SWAMI VIVEKANAND A LEGEND

SWAMI VIVEKANAND HAS AN IMPORTANT PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF INDIA. HE WAS BORN IN A PERIOD WHEN INDIA WAS UNDER BRITISH RULE. THE INDIAN SOCIETY WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SO MANY EVILS. THE INDIAN VALUES WERE DEGRADING. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE DEMORALIZED AND FELT INFERIOR AND WERE ADOPTING WESTERN WAYS OF LIFE. IN THAT BAD TIME SWAMI VIVEKANAND EMERGED LIKE A SUN AND REMOVED THE CLOUDS OF DOUBTS. THEY MADE US FEEL PROUD ABOUT OUR  HERITAGE. HIS WORDS WERE LIKE NECTAR INVIGORATED THE DEPRESSED SOCIETY. THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA PT. JAWAHAR LAL NEHARU SAID ABOUT SWAMI VIVEKANAND
 “Rooted in the past and full of pride of India’s heritage, Vivekananda was yet modern in his approach to life’s problems….He came as a tonic to the depressed and demoralized Hindu mind and gave it self-reliance….. I do not know how many of the younger generation read the speeches and writings of Swami Vivekananda. But I can tell you that many of my generation were very powerfully influenced by him, and I think that it would do a great deal of good to the present generation if they also went through Swami Vivekananda’s writings and speeches, and they would learn much from them..If you read Swami vivekananda’s writings and speeches, the curious thing you will find is that they are not old.”

THROUGH HIS LECTURES GIVEN IN PARLIAMENT OF WORLD RELIGION AND DURING HIS TOUR TO AMERICA AND EUROPE HE REMOVED THE MISCONCEPTION FROM THE MINDS OF WESTERN PEOPLE THAT INDIA IS THE LAND OF UNETHICAL WORSHIP AND EVIL PRACTICES. HE REPRESENTED INDIA AS A LAND OF WISDOM AND  ENLIGHTENMENT. HE BROUGHT HINDUISM TO THE STATUS OF WORLD'S MAJOR RELIGION.

HE WAS BORN ON 12 JANUARY 1863 IN A ARISTOCRATIC BENGALI   [KAYASTH] FAMILY AS NARENDRA NATH DUTT HIS FATHER VISHWANATH DUTT WAS AN ATTORNEY OF CALCUTTA HIGH COURT. HIS MOTHER BHUVANESHWARI DEVI WAS A PIOUS WOMEN AND HOUSEWIFE.  HIS FATHER'S PROGRESSIVE AND RATIONAL APPROACH AND HIS MOTHER'S RELIGIOUS TEMPERAMENT  HELPED YOUNG NARENDRA TO DEVELOP HIS THINKING AND PERSONALITY.
A PRECOCIOUS BOY NARENDRA EXCELLED HIMSELF IN MUSIC, GYMNASTICS, AND STUDIES. HE WAS INTERESTED IN WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS SUCH AS PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, HISTORY, SOCIAL SCIENCE, ART AND LITERATURE. HE WAS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN HINDU SCRIPTURES SUCH AS VEDAS, UPANISHADS, RAMAYANA, MAHABHARAT. 
IN HIS EARLY YOUTH  HE BECAME THE MEMBER OF BRAHMO SAMAJ LED BY KESHUB CHANDRA SEN. HIS INITIAL BELIEF OF FORMLESS GOD AND DEPRECATION FOR IDOL WORSHIP WERE FORMED HERE. BUT HE WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE PROVIDED BY BRAHMO SAMAJ. HE WONDERED IF GOD AND RELIGION COULD BE MADE PART OF ONE'S GROWING EXPERIENCES AND DEEPLY INTERNALISED.  HE WENT ABOUT ASKING PROMINENT PERSONALITIES OF CONTEMPORARY CALCUTTA WHETHER THEY HAD COME FACE TO FACE WITH GOD BUT COULD NOT GET A SATISFACTORY ANSWER.
DURING HIS LITERATURE CLASS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S INSTITUTION HIS PROFESSOR HASTIE WHILE EXPLAINING WORD 'TRANCE' SUGGESTED HIS STUDENTS TO VISIT DAKSINESWAR'S RAMAKRISHNA PARAMHANS  TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL MEANING OF TRANCE.
NARENDRA AND SOME OF HIS FRIENDS VISITED DAKSHINESWAR. HIS FIRST MEETING WITH RAMKRISHNA PROVED A TURNING POINT IN HIS LIFE. HE SAID ABOUT HIS FIRST MEETING WITH RAMAKRISHNA

"Ramakrishna looked just like an ordinary man, with nothing remarkable about him. He used the most simple language and I thought 'Can this man be a great teacher?'. I crept near to him and asked him the question which I had been asking others all my life: 'Do you believe in God, Sir?' 'Yes', he replied. 'Can you prove it, Sir?' 'Yes'. 'How?' 'Because I see Him just as I see you here, only in a much intenser sense.' That impressed me at once. [...] I began to go to that man, day after day, and I actually saw that religion could be given. One touch, one glance, can change a whole life."

THOUGH NARENDRA DID NOT ACCEPT RAMAKRISHNA AS HIS TEACHER INITIALLY AND REVOLTED AGAINST HIS IDEAS AND  HIS WORSHIPING THE IDOL OF GODDESS KAALI. RAMAKRISHNA FACED ALL HIS ARGUMENTS AND EXAMINATIONS WITH PATIENCE AND ASKED HIM TO SEE TRUTH FROM ALL ANGELS. 
WHEN NARENDRA'S FAMILY BECAME BANKRUPT AND HE WAS FACING PROBLEMS HE FOUND SOLACE IN RAMAKRISHNA. HIS AFFECTION FOR NARENDRA ULTIMATELY BROUGHT HIM UNDER HIS INFLUENCE. NARENDRA GRADUALLY BECAME READY TO RENOUNCE EVERYTHING TO REALIZE GOD. IN THE TIME HE ACCEPTED HIM AS HIS TEACHER.
RAMAKRISHNA TAUGHT NARENDRA THAT SERVICE TO MANKIND IS SERVICE TO GOD. DURING HIS LAST DAYS RAMAKRISHNA GAVE NARENDRA AND OTHER DISCIPLES THE OCHRE MONASTIC ROBES AND ASKED THEM TO TAKE NARENDRA THEIR LEADER. THIS WAS THE FIRST MONASTIC ORDER OF RAMKRISHNA.
AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS GURU RAMKRISHNA NARENDRA TRAVELED ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY AS PARIVRAJAKA { WANDERING MONK}. HIS SOLE POSSESSIONS WERE A KAMANDALU { WATER POT}, DAND{ STAFF}, AND FEW BOOKS INCLUDING BHAGVAD GITA. DURING THIS JOURNEY HE ACQUAINTED HIMSELF WITH THE DIVERSE RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS AND PATTERNS OF SOCIAL LIFE OF INDIA. HE CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE POVERTY AND SUFFERINGS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN AND RESOLVED TO UPLIFT THE NATION. HE WANTED INDIA SHOULD BECOME A ONE UNITED STRONG NATION WHERE EVERY ONE HAS ENOUGH TO FEED HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY. EVERYONE GET THE CHANCE TO EDUCATE HIMSELF WITHOUT ANY DISCRIMINATION. HE WANTED THAT ANCIENT WISDOM OF INDIA MUST REACH TO EVERY MEMBER OF SOCIETY. DURING MEDITATION AT KANYAKUMARI HE HAD THE VISION OF A STRONG SELF SUFFICIENT INDIA.


“ "At Cape Camorin sitting in Mother Kumari's temple, sitting on the last bit of Indian rock—I hit upon a plan: We are so many sanyasis wandering about, and teaching the people metaphysics—it is all madness. Did not our Gurudeva use to say, 'An empty stomach is no good for religion?' We as a nation have lost our individuality and that is the cause of all mischief in India. We have to raise the masses."

DURING HIS JOURNEY OF SOUTH INDIA HE MET SOME OF HIS MOST DEDICATED DISCIPLES WHO WANTED HIM TO REPRESENT HINDUISM IN THE PARLIAMENT OF WORLD'S RELIGIONS. THEY COLLECTED FUND TO SEND HIM TO CHICAGO. ON 31 MAY 1893 HE LEFT FROM BOMBAY AS SWAMI VIVEKANAND TO ATTEND PARLIAMENT OF WORLD'S RELIGIONS.
  PARLIAMENT OF WORLD'S RELIGIONS BEGAN ON 11 SEPTEMBER 1893 AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO. HE STARTED HIS SPEECH WITH THE WORDS " SISTERS AND BROTHERS OF AMERICA." HE GOT A STANDING OVATION FROM THE CROWD WHICH LASTED FOR TWO MINUTES. HE GREETED THEM ON BEHALF OF MOST ANCIENT CULTURE OF WHICH TAUGHT THE WORLD BOTH TOLERANCE AND ACCEPTANCE. HE QUOTED TWO ILLUSTRATIVE PASSAGES FROM THE SHIV MAHIMA STOTRAM TO EXPLAIN THE UNITY IN DIVERSITY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY 

"As the different streams having their sources in different places all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take, through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee!"

 "Whosoever comes to Me, through whatsoever form, I reach him; all men are struggling through paths that in the end lead to Me."

HIS SHORT SPEECH VOICED THE SPIRIT OF PARLIAMENT AND IT'S SENSE OF UNIVERSALITY. THE PRESIDENT OF PARLIAMENT DR. BARROWS SAID ABOUT SWAMI VIVEKANAND

 "India, the Mother of religions was represented by Swami Vivekananda, the Orange-monk who exercised the most wonderful influence over his auditors."

HE ATTRACTED THE WIDE SPREAD ATTENTION OF PRESS. THEY DUBBED HIM AS 'CYCLONIC MONK FROM INDIA' HE GOT LOTS OF PUBLICITY AND REVERENCE FROM AMERICAN PRESS. THE PRESS REPORTED HIM AS MOST POPULAR AND INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN THE PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS. THE NEWYORK HERALD WROTE

 "Vivekananda is undoubtedly the greatest figure in the Parliament of Religions. After hearing him we feel how foolish it is to send missionaries to this learned nation."
ALL HIS SPEECHES AT PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS DESCRIBED INDIAN THOUGHT OF UNIVERSALITY AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE. PARLIAMENT ENDED ON 27 SEPTEMBER 1893. AFTER THIS HE TOURED WHOLE AMERICA AND EUROPE PROPAGATING VEDANT PHILOSOPHY.
HE RETURNED TO INDIA IN JANUARY 1897. HE GOT ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME FROM HIS COUNTRYMEN. HE DELIVERED A SERIES OF LECTURES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA. THROUGH THESE LECTURES HE TRIED TO ROUSE IN PEOPLE RELIGIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS AND PRIDE IN THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE. HE TRIED TO BRING THE ATTENTION OF EDUCATED PEOPLE ON THE PLIGHT OF DOWNTRODDEN MASSES. HE EXPOUND HIS PLAN FOR UPLIFT OF POOR PEOPLE BY THE APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICAL VEDANT.
ON 1 MAY 1897 HE FOUNDED A UNIQUE ORGANIZATION RAMAKRISHNA MISSION IN WHICH MONKS AND LAY PEOPLE WOULD JOINTLY UNDERTAKE PROPAGATION OF PRACTICAL VEDANT  AND VARIOUS FORMS OF SOCIAL SERVICES SUCH AS RUNNING HOSPITAL, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTERS AND CONDUCTING MASSIVE REHABILITATION AND RELIEF WORK FOR VICTIMS OF NATURAL CALAMITIES.
AT BELUR ON THE WESTERN BANK OF GANGA HE ESTABLISHED RAMAKRISHNA MATH.
DESPITE HIS  DETERIORATING HEALTH HE CONTINUED HIS WORK TO EVOKE PEOPLE FOR BUILDING A STRONG NATION. ON 4 JULY 1902 HE LEFT THIS WORLD. BEFORE HIS MAHASAMADHI HE WROTE TO WESTERN FOLLOWER

“It may be that I shall find it good to get outside my body, to cast it off like a worn out garment. But I shall not cease to work. I shall inspire men everywhere until the whole world shall know that it is one with God.”
HIS MISSION WAS BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL.HE WAS A LOVER OF MANKIND WHO STROVE TO PROMOTE BROTHERHOOD AND PEACE IN THE WORLD.
SWAMI VIVEKANAND HAD DIRECT AND INTUITIVE EXPERIENCE OF REALITY. IN A SHORT LIFE SPAN OF 39 YEARS HE LEFT FOR POSTERITY FOUR CLASSICS JANA YOGA ,
BHAKTI YOGA , KARMA YOGA , RAJA YOGA. ALL ARE OUTSTANDING TREATISES OF HINDU PHILOSOPHY.
HE PROPAGATED  VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY AS HE THOUGHT THAT THE ESSENCE OF HINDUISM ARE BEST EXPRESSED IN IT. HE LINKED MORALITY WITH THE CONTROL OF MIND. HE SAID PURITY, UNSELFISHNESS, TRUTH ARE TRAITS WHICH STRENGTHEN THE MIND. THEREFORE HE EMPHASIZED HIS FOLLOWERS TO HAVE FAITH AND PRACTICE CELIBACY.
HE SCOLDED PEOPLE ON 'TOUCH ME NOT' NOTION. HE SAID OUR RELIGION IS LIMITED TO OUR KITCHEN AND UTENSIL HAVE BECOME OUR DEITIES. HE ASKED PEOPLE TO BE FEARLESS AND STRONG AS THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY DEPENDS ON US. HE WANTED TO SET IN MOTION A MACHINERY WHICH WILL BRING THE NOBLEST IDEAS TO THE DOORSTEP OF EVEN THE POOREST. HE SAID

"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."

HE WANTED INDIA TO LEARN THE MODERN TECHNIQUES FROM WEST AND IN RETURN TO GIVE THEM WISDOM OF RELIGION.
VIVEKANAND WAS A LEGEND WHO CAME AT THE TIME WHEN COUNTRY WAS AT THE BRINK OF BEING DENIED BY WESTERN SOCIETY. HE ROSE LIKE A SUN ON HORIZON TO REMOVE THE DARKNESS AND HELPED THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE OUR COUNTRY IN A NEW LIGHT. HE WANTED TO MAKE INDIA A COUNTRY WHICH IS ADVANCED IN MODERN TECHNIQUES AND ALSO CAN CARRY IT'S ANCIENT WISDOM. HE ASKED US TO 'ARISE, AWAKE AND STOP NOT TILL THE GOAL IS ACHIEVED.'
IT IS OUR DUTY TO MAKE HIS DREAM COME TRUE.
 

SAVE THE MOTHER EARTH

THE NATURE IS FULL OF VARIETY. THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPECIES OF PLANTS, BIRDS AND ANIMALS. THE TREES GIVE US DIFFERENT TYPES OF FRUITS WHICH WE ENJOY. THE FLOWERS OF DIFFERENT COLORS AND FRAGRANCES GIVE US HAPPINESS. THE BIRDS SING VARIOUS MELODIES WHICH ARE SOOTHING TO EARS. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NATURE WITH IT'S VARIETY IT MESMERIZES US. THE VARIETY ADDS A BEAUTY TO NATURE.



"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
- Albert Einstein


EVERYTHING IN THE NATURE HAS IT'S OWN PLACE AND IMPORTANCE. THE HARMONY AMONG ALL THE FACTORS OF NATURE IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN PEACE. THE MAN WHO IS MOST INTELLIGENT CREATURE OF THE NATURE. THIS IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT NATURE BUT DUE TO HIS SELFISH ATTITUDE HE  IS DESTROYING THIS HARMONY. ALL OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS POLLUTING OUR ENVIRONMENT. THE WASTE OF INDUSTRIES IS POURED INTO RIVERS POLLUTING THEIR WATER.
  
Erosion, desertification, and pollution have become our lot.  It is a weird form of suicide, for we are bleeding our planet to death.

MAN CUTS TREES WHICH GIVE THEM THE VITAL THING WHICH WE NEED 'OXYGEN' TO BREATHE. THEY STOP SOIL EROSION AND GIVE US OTHER USEFUL THINGS WITHOUT CONSIDERING THAT IT IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO HARM MANKIND.
 “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

POACHING IS ANOTHER CRIME WHICH MAN COMMITS. ANIMALS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES HAVE THEIR OWN PLACE ON EARTH. THEY ARE LIVING PEACEFULLY WITHOUT CREATING ANY DISTURBANCE. BUT MAN KILLS THEM FOR THEIR SKIN, BONES, AND OTHER THINGS WHICH HE CAN USE COMMERCIALLY.
  
If you can kill animals, the same attitude can kill human beings. The mentality is the same which exploits nature and which creates wars.
Satish Kumar

MAN SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS NOT THE MASTER OF THIS EARTH. THEY ARE SHARING IT WITH OTHER CREATURES. WE ARE JUST A PART OF THIS EARTH. BUT OUR PROBLEM IS THAT WE THINK OURSELVES ABOVE ALL OTHER  HABITANTS OF THIS EARTH. GOD HAS GIVEN THIS EARTH TO LIVE WITH OTHER CREATURES IN PERFECT HARMONY. ALL THE CREATURES OF EARTH ARE ALSO CREATION OF GOD. WE DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO HARM THEM. OUR DUTY IS TO RISE ABOVE OUR SELFISH DESIRES AND PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. 
WE MUST UNDERSTAND OUR NATURE. IT TEACHES US THE IMPORTANCE OF EVERYTHING. FROM THE TINY BLADE OF GRASS TO BIG MOUNTAINS EVERYTHING HAS IT'S OWN PLACE. IF WE GO TO THE SILENCE OF THE NATURE WE CAN FIND THAT EVERYTHING IS WORKING SILENTLY IN PERFECT HARMONY. NATURE CAN BE OUR BEST TEACHER.

 The surrounding environment is the best erudite master to teach us the fundamental laws of nature and the basics of living in life.
- Anuj Somany


NATURE LIKE AN AFFECTIONATE MOTHER PROVIDES US ALL WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR SURVIVAL. BUT IN RETURN WE ARE DAMAGING IT. WE HURT IT'S OTHER CHILDREN.
IF WE CONTINUE WITH THIS SHE WILL SHOW US IT'S GHASTLY FORM.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
Albert Einstein 
AS WE ARE MOST INTELLIGENT CREATURE PROVIDED WITH POWER TO THINK WE SHOULD THINK ON THIS POINT. THINK OF THE DAY WHEN EARTH WILL BE DEVOID OF ALL TREES, WHEN THERE WILL BE NO OTHER CREATURE EXCEPT US. THERE WILL BE DESERT OUTSPREAD FROM ONE END TO OTHER END OF THIS EARTH. IT LOOKS LIKE A NIGHTMARE. BUT IT WILL BE A REALITY IF WE DON'T STOP. WE ARE PAINTING THIS PICTURE WITH OUR OWN HANDS.
THINK ABOUT FUTURE GENERATION. WHAT WE WILL GIVE TO THEM. FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATION WAKE UP. 


 

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".