Listen , discuss and read with an open mind.

 

Monday, 28 January 2013

Listen , discuss and read with an open mind.

The best piece of advice I have ever come across which has been handed over from generation to generation is found in the Rig Veda;

“Let noble thoughts come to us from every side.”

If all who read  this advice thought of it and put it into practice , many wars and much human suffering could be avoided, and the world today would be a much better place to live in.

“Think with an open mind” suggests the psychologist. “Have a board mind”, advises the sociologist, and your will avoid many ulcers; and be happier as well.

And yet, most of us, in one way or other, are narrow minded and prejudiced. Often we shut out the truth and dim the brightest. We avoid any evidence that would refute our belief’s.

It is the mark of a superior mind to open itself to new thinking and logical reasoning.

Listen, discuss and read with an open mind. Search for new ideas. They may come from many, different, and unexpected sources.

Life is made happy by the open-mindedness and deep rooted trust we have in one another .

Lesson Live Has Taught Me

Never accept defeat.

Life has taught me that an individual can achieve anything if he is willing to work hard with dedication.

Life has also taught me that however heavy the odds against an individual or however difficult the circumstances, he should never accept defeat but keep up striving until he achieves what he seeks to obtain in life.

My experience in life has also taught me not to rub people on the wrong side; to avoid arrogance, and draw out the best in men and women by treating them with humaneness and decency and not hurting their emotions or their egos.

That is not a fair test!

At the circus the strong man dipped a sponge into a pail of water and squeezed until every drop of water was out of it. He invited anyone who wished to come into the ring and try to squeeze another drop out of the sponge.

Several men tried it, without any result.

At last a small man entered, and to the astonishment of all present, he squeezed out drop after frop.

A member of the audience recognised the man and shouted. “That is not a fair test!”

That man is a tax collector”

Make a good beginning today

Lives is passing fast. Now is the time to initiate your new plan. Today  is the day to attempt the great and worthy cause which you have been thinking to take up. Delays are dangerous. Postponement weakens purpose. Seize your opportunity which is still within your reach. Put fort your most earnest efforts, and good results will surely follow.

The moments you attempt something great you will find you are on the way to its realisation. All great achievements are a series of progressive steps. All great men have first put fort small of forts, which have led to great results. Let this encourage you to make a vigorous beginning today, so that you dreams and aspirations may become a reality in your life.

Quote from the True charm and Power of Vedanta

The monistic method of realising God is almost the same. The monist also rebels against the slavery of passions and desires. The Vedas say the the soul is bound by three Guans (ropes), Satva, Rajas and Tamas. The monist breaks of  all bondages one after another , till last he realises his freedom. The very first lesson to Arjuna by Sri Krishna runs thus; Go beyond the dualistic conceptions of pleasure and pain , and of ‘I’ and “Thou” Know that you are changeless, infinite and perfect, In this way the monist found that there is nothing to limit him, and then he realise s the infinite nature of his self. To say that he loses himself even as the dew drop merges in the ocean, I sonly by way of helping the understanding. The monistic conception does not destroy the individual . on the contrary the individual who was subject to birth and death, who was weak and ignorant, knows himself to be eternal, infinite and all wise. Here there is no destruction of individuality. The man has been awakened from his false dream that he was finite. This is the Prabuddha or awakened condition, in which one realises that one’s true nature is eternally wise and blissful.

In the dualistic method enjoyment is the ideal. In the monistic method freedom is the ideal. By the first the lover gets his Beloved at last, and by the second the slave becomes the Master. Both  sublime. One has no need to go from one ideal to the other.

 

But, if He exists?

I drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive 4m.

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