Nobody can predict your future. Only you can create it, with your thoughts. One thought can change the pattern of your life. Sometimes society, nation, the whole world can transform with just a thought.
Thoughts are like bacteria. They multiply fast and change the fabric of your life. A thought pops up in your mind. If you identify with it and invest in it, you get entangled and it imprisons you. Thereafter you cannot think any other way, however bizarre and unreasonable the thought may be.
Shakespeare’s Othello had no doubt that he was right and he strangled his wife Desdemona to death! Macbeth thought there was no other way of becoming king than by killing King Duncan. Similarly we are all locked in a particular way of life, ignorant of better alternatives.
The law is, ‘As you think, so you become’. Your thoughts are the blueprint which pan out as your personality and circumstance. A happy mind creates a happy world; an ill-tempered person has an angry world. A small mind is focussed on petty, insignificant things. A mature mind sees beauty and grandeur in the universe. If your environment is not conducive, you cannot go out into the world to change it. Change your thoughts. Miraculously, the situation begins to change.
You cannot achieve greatness with a small mind. You have to first think big, beyond yourself and your routine duties. To achieve excellence, you do not need more degrees, better skills or enhanced connections. All you need is better thoughts! This is easier said than done. You need guidance to bring about this change.
India is blessed with a galaxy of great thinkers who left a rich legacy of wisdom that transforms ordinary mortals to extraordinary immortals. Adi Shankaracharya’s writings include commentaries on Upanishads, Gita and other texts, original compositions which serve as introduction to the Gita, and devotional pieces. The ‘Bhaja Govindam’ is an introductory text. It focusses on the twin motivations that drive all humans – acquisition of wealth and enjoyment of the objects acquired. It presents the world from a different perspective.
Bhaja Govindam dispels the misunderstanding that spiritual life entails shunning of wealth, family and good living. Do not renounce wealth. Give up the greed that comes in the way of acquiring wealth. Be content with what you have. With a calm mind, the intellect can aspire for more. Fix a higher ideal. Work dedicatedly for the welfare of others. Prosperity and happiness will come to you!
You have conflict with the people you love most because of attachment. Attachment is love polluted by selfishness. Attachment springs from insecurity and lack of self-sufficiency. The law is: Attach, and you suffer. Attach, and you lose. The way out is ‘detachment’ or true love. Love people for what they are. Have no expectations, make no demands. Your love will be returned in ample measure and you will have amazingly satisfying relationships.
Life is as uncertain as a drop of water on a lotus leaf. Even during your life you are consumed by disease, sorrow and arrogance. Upgrade your feelings and thoughts. Keep the company of good people, loving and uplifting thoughts.
As the mind expands to accommodate the higher, you get disengaged from the lower. You grow into a towering personality, independent of the world. Ultimately, you take that giant leap into the realm of the Infinite!
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The views expressed in the Article above are Author’s personal views and kashmiribhatta.in is not responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing."
Courtesy: Times of India, Speaking Tree, Jan 29, 2019
Nobody can predict your future. Only you can create it, with your thoughts. One thought can change the pattern of your life. Sometimes society, nation, the whole world can transform with just a thought.
Thoughts are like bacteria. They multiply fast and change the fabric of your life. A thought pops up in your mind. If you identify with it and invest in it, you get entangled and it imprisons you. Thereafter you cannot think any other way, however bizarre and unreasonable the thought may be.
Shakespeare’s Othello had no doubt that he was right and he strangled his wife Desdemona to death! Macbeth thought there was no other way of becoming king than by killing King Duncan. Similarly we are all locked in a particular way of life, ignorant of better alternatives.
The law is, ‘As you think, so you become’. Your thoughts are the blueprint which pan out as your personality and circumstance. A happy mind creates a happy world; an ill-tempered person has an angry world. A small mind is focussed on petty, insignificant things. A mature mind sees beauty and grandeur in the universe. If your environment is not conducive, you cannot go out into the world to change it. Change your thoughts. Miraculously, the situation begins to change.
You cannot achieve greatness with a small mind. You have to first think big, beyond yourself and your routine duties. To achieve excellence, you do not need more degrees, better skills or enhanced connections. All you need is better thoughts! This is easier said than done. You need guidance to bring about this change.
India is blessed with a galaxy of great thinkers who left a rich legacy of wisdom that transforms ordinary mortals to extraordinary immortals. Adi Shankaracharya’s writings include commentaries on Upanishads, Gita and other texts, original compositions which serve as introduction to the Gita, and devotional pieces. The ‘Bhaja Govindam’ is an introductory text. It focusses on the twin motivations that drive all humans – acquisition of wealth and enjoyment of the objects acquired. It presents the world from a different perspective.
Bhaja Govindam dispels the misunderstanding that spiritual life entails shunning of wealth, family and good living. Do not renounce wealth. Give up the greed that comes in the way of acquiring wealth. Be content with what you have. With a calm mind, the intellect can aspire for more. Fix a higher ideal. Work dedicatedly for the welfare of others. Prosperity and happiness will come to you!
You have conflict with the people you love most because of attachment. Attachment is love polluted by selfishness. Attachment springs from insecurity and lack of self-sufficiency. The law is: Attach, and you suffer. Attach, and you lose. The way out is ‘detachment’ or true love. Love people for what they are. Have no expectations, make no demands. Your love will be returned in ample measure and you will have amazingly satisfying relationships.
Life is as uncertain as a drop of water on a lotus leaf. Even during your life you are consumed by disease, sorrow and arrogance. Upgrade your feelings and thoughts. Keep the company of good people, loving and uplifting thoughts.
As the mind expands to accommodate the higher, you get disengaged from the lower. You grow into a towering personality, independent of the world. Ultimately, you take that giant leap into the realm of the Infinite!
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Author’s personal views and kashmiribhatta.in is not responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing."
Courtesy: Times of India, Speaking Tree, Jan 29, 2019