, WHAT SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AND WHAT SHOULD BE REJECTED.

THIS WHOLE WORLD IS CONTROLLED BY GOD. WE ARE ALLOTTED OUR QUOTA OF THINGS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR OUR SURVIVAL. WE SHOULD ACCEPT IT HAPPILY. BUT MOST OF THE TIME WE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH WHAT WE POSSESS.

POWER OF DISCRIMINATION WORKS WITH THE HELP OF INNER VOICE. THROUGH INNER VOICE IT TELLS US WHAT SHOULD NOT BE DONE. BUT WE ARE SO BESMEARED IN FULFILLMENT OF OUR DESIRES THAT WE SUPPRESS OUR INNER VOICE. SO WE LOSE POWER OF DISCRIMINATION.

WE ARE HERE IN THIS WORLD FOR A PURPOSE. TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH OUR REAL SELF BY SERVING OTHERS. THIS PURIFIES OUR HEART. WITH PURE HEART WE CAN REACH TO OUR GOAL. WE CAN GET CLOSE TO "GOD".

ROLE MODEL OF CHILDREN

BHAGAVAD GITA SAYS WHATEVER IS DONE BY IDEAL PERSONS IS FOLLOWED BY ORDINARY PEOPLE. THEREFORE IT IS DUTY OF LEADERS TO ACT IN SUCH A WAY THAT CAN SEND A RIGHT MESSAGE TO THEIR FOLLOWERS.

FOR CHILDREN THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS ARE ROLE MODELS.IT IS RESPONSIBILITY OF ELDERS TO CHECK THEIR CONDUCT.

AT TENDER AGE KIDS ARE MUCH INSPIRED BY THEIR PARENTS. THEY WANT TO BE LIKE THEM. THEY TRY TO IMITATE THEIR PARENTS. THEREFORE IT IS PARENTS' DUTY TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN MORAL VALUES THROUGH THEIR OWN EXAMPLE. PARENTS ARE THE FIRST WHO CAN TELL THEIR CHILDREN WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG.

WHEN CHILD STARTS GOING TO SCHOOL HE LEARNS MORE FROM HIS TEACHERS. A TEACHER'S JOB IS NOT ONLY TO TEACH BUT ALSO TO MOULD CHARECTER OF HIS PUPILS. THAT IS WHY TEACHERS ARE REVERED IN ALL SOCIETIES.TEACHER'S MANNERISM IN CLASS HIS ACTIONS EVERYTHING HAS AN IMPACT ON CHILDREN. A LIVELY, ENTHSIASTIC, KIND TEACHER CAN DEVELOP INTEREST FOR LEARNING IN HIS STUDENTS. THROUGH HIS PLEASANT BEHAVIOUR HE CAN DEVELOP A CLOSE BOND WITH HIS STUDNTS. THIS CREATES A TRUST BETWEEN TEACHER AND STUDENTS. WITH SUCH TRUSTWORTHY BOND TEACHER CAN EASILY TEACH CHILDREN THE QUALITIES OF LOVE, COMPASSION, ASSOCIATION AND PARTICIPATION. THESE QUALITIES HELP STUDENTS TO DEVELOP THEIR PERSONALITIES. BY BUILDING CHARECTER OF THEIR STUDENTS A TEACHER BUILDS THE DESTINY OF NATION.

CHILDREN ARE FUTURE OF EVERY SOCIETY.IF A CHILD GROWS AS AN IDEAL HUMAN BEING HE CAN BRING A POSITIVE CHANGE IN SOCIETY. THEREFORE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE OUR CHILDREN GOOD VALUES SO THEY CAN BECOME USEFUL FOR THEIR COUNTRY. THE BEST INVESTMENT FOR FUTURE IS INSTILLING GOOD VALUES IN OUR CHILDREN.

SELFREALIZATION

SINCE THE TIME IMMEMORIAL MAN IS SEARCHING ANSWERS FOR THE QUESTIONS WHICH ARE "WHO AM I", "WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MY EXISTENCE" AND WHO IS CONTROLLING THIS WHOLE WORLD". WHEN THESE QUESTIONS PERTURB MAN HE BECOMES DESPERATE TO FIND ANSWERS OF HIS QUESTIONS. THIS TAKES HIM ON THE ARDUOUS SPRITUAL JOURNEY. ONE HAS TO LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND TO PROCEED ON THIS JOURNEY. LIKE SIDDHARTHA HE HAS TO WANDER IN THE JUNGLE OF HIS QUESTIONS. WHEN HE GETS TIRED BY THIS WANDERING HE SITS IN SOLITUDE AND MEDITATES. AFTER SEVERE AUSTERITY WHEN HE CUTS HIMSELF COMPLETELY FROM THIS WORLD HE GETS ENLIGHETMENT AND BECOMES GOUTAM BUDDHA.

IN BHAGVAD GITA LORD KRISHNA TELLS ABOUT TWO WAYS TO GET SELF REALIZATION

1. THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE

2. THE PATH OF ACTION

THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE IS HARD TO TREAD. A NEOPHYTE CAN VERY EASILY BE DEVIATED FROM THIS PATH. THIS PATH IS ONLY MEANT TO THOSE WHO ARE COMPETELY SITUATED IN WISDOM. THEREFORE FOR BEGINNERS THE PATH OF ACTION IS RIGHT. THE SELF LESS SERVICE TO OTHERS WITHOUT DESIRING FOR FRUIT BRINGS PURITY OF HEART. ONLY A PURE HEART CAN BE CLOSE TO GOD.

ONLY A PERSON WHO HAS STRONG DETERMINATION CAN GET SUCCESS IN SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO FIND ANSWERS OF HIS QUESTIONS. POSITIVE ATTITUDE HELPS A PERSON TO DEVELOP STRONG DETERMINATION.  POSITIVITY FILLS A PERSON WITH ZEAL WHICH ENABLES HIM TO FACE THE CALLENGES COME IN THE PATH OF SELF REALIZATION.

A PERSON WITH NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TRIES TO EVADE CHALLENGES OF LIFE.  HE GETS SCARED BY THE DIFFICULTIES AND GIVES UP. THE JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY IS NOT FOR HIM.

EVERYONE IS BORN WITH A PURPOSE. THE PURPOSE IS TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH HIS REAL SELF. ALL WORLDLY AND SPIRITUAL PROGRESS MADE BY MANKIND IS AN OUTCOME OF EFFORTS MADE IN RESPECT TO DO SO.

IT IS OUR DUTY TO ENGAGE OURSELVES TO FULFILL THE PURPOSE OF LIFE AND NOT TO WASTE THIS PRECIOUS LIFE IN MUNDANE THINGS. ONLY HUMAN BEINGS ARE BLESSED WITH CONSCIOUSNESS.

THE MOMENT IN YOR HAND

GOD HAS GIVEN US LIFE TO LIVE.IT COMES TO US MOMENT BY MOMENT.WHEN ONE MOMENT PASSES OVER ANOTHER MOMENT IS PROVIDED US TO LIVE.

TIME HAS THREE PHASES PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.IF LIFE IS COMPARED WITH AN HOURGLASS THE BOTTOM REPRESENTS PAST.IT CONTAINS MOMENTS WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY LIVED. UPPER PORTION CONTAINS THE MOMENTS WHICH ARE STILL TO COME. THIS IS FUTURE.THE SAND GRAIN PASSING THROUGH THE NARROW NECK OF HOURGLASS IS PRESENT.

THE PAST IS DEAD AND IS NEVER GOING TO RETURN.THE FUTURE IS UNKNOWN. WE PRACTICALLY CAN'T LIVE IN BOTH.WHAT WE HAVE TO LIVE IS OUR PRESENT. IF WE TRY TO LIVE EITHER IN PAST OR IN FUTURE WE WILL GET NOTHING BUT WILL WRECK OUR BODY AND MIND.

WHY GOD PROVIDES US LIFE IN MOMENTS. BECAUSE HE WANTS TO TEACH US LESSON THAT WE SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH WHATEVER WE HAVE WITH US AND UTILIZE IT FULLY.WE SHOULD NOT PAIN OURSELVES FOR WE DON'T HAVE.BUT THE TRAGEDY OF HUMAN NATURE IS THAT HE NEVER SATISFIES WITH WHATEVER HE HAS.IN THIS WAY WE DON'T ENJOY OUR PRESENT BUT EITHER LAMENT FOR OUR PAST OR WORRY ABOUT OUR FUTURE.

IT IS NOT WISE TO DIG OUT BURIED PAST FOR OUR WRONG DOINGS AND REPENT UPON IT.IT CAN'T BE CHANGED.IF OUR HEART PAINS FOR THE PERSONS WE HAVE LOST THEN WE MUST REMEMBER THAT UNION AND SEPARATION IS PART OF LIFE. CRYING FOR DEPARTED SOULS CAN'T BRING THEM BACK.WE CAN LEARN LESSONS FROM OUR MISTAKES COMMITTED IN PAST AND CHERISH THE MEMORIES OF DEPARTED PERSONS IN OUR HEARTS.

THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN. WE HAVE NO CONTROL ON IT.THEREFORE WE SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT IT. WITH FULL FAITH IN GOD WE SHOULD FACE WHATEVER COMES TO US.AS THE BIBLE SAYS

"TAKE THEREFORE NO THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW FOR THE MORROW SHALL TAKE THOUGHT OF THE THINGS FOR ITSELF."

WE SHOULD SHIFT OUR FOCUS ON OUR PRESENT.BY AMENDING OUR WAYS IN PRESENT WE CAN WELCOME A GOOD FUTURE.PRESENT IS LIKE A FIELD WHICH CAN BE TILLED AND SEEDS CAN BE SOWED BY USING OUR PAST EXPERIENCES SO WE CAN HAVE GOOD HARVEST IN FUTURE.

LIFE IS A RIVER AND WE CAN ONLY SWIM WITH CURRENT OF PRESENT. NEITHER LIVE IN DREAMING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE NOR INCARCERATE YOURSELF IN YOUR PAST.LIVE IN YOUR PRESENT.

  

THE MOMENT IN YOUR HAND IS VERY PRECIOUS. UTILIZE IT, DON'T WASTE IT.

WORK FOR THE SAKE OF WORK

"कर्मणयेवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि।"

   “You have a right to perform your prescribed action,but you are not entitled to the fruits of your action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results your activities,and never be associated to not doing your duty.”

 

BHAGVAD GITA SAYS TO PERFORM YOUR DUTY BUT DON'T DESIRE FOR THE FRUIT OF ACTION. FOR A HUMAN BEING REWARD FOR A ACTION IS MOTIVE POWER THEN WHY LORD KRISHNA TELLS US TO ACT WITHOUT CRAVING FOR FRUIT OF ACTION.

WE MUST UNDERSTAND IN THIS REGARD THAT ALL OUR ACTIONS MUST BEAR FRUIT. GOD IS BENEFACTOR OF EVERYTHING. HE WILL PROVIDE US APPROPRIATE REWARD FOR OUR ACTIONS. THEREFORE WHILE PERFORMING OUR DUTY WE SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT FRUIT OF ACTION BUT SHOULD FOCUS ON HOW EFFICIENTLY WE CAN PERFORM OUR DUTY SO OTHER PERSONS CAN GET MAXIMUM BENEFIT.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIFE IS TO EVOLVE AS A GOOD HUMAN BEING, TO GROW MORALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. THE TEACHING OF BHAGAVAD GITA HELPS US IN THIS WAY. IF WE ACT LEAVING THE OUTCOME OF OUR ACTION TO THE WILL OF GOD WE CAN BE MORE FOCUSED ABOUT OUR ACTION. WE CAN TAKE DECISION WHICH ARE GOOD FOR PROPER DISCHARGE OF OUR DUTY WITHOUT ANY HESITATION. 

WHEN WE DON'T FOLLOW THE TEACHING OF GITA THEN BEFORE DOING ANYTHING THE FIRST THING WHICH CROSS OUR MIND IS HOW I AM GOING TO BE BENEFITED BY DOING THIS ACTION NOT HOW I WILL DO IT EFFICIENTLY.

WE TALK ABOUT THE EVIL OF CORRUPTION PREVAILED IN SOCIETY. BUT DO WE EVER CONSIDER ABOUT THE CAUSE OF THIS DISEASE OF CORRUPTION. THE MAIN CAUSE OF CORRUPTION IS OUR GREED. OUR SELF CENTERED ATTITUDE TO GET MAXIMUM BENEFIT FROM OUR ACTION.

A CONTRACTOR WHO GETS THE CONTRACT OF ROAD MAKING THINKS HOW MUCH MORE PROFIT I CAN MAKE FROM THIS WORK SO HE USES INFERIOR MATERIAL. THE OFFICIAL WHO HAS TO ALLOT CONTRACT, GIVES IT TO ONE WHO PROVIDES HIM PERSONAL ADVANTAGE NOT TO THE MOST ELIGIBLE PERSON. IN THIS WAY ROAD WHICH IS CONSTRUCTED WILL BE  RUPTURED SOON.

THEREFORE WE MUST WORK ACCORDING TO GITA'S TEACHING ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF ACTION LEAVING THE OUTCOME OF OUR ACTION ON GOD.

MEMORIES TAKE YOU ON JOURNEY OF PAST

MEMORIES ARE SOME GLIMPSES, SOME WORDS, AN AROMA, A LAUGH, FEW DROPS OF TEAR, A THOUGHT , A WARM HUG RELATED TO YOUR PAST. MEMORIES CAN RELATE TO MOMENTS OF JOY AND SORROW.
MEMORIES ARE STORED IN OUR MIND. EVEN TRIVIAL THINGS CAN RECALL THEM. WATCHING KIDS PLAYING IN STREET CAN REMIND YOU YOUR CHILDHOOD. MEETING WITH A SELF CONSCIOUS FRESH UNIVERSITY GRADUATE BRINGS BACK THE TIME OF YOUR OWN STRUGGLE FOR A JOB. FRAGRANCE OF FRESH FLOWERS CAN TAKE YOU TO YOUR COURTSHIP DAYS.
WHEN EVER WE ARE ALONE FEELING BROKEN OUR MEMORIES HAUNT US. WE  PLAY THEM ON THE SCREEN OF OUR MIND. WE LAUGH WITH THEM, CRY WITH THEM, ENJOY THE MOMENTS GOING ON IN OUR MIND WITH WET EYES.
IT IS EASY TO RECALL OUR MEMORIES BUT WHEN SOMEONE ASKS US TO JOT OUR MEMORIES DOWN WE FIND OURSELVES IN A DIFFICULTY. WHETHER I HAVE SUCH MEMORIES WHICH SHOULD BE WRITTEN. FROM WHERE I SHOULD START. SHOULD I WRITE ABOUT GOOD MEMORIES OR BAD MEMORIES. THESE QUESTIONS STOP US TO WRITE. WRITING ABOUT OUR MEMORIES IS NOT SO EASY.
“ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SLOW DOWN IN LIFE; LIVE, BREATHE, AND LEARN; TAKE A LOOK AROUND YOU WHENEVER YOU HAVE TIME AND NEVER FORGET EVERYTHING  AND EVERY PERSON THAT HAS THE LEAST PLACE WITHIN YOUR HEART.”

GENERATION GAP

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEW AND OLD GENERATION IS BECOMING SOUR. YOUNGSTERS DISAGREE WITH ELDERS ON MOST OF THE POINTS AND DISOBEY THEM. ELDERS HAVE OPINION THAT YOUNGSTERS ARE IRRESPONSIBLE, INSENSITIVE AND SELFISH. THEY CAN THINK ONLY FOR THEMSELVES. THE REASON IS GIVEN FOR THIS DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS IS "GENERATION GAP ".

THE GAP BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS IS NATURAL. PARENTS AND CHILDREN CAN'T BE OF SAME AGE. THIS GAP WAS EXISTED EARLIER AND WILL REMAIN FOREVER. THEN WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO IN MODERN AGE.

 

CHANGE IS VITAL FORCE OF NATURE. WITH EVERY NEW GENERATION COME NEW IDEAS, NEW THOUGHTS. EVERY GENERATION HAS IT'S  OWN VALUES. FOR GROWTH OF A SOCIETY CHANGE IN THOUGHTS IS ESSENTIAL. NO SOCIETY CAN SUSTAIN FOR A LONG TIME IF IT DENIES CHANE OF IDEAS. NEW GENERATION COMES LIKE COOL BREEZE WHICH BRINGS FRESHNESS IN THOUGHTS AND REMOVES OUTDATED IDEAS.

THE PROBLEM ARISES HERE. THE ELDERS WANT TO ADHERE TO THEIR OLD THOUGHTS. THEY ARE NOT READY TO ACCEPT NEW IDEAS. THEY THINK THEIR WAY OF THINKING IS ONLY RIGHT WAY. THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOOD IN THEIR TIME CAN'T BE USEFUL NOW. FOR EXAMPLE TEENAGERS NEED TO BE ALLOWED MORE INDEPENDENCE IN THEIR DECISIONS. THEY ARE LIVING IN A COMPETITIVE AGE. THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN FREEDOM TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE IN LIFE. OF COURSE ELDERS SHOULD GUIDE THEM BUT FINAL DECISION MUST BE LEFT ON THEM.

 

ON THE OTHER HAND YOUNGSTERS SHOULD  UNDERSTAND THAT WHATEVER THEIR SENIORS ARE TELLING THEM IS NOT TO BE IGNORED. THEY HAVE GAINED EXPERIENCE IN LIFE. SO WHATEVER THEY SAY IS NOT ALL OUTDATED. IT IS MOST OF THE TIME USEFUL. EVEN IF THEY CAN'T BE AGREE ON CERTAIN POINT WITH ELDERS THEY SHOULD TRY TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THEIR VIEW WITHOUT HURTING FEELINGS OF ELDERS. THEY SHOULD  RESPECT THE EMOTIONS OF ELDERS.

 

FEW THINGS ARE ETERNAL AND CAN'T BE OUTDATED. RESPECT TO ELDERS, LOVE, COMPASSION, HONESTY, PURITY,  SIMPLICITY. YOUNGSTERS  SHOULD NEVER GIVE UP THESE THINGS AT ANY COST.

 

THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS ABSENCE  OF UNDERSTANDING FOR EACH OTHER. THIS IS DUE TO LACK OF PROPER COMMUNICATION. WE SHOULD CREATE SUCH ENVIRONMENT IN OUR FAMILIES WHERE YOUNGSTERS CAN FEEL OPEN TO DISCUSS THEIR PROBLEMS WITH ELDERS. ELDERS SHOULD TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE VIEWS OF YOUNGSTERS.

 

THE GAP BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS CAN BE FILLED ONLY BY PROPER INTERACTION BETWEEN THEM.

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

WE ALL TALK ABOUT GOD. MOST OF US BELIEVE IN HIM. BUT DO WE EVER CONSIDER ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. FOR US GOD IS SUPREME POWER WHO HAS CREATED THIS WORLD, MAITAINS IT, AND CONTROLS IT'S AFFAIRS. GOD IS A POWER WHO LIVES SOME WHERE UP IN THE SKY. WHEN WE NEED SOMETHING WE PRAY GOD TO ASK HIM WHAT WE NEED . WHEN WE ARE IN TROUBLE WE CALL HIM FOR HELP. FOR US GOD IS OUR WELLWISHER LIVING APART FROM US.

 

GOD IS OUR MOST INTIMATED FRIEND. A FRIEND ON WHOM WE CAN PUT OUR TRUST WITHOUT DOUBT. HE IS OUR BEST PHILOSOPHER AND GUIDE. HE RESIDES WITHIN US IN OUR HEARTS. HE GUIDES US FROM WITHIN. HE TELLS US ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG THROUGH INNER VOICE. HE DOES ALL THIS SILENTLY BUT NEVER INTERVENES IN OUR AFFAIRS. HE IS A SILENT WITNESS OF EVERYTHING.

 

BUT WE NEVER SEARCH GOD WITH IN US. OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS BASED ON OUR NEEDS. WE REMEMBER HIM ONLY WHEN WE NEED SOMETHING. WHEN WE ARE IN TROUBLE WE RUN TO TEMPLES, CHRUCHS, GURUDWARAS, MOSQUES TO FIND GOD. WE TRY TO FIND HIM IN IDOLS, SYMBOLS AND SCRIPTURES.OUR SELFISH THINKING NEVER ALLOWS US TO SEARCH HIM WITHIN US. WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE GOD AS BENEFACTOR BUT NEVER TRY TO MAKE HIM OUR FRIEND.

 

GOD LIVES WITHIN US SILENTLY BUT NEVER MAKES HIS PRESENCE FELT TO US. ONLY WHEN WE COMES OUT OF OUR SELFISH THINKING AND WANT GOD NOT AS A BENEFACTOR BUT AS OUR MOST TRUSTWORTHY FRIEND, WHEN WE CALL HIM OUT OF PURE LOVE FOR HIM NOT FOR OUR NEEDS ONLY THEN WE CAN FEEL VERY CLOSE TO HIM. THEN WE STOP SEARCHING HIM OUTSIDE BUT FEEL HIS PRESENCE IN OUR HEART.

 

GOD IS NEVER FAR FROM US. HE IS ALWAYS WITH US. BUT UNTIL WE APPROACH TOWARDS HIM LEAVING ALL OUR MATERIALISTIC DESIRES WE CAN'T REACH TO GOD. IF WE WANT TO BE CLOSE TO HIM WE HAVE TO TAKE INITIATIVE. HE IS ALWAYS WITH US TO TAKE US IN HIS SHELTER.

WHO WE ARE

WHO WE ARE WHAT IS OUR REALSELF. DOES OUR EXISTENCE IS ONLY PHYSICAL. ARE WE NOTHING MORE THAN BUNDLE OF FLESH AND BONES. THESE QUESTIONS ARISE IN THE MIND OF MANY PEOPLE.
WE ARE NOT JUST BODY. THIS IS PROVEN BY MANY PEOPLE. A PERSON LIKE STEPHEN HAWKING WHO IS SUFFERING FROM ALS {AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS} WHO DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER HIS BODY IS DOING TERREFIC SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. WHAT MAKES HIM TO DO SO. HELEN KELLER WHO WAS BLIND, DEAF AND MUTE SAID "I FOUND LIFE SO BEAUTIFUL." WHAT MADE HER TO SAY SO. THIS TELLS US THAT OUR EXISTENCE IS NOT LIMITED TO OUR BODY. IT IS BEYOND THAT. 
BEHIND OUR PHYSICAL EXISTENCE WE HAVE A PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF. IT IS CREATED BY OUR MIND. THROUGH THIS WE PERCIEVE THIS WORLD. THIS CONSTITUTES OUR NATURE, OUR WAY OF THINKING, OUR LIKES AND DISLIKES. THROUGH PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF WE DEAL WITH THIS WORLD.
THE MAIN PART OF OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF IS OUR THINKING. WE BASICALLY ARE WHAT WE THINK WE ARE. IF ONE THINKS ABOUT HIMSELF AS WEAK, HELPLESS CREATURE HE CAN'T DO ANY THING NO MATTER HOW PHYSICALLY STRONG HE IS. BUT IF ONE THINKS THAT HE IS CONFIDENT, HAPPY PERSON WHO HAS MANY POSITIVE THINGS IN HIM HE CAN DO MIRACLES DISPITE HIS WEAK BODY.
THE INNER MOST PART OF US IS OUR SPIRITUAL SELF. THIS IS OUR REAL SELF WHICH IS UNCONTAMINATED. IT IS THE SOURCE OF ENERGY. IT GIVES US STRENGTH TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTY.
IF WE THINK POSITIVELY AND AND TRY TO BE PURE AT HEART WE CAN CONNECT OURSELVES TO OUR SPIRITUAL SELF.
WE SHOULD NOT LIMIT OURSELVES TO OUR PHYSICAL BODY BUT TRY TO CHANGE OUR PSYCHOLOGY IN A WAY THAT WE CAN REACH OUR SPIRITUAL SELF WHICH IS REAL.

KILL YOUR EGO

IN THE MODERN TIME WHEN OUR POSSESSIONS HAVE BECOME CRITERION OF OUR SUCCESS WE HAVE LOST OUR INNOCENCE. OUR EGO HAS CREATED A WALL BETWEEN US.WE HAVE LOCKED OURSELVES IN SMALL COMPARTMENTS OF OUR BIG EGOS.AND ON THE DOOR WE HAVE PUT A "DO NOT DISTURB TAG".

JESUS SAYS IN BIBLE "ONLY PEOPLE WITH CHILD LIKE     INNOCENCE CAN ENTER OUR FATHER'S KINGDOM". WE ARE VERY FAR FROM THIS KINGDOM.BECAUSE WE HAVE BARTERED OUR INNOCENCE WITH EGO.

EVERYONE LIKES TO BE GREETED, LIKES TO BE ASKED HOW ARE YOU, LIKES WHEN A SMILING FACE LOOKS AT HIM WITH FRIENDLY GESTURE.BUT WHEN WE SEE OUR NEIGHBOR STANDING IN HIS BALCONY WE NEVER INITIATE TO GREET HIM.WE WANT HIM TO TAKE INITIATIVE. THOUGH WE WANT TO TALK. BUT OUR EGO DETER US TO DO SO.

NEXT TIME WHEN YOU SEE YOUR NEIGHBOR INITIATE IN MAKING A CONVERSATION, ASK ABOUT  HIS WELL BEING, IF YOU CAN'T DO THIS AT LEAST GIVE HIM A SMILE. YOU WILL FEEL GOOD.

FIND YOUR UNIQUENESS

WE ALL ARE UNIQUE PERSONALITIES. 

WE BORN WITH SOME SPECIAL QUALITY.  

WE NEED TO FIND THIS QUALITY AND

DEVELOP IT

TO FIND OUR UNIQUENESS WE HAVE TO  

DO INTROSPECTION. WE HAVE TO FIND

SOME  TIME FOR  OURSELVES. IN  

SILENCE WE  HAVE TO FIX OUR MIND ON

OUR  THOUGHTS. WHAT WE LIKE TO DO,

WHAT WE DON'T ENJOY TO DO. LISTEN

TO OUR  HEART CAREFULLY. IN THIS

WAY WE CAN KNOW OUR SELVES.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE GIVE 

OURSELVES VERY LITTLE TIME. WE ARE 

INTERESTED TO KNOW ABOUT OTHER 

PERSONS BUT NEVER THINK IT IS

HELPFUL 

TO KNOW ABOUT OURSELVES.

RATHER THAN TO FIND OUR 

UNIQUENESS 

WE TRY TO IMITATE OTHER LEADING 

PERSONS. IT IS GOOD TO HAVE AN IDOL 

BUT IN ANY CASE WE SHOULD NOT TRY  

TO FIT OURSELVES IN HIS SHOES.

WE  SHOULD  NEVER TRY TO BE WHAT 

WE ARE NOT. FIND  YOURSELF AND BE 

YOURSELF. ALWAYS REMEMBER 

YOU ARE BEST WHEN YOU ARE

YOURSELF.

WE ARE SO KEEN TO KNOW ABOUT 

OTHER PERSONS ,

WE ARE SO EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT 

THE WORLD AROUND US,

WE ARE SO CURIOUS TO SOLVE THE 

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE,

BUT WE NEVER TAKE A PAUSE,

TO PEEP INSIDE US,

TO KNOW WHO WE ARE,

TO FIND WHY WE ARE HERE,

TO GET ACQUAINTED TO OUR OWN 

SELVES.

 

MOVE ON DON'T STOP

THE LIFE IS TO MOVE ON.IT IS LIKE A RIVER WHICH FLOWS CONTINUOUSLY AHEAD. AS THE STAGNANT WATER GETS PUTRID THE SOCIETY WHICH STICKS TO OLD TRADITIONS AND DENIES NEW IDEAS AND THOUGHTS WITHOUT  GIVING THEM ANY CONSIDERATION GETS RUINED. IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR ANY SOCIETY TO BRING CHANGE WHICH IS NEEDED. NO MATTER HOW GLORIOUS WAS IT'S PAST BUT IT IS NOT GOOD FOR ANY SOCIETY TO LIVE ON IT'S PAST GLORY. 

IT MUST MOVE AHEAD ACCORDING TO TIME AND WORK HARD IN IT'S PRESENT SO IT'S FUTURE CAN BECOME MORE GLORIOUS. 

BUT MOVING AHEAD FOR A CHANGE DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD DISCARD OUR PAST COMPLETELY. SHOULD TRY TO MAKE A BALANCE BETWEEN OUR PAST AND PRESENT. A SOCIETY MUST CHOOSE WHAT IS STILL RELEVANT IN PRESENT AND CARRY ON WITH IT. IT SHOULD LEAVE ALL THAT WHICH HAS LOST IT'S RELEVANCE IN PRESENT. IN IT'S PLACE SOCIETY SHOULD ADOPT NEW IDEAS WHICH ARE HELPFUL IN IT'S PROGRESS.

IT IS NOT ADVISABLE FOR A SOCIETY TO CLING TO IT'S PAST BUT IT IS ALSO NOT GOOD TO CUT YOURSELF COMPLETELY FROM THEM. WISDOM IS TO CONTEMPLATE ON THEM BEFORE TAKING ANY DECISION.

FAITH IS BASE OF LIFE.

THIS WORLD IS LIKE QUAGMIRE OUR FAITH PROVIDES US ONLY SOLID GROUND TO SET OUR FEET UPON.
FAITH IS UNFLINCHING TRUST ON GOD. IT GIVES US STRENGTH TO FACE HARDSHIPS OF LIFE. IT A BELIEF WHICH ASSURES US THAT GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US. LOOKING AFTER US AND  ALWAYS GUIDES US WHENEVER WE ARE IN DOUBTS. ONE WHO HAS FAITH IN GOD SURRENDERS HIMSELF COMPLETELY TO HIS WILL.

HOW CAN ONE DEVELOP FIRM FAITH IN GOD. 
FAITH CAN'T BE DEVELOPED IN ONE DAY. SOW THE LITTLE SEED OF FAITH IN YOUR HEART. ALLOW IT TO BE NURTURED SLOWLY WITHIN YOU. WITH THE TIME IT WILL BECOME A BIG TREE.
TO DEVELOP FIRM FAITH ONE SHOULD BE PATIENT. HE SHOULD ASSOCIATE HIMSELF  TO GOD IN ALL MATTERS OF LIFE. ONE WHO SEES GOD AS ALL PERVADING CAN DEVELOP FIRM FAITH.
IT IS NOT THAT MERE STUDY OF SCRIPTURES, VISITING THE PLACE OF WORSHIPS CAN DEVELOP FAITH IN GOD. ONLY ONE WHO SEES GOD EVERY WHERE AND IN EVERYTHING CAN DEVELOP FIRM FAITH. ONLY A PERSON OF PURE HEART CAN DO SO.

AS IN PRESENCE OF SUN DARKNESS HAS NO EXISTENCE SIMILARLY THE FEAR CAN'T STAY WHERE THEIR IS FIRM FAITH.  
FAITH MAKES A PERSON FEARLESS. ONE WHO TRUST GOD DON'T AFRAID OF ANYTHING. HE FEELS THE PRESENCE OF GOD ALL THE TIME. HOW A PERSON CAN BE AFRAID OF ANYTHING WHEN HE IS WITH GOD. 

FAITH GIVES US POSITIVE THINKING.
PERSON WITH FIRM FAITH ALWAYS REMAINS POSITIVE. HE NEVER GETS DISAPPOINTED NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT A SITUATION IS. HE KNOWS THAT GOD WILL SHOW HIM THE PATH TO COME OUT OF A DIFFICULTY.
HE ACCEPTS WHATEVER COMES TO HIM AS WILL OF GOD.

DOES FAITH CAN HELP US IN SPIRITUAL GROWTH ONLY OR  IT HELPS US IN WORLDLY MATTERS TOO.
 FAITH NOT ONLY HELPFUL IN OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH BUT IS ALSO HELPFUL IN OUR DAY TO DAY AFFAIRS. FAITH MAKES US STRONG ENOUGH TO ABSTAIN OURSELVES FROM ALLUREMENTS WHICH COME IN OUR WAY WHILE DEALING WITH WORLD. IT STOPS US TO DEVIATE FROM RIGHT PATH.

 FAITH IS A GREAT POWER BOOSTER.
FAITH GIVES US POWER TO FACE ANY CHALLENGE OF LIFE. WHEN ONE FEELS TIRED WITH FACING HARDSHIPS HIS FAITH REJUVENATES HIS ENERGY TO FIGHT.


FAITH IS BASE OF LIFE.
IT IS THE GROUND ON WHICH STRUCTURE OF LIFE CAN BE ERECTED. IT IS NOT AN ORNAMENT WHICH IS TO BE PUT ON ONLY ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS. IT IS NOT A THING TO SHOW OFF. IT IS AN INSEPARABLE PART OF US.

GIVE IT A FIGHT, DO NOT GIVE UP

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS COMMON IN BEETHOVEN, AGATHA CHRISTIE, ALBERT EINSTEIN. THEY ALL WERE FACING SOME KIND OF DISABILITY BUT THEY ALL WERE TRUE FIGHTERS. THEY ALL FOUGHT WITH THEIR DISABILITY AND BECAME SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR FIELD. BEETHOVEN CONTINUED TO PRODUCE GOOD MUSIC AFTER BEING COMPLETELY DEAF. AGATHA CHRISTIE WAS DYSLEXIC THIS MIGHT HAVE STOPPED HER FROM WRITING BOOKS BUT HER DETERMINATION HELPED HER TO OVERCOME FROM THIS PROBLEM AND TO BECOME A FAMOUS WRITER. IT MAY BE SURPRISING FOR MOST OF US THAT ALBERT EINSTEIN HAD AN AWFUL MEMORY WHICH STOPPED HIM TO REMEMBER EVEN THE SIMPLEST THINGS BUT HE FOUGHT WITH IT AND BECAME THE NOBLE PRIZE WINNER.

WHAT LESSON THEIR EXAMPLE GIVES US

THEIR EXAMPLE GIVES US A LESSON THAT WE SHOULD NOT LET OUR SHORTCOMINGS TO STOP US.

WE ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONVERT OUR NEGATIVES INTO POSITIVES.

WHAT WE NEED IS TO DEVELOP POSITIVE THINKING. WE SHOULD NEVER GIVE UP BEFORE HARDSHIPS BUT ALWAYS MAKE OUR MIND TO BE READY TO OVERCOME OUR SHORTCOMINGS. THE POSITIVE WAY OF THINKING WILL HELP US IN FIGHTING WITH DIFFICULTIES. WE HAVE THIS POWER WITHIN US WHAT WE NEED IS TO DEVELOP THIS POWER. WITH SINCERE EFFORTS WE CAN BRING THIS ABILITY OUT OF US.

OUR WAY OF THINKING PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR LIFE. WE ARE USUALLY A PRODUCT OF OUR THINKING. 

TWO PEOPLE WERE WATCHING FROM PRISON  BARS ONE SAW THE DUST OTHER SAW STARS IN THE SKY.

THIS TELLS US POWER OF THINKING. THE PERSON WITH POSITIVE THINKING ALWAYS SEE THE BRIGHTER SIDE. IN THE TOUGHEST SITUATION HE BELIEVES THAT THERE MUST BE A WAY TO COME OUT OF THIS SITUATION. BUT PERSON WITH NEGATIVE APPROACH ALWAYS LAMENTS ON HIS SITUATION. HE ONLY SEES THE DARKER SIDE THEREFORE INSTEAD OF FIGHTING HE GIVES UP BEFORE HARDSHIPS.

TRY TO TURN YOUR MINUS INTO PLUS.

IF WE TRY WE CAN TURN THINGS IN OUR SIDE. IF NATURE TAKES AWAY SOMETHING FROM US IT PROVIDES US SOMETHING MORE VALUABLE. BUT WE ARE SO IMMERSED IN OUR GRIEF THAT WE PAY NO ATTENTION TO IT.

WHEN ONE DOOR IS CLOSED ANOTHER IS OPENED.

THERE WAS A FAMOUS WARRIOR. DURING A FIGHT HE LOST HIS EYESIGHT. HE WAS DEVASTATED. BUT AS HE WAS A WARRIOR HE WAS NOT READY TO GIVE UP WITHOUT GIVING IT A FIGHT. HE STARTED TO COPE UP WITH HIS DISABILITY. HE OBSERVED THAT AFTER HIS EYESIGHT  IS LOST HIS HEARING POWER HAS INCREASED MANY FOLD. HE HAS BECOME MORE ALERT THAN BEFORE. NOW HE CAN SENSE EVEN A SLIGHTEST MOVEMENT AROUND HIM. HE STARTED WORKING ON HIS NEW ABILITY AND BECAME A MUCH IMPROVED WARRIOR THAN HE WAS EARLIER.

IT IS EASY TO GAIN FROM FAVORABLE CONDITION BUT IT REQUIRES LOTS OF PATIENCE, INTELLIGENCE, COURAGE TO GAIN FROM UNFAVORABLE CONDITION.

HARDSHIPS ARE GIVEN BY GOD TO MAKE US STRONG. EACH TIME WHEN WE CROSS A HURDLE PUT BY LIFE WE FEEL A NEW STRENGTH WITHIN US. DON'T TRY TO RUN AWAY FROM DIFFICULTIES FACE THEM. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT

IT IS EASY TO GIVE UP BUT HARD TO FIGHT BUT ONLY A FIGHTER CAN WIN.