FILL THE GAP WITH DIVINE BLISS

WE ALL DESIRE FOR THE POWER, FAME AND MONEY. WE WORK HARD TO GET THESE THINGS. 

 

WHY WE NEED THESE THINGS IN OUR LIFE.

 

MOST OF US THINK THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO PROVIDE US A SENSE OF FULFILLMENT AND SECURITY.

 

WE ALL FEEL EMPTINESS WITHIN OUR HEARTS. THERE IS A VOID IN EACH OF US WHICH WE TRY TO FILL WITH THESE THINGS. 

 

IT IS NOT BAD TO EARN MONEY OR HAVE A POSITION IN SOCIETY. BUT THERE MUST BE A LIMIT OF ALL THESE THINGS. PROBLEM ARISES WHEN WE RUN AFTER THESE THINGS IGNORING OTHER ASPECTS OF LIFE. WHEN WE TRY TO GET MONEY AND POWER AT ANY COST.

 

A BALANCE IS NEEDED IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE. WHEN THIS BALANCE IS DISTURBED THE PROBLEMS ARISE IN OUR LIFE.

 

IN THE MODERN TIME  THERE IS A COMMON BELIEF THAT THE MORE WE POSSESS THE MORE WE ARE HAPPY. THEREFORE WE COLLECT AS MUCH THINGS AS WE CAN.

 

IF WE CAN NOT GET THESE THINGS WE FEEL FRUSTRATED AND TRY TO GET THEM AT ANY COST IGNORING OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS IN OUR LIFE.

 

EVEN IF WE GET THE DESIRED THINGS THEY DON'T PROVIDE US PERMANENT  JOY. PERMANENT SATISFACTION CAN NOT BE DERIVED THROUGH TEMPORARY THINGS. THEREFORE WE TRY TO ACHIEVE MORE. TRY TO REACH ANOTHER LEVEL. THIS PROCESS CONTINUES TILL THE END OF LIFE.

 

WE EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM LIFE. WHEN THESE EXPECTATIONS CAN NOT BE FULFILLED WE FEEL DISTRESSED. THIS DISTRESS LEADS US TOWARDS DEPRESSION. DEPRESSION CREATES DISASTROUS SITUATION IN LIFE.

 

LIFE IS NOT A RACE. THE SUCCESS OF LIFE DOES NOT DEPEND ON HOW MUCH WE CAN AMASS BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW PEACEFULLY AND HAPPILY WE LEAD IT. THE MOTIVE OF LIFE IS TO GIVE IT A MEANING, TO LIVE IN A MANNER THAT IT CAN BE USEFUL FOR US AND FOR OTHERS'.

 

TRY TO FIND HAPPINESS IN WHAT WE HAVE INSTEAD OF WASTING YOUR ENERGY IN RUNNING AFTER THINGS WHICH WE DON'T HAVE.

 

WE MUST LEARN TO DRAW A LINE BETWEEN OUR NECESSITIES AND DESIRES.

 

HAPPINESS COMES FROM INSIDE. IT CAN NOT BE FIND IN OBJECTS UNLESS WE CAN'T FEEL IT WITHIN. WE FEEL INNER JOY WHEN WE TRY TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE HAPPY. TRY TO LIVE OUR LIFE IN SIMPLE MANNER. FILL THE GAP IN YOUR LIFE WITH LOVE OF GOD. BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY THING WHICH IS ETERNAL. 

 

WHEN WE TRY TO HELP OTHER WITHOUT ANY SELFISH MOTIVE WE FEEL CLOSE TO GOD. WE FEEL THE DIVINE BLISS WHICH REMAINS FOREVER.

RELATIONS ARE BASIS OF LIFE.

HUMAN BEINGS ARE SOCIAL CREATURES. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY MANY RELATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR LIFE. RELATIONS ARE THE BASIS OF OUR SOCIAL SYSTEM. THEY KEEP US TOGETHER. HEALTHY RELATIONS STRENGTHEN THE STRUCTURE OF OUR SOCIETY.
LOVE MAKES THE BOND BETWEEN TWO PERSONS STRONG. A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP REQUIRES THE SENSE OF RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING AND SACRIFICE FOR EACH OTHER
RELATIONS GIVE US MUCH LOVE, CARE, SENSE OF FULFILLMENT. THEY MAKE OUR LIFE COMPLETE.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BOTH PARTIES TO  MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP. ONE PARTY CAN NOT TAKE A RELATIONSHIP VERY FAR. IF ONLY ONE PERSON EFFORTS IN THIS RESPECT BUT OTHER PERSON REMAINS INDIFFERENT THEN THE RELATIONSHIP CAN NOT BE NORMAL. THERE WILL SUFFOCATION IN THE RELATIONSHIP. THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP.

“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”

TO MAINTAIN A LONG AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WE MUST RETURN WHAT WE EXPECT FROM OTHERS. PROBLEM ARISES WHEN WE TAKE FROM OTHERS BUT NEVER RETURN THE FAVORS.RELATIONSHIP IS NOT A ONE WAY AFFAIR. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT BOTH PARTIES MUST DEDICATE THEMSELVES COMPLETELY FOR RELATIONSHIP.

EGO IS THE BIGGEST ENEMY OF A RELATIONSHIP. WHEN EGO COMES INTO A RELATIONSHIP IT HOLLOWS OUT THE ROOT OF A RELATIONSHIP LIKE TERMITES. 
IT CREATES A WORST SITUATION AND RUINS THE RELATIONSHIP. LOVE BETWEEN THE TWO PERSONS VANISHES IN THE STORM OF ARGUMENT BETWEEN THEM. A ROUND OF IMPEACHMENT STARTS BETWEEN THEM.

"Don’t allow egoism to enter your minds, and let love never depart from your hearts". [Swami Vivekanand]

ANOTHER THING WHICH CAN DESTROY A RELATIONSHIP IS DOUBT. IT IS NECESSARY FOR BOTH THE PARTIES TO HAVE FULL FAITH ON EACH OTHER  FOR THIS THERE MUST BE TRANSPARENCY IN THE RELATIONSHIP.


"There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills." [Buddha]

RELATIONS ARE IMPORTANT FOR OUR LIFE. THE ENERGY WE RECEIVE FROM OUR RELATIONS MAKES US EMOTIONALLY STRONG AND HELP US IN OUR GROWTH. IT IS OUR DUTY TO MAINTAIN THE DIGNITY OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS.

"I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important."  [David Rockefeller]

TAMING THE WILD HORSE

OUR MIND IS A POWERFUL TOOL. IT IS THE MIND THROUGH WHICH WE PERCEIVE THIS WORLD. WE THINK WITH OUR MIND, DREAM WITH OUR MIND, CREATES A WORLD AROUND US WITH MIND. THE MIND GIVES US INSPIRATION TO RISE, TO ACHIEVE. THE UNTHINKABLE WHICH IS DONE BY HUMAN BEINGS IS DUE TO THE POWER OF MIND. IT MAKES US WHO WE ARE.

THE POWER OF MIND IS ASTOUNDING. PEOPLE OF VARIOUS FIELD  IN PRESENT WORLD TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF MIND. WHETHER IT IS SPORTS, MEDICINE, SCIENCE,POLITICS IN ALL AREAS MIND PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE. IT IS DUE TO MENTAL TOUGHNESS WE FACE THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE. 

MIND IS A SUBTLE PART OF OUR BRAIN. IT IS BASE OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS. IT PRODUCES OUR THOUGHTS, PERCEPTIONS AND EMOTIONS. 

THE POWER OF MIND IS INDESCRIBABLE AND UNIMAGINABLE. IT IS A MOST POWERFUL  WEAPON OF THE WORLD. IT CAN CREATE AND DESTROY IN  A MOMENT.  MIND IS VERY FLICKERING IN NATURE.  LIKE A MONKEY IT ALWAYS JUMP FROM HERE AND THERE. AS MIND IS SO POWERFUL WE NEED TO CONTROL IT TO UTILIZE ITS POWERS FOR OWN BENEFIT. 

THEREFORE WE MUST LEARN TO CONTROL OUR MIND. WE NEED TO SEIZE THIS UNSTABLE MIND AND DRAG IT FROM ITS WANDERING AND MAKE IT STABLE. THE MIND IS LIKE AN UNRULY HORSE IF WANT TO USE ITS POWER WE MUST LEARN HOW TO BRIDLE THIS HORSE. IF WE CAN NOT CONTROL OUR MIND IT CAN USE US IN ITS OWN WAY.

“You have two choices, to control your mind or to let your mind control you.”  [Paulo Coelho]

THE UNRULY MIND IS THE CAUSE OF MOST OF OUR MISERIES. WHEN WE LET IT TO WANDER IT ENGAGES US IN USELESS THOUGHTS. IT RUNS AFTER UNNECESSARY THINGS CREATES CRAVING FOR THEM. MOST OF OUR ENERGY IS WASTED IN PURSUING THE DESIRED THINGS. 

OUR MIND CAN NOT REMAIN STILL. IT NEEDS SOMETHING TO OCCUPY IT.  AS A YOUNG BOY WHO IS FULL OF ENERGY, NEEDS SOMETHING TO RELEASE HIS ENERGY.  IF WE PROVIDE HIM PROPER CHANNEL TO FLOW HIS ENERGY HE CAN USE IT FOR SELF PROGRESS OTHERWISE HE CAN USE HIS ENERGY IN DESTRUCTIVE THINGS. SIMILARLY IF MIND IS NOT CONTROLLED AND IS ALLOWED TO WANDER IT CAN LEAD US TO SELF DESTRUCTION.

IT IS AN OLD SAYING 'AN EMPTY MIND IS DEVILS DEN' THEREFORE IT IS ESSENTIAL TO  SEIZE THE WANDERING OUR MIND AND ENGAGE IT IN SOME POSITIVE THINGS. GIVE IT SOME CHALLENGE. ENGAGE IT IN SOME CREATIVE WORK. 

SET A GOAL FOR YOURSELF. FOCUS YOUR MIND ON IT. SLOWLY IT WILL COMPLETELY INVOLVE ITSELF IN GETTING YOUR GOAL.

BUT WE NEED A STILL AND CALM MIND FOR THIS. TO ACHIEVE THE EQUANIMITY OF MIND WE MUST TRY TO DETACH  IT FROM OTHER THINGS AND TRY TO FOCUS IT ON ONE POINT. THIS CAN NOT BE ACHIEVED IN ONE DAY. WE HAVE TO PRACTISE IT. THE MEDITATION CAN HELP US IN THIS PURPOSE.  REMEMBER

MIND IF WE CAN CONTROL IT CAN BE OUR GOOD FRIEND BUT AN UNRULY MIND CAN DESTROY US. 

"The mind uncontrolled and unguided will drag us down, down for ever- rend us kill us; and the mind controlled and guided will save us, free us." [Swami Vivekanand]

 

THOUGHTS ARE POWERFUL

AS WE NEED BALANCED AND NUTRITIOUS DIET FOR A HEALTHY BODY SIMILARLY WE NEED PURE AND OPTIMISTIC THOUGHTS FOR A STRONG PERSONALITY. THOUGHTS ARE VERY POWERFUL.PURE AND OPTIMISTIC THOUGHTS CAN BUILD A STRONG PERSON WHO CAN FACE EXTREMELY HARD SITUATION WITHOUT BEING PANICKED.
THOUGHTS ENTER TO OUR MIND IN TO WAYS 

•      THROUGH HEARING
•      THROUGH READING

WHATEVER THOUGHT WE RECEIVE THROUGH THESE WAYS ENTERS INTO OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. SLOWLY IT BECOMES PART OF OUR PERSONALITY. THEREFORE WE MUST TAKE CARE IN ACQUISITION OF THOUGHTS. AS CONTAMINATED FOOD IS HARMFUL FOR BODY CORRUPT THOUGHTS CAN ALSO DEBILITATE OUR PERSONALITY.

"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far." [Swami Vivekananda] 

THOUGHTS REMAIN WITHIN OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND LIKE A SEED BENEATH THE SOIL. AS A SEED SPROUTS AFTER SOME TIME THOUGHTS ALSO AFFECT OUR PERSONALITY. WE REAP AS WE SOW. THEREFORE NEVER ALLOW A CORRUPT THOUGHT TO ENTER IN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.
ONE WHO THINKS POSITIVELY CAN GO FAR AHEAD IN LIFE BECAUSE POSITIVE THINKING GIVES HIM A CONFIDENCE WHICH CAN NOT BE SHAKEN BY DIFFICULTIES. HE CAN FACE ANY PROBLEM IRRESPECTIVE OF HIS CONDITION. BUT ONE WHO HAS NEGATIVE APPROACH TOWARDS LIFE CAN NOT BE SUCCESSFUL NO MATTER HOW MUCH FAVORABLE HIS CONDITION IS. REMEMBER WE ARE WHAT WE THINK ABOUT OUR PERSONALITY. IF WE THINK WE ARE STRONG AND CAN FACE ANY SITUATION WE CAN BE A WINNER.

"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 Vivekananda]


NOT ONLY IN ACQUISITION OF THOUGHTS BUT WE MUST ALSO TAKE CARE IN COMMUNICATING THEM TO OTHERS'. THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO SPREAD A THOUGHT

• THROUGH CONVERSATION 
• THROUGH WRITINGS

IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE ONLY PROMOTE GOOD THOUGHTS WHICH CAN AFFECT OTHERS' IN A POSITIVE WAY. THOUGHTS CAN BRING SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ONE'S PERSONALITY. WE CAN BRING NEW CONSCIOUSNESS IN SOCIETY THROUGH POSITIVE THOUGHTS. 
THOUGHTS ARE POWERFUL. THEY REMAIN EVEN AFTER A PERSON DIES AND CAN GUIDE THE FUTURE GENERATION.

"Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth." [Swami Vivekananda]