How to live

Quote from the True Charm and Power of Vedanta

How to live

A community which, according to the prevailing social system , is subjected to contempt, abuse and exploitation , is likely to associate with tits self-image, the labels which the ruling class or exploiters use with reference to them to season and out of season such as wicked evil, unworthy, useless good-for-nothing, etc. distrust about one’s own ability gets established in the mind and the individual may begin to hate himself . in short these feelings deal a death blow to the whole some development of the individual.

People who are little more advanced than the rest, economically, socially, culturally and intellectually, in religion and spiritual practice, to whatever community they belong have a tendency to show off, to display their bloated ego consciously or unconsciously before other who are less fortunate than they are. They dub their less fortunate brethren ‘stupid, dull idling with contempt and scorn. The earlier they give up such a habit, the better for the whole society. this aptitude which is present in those who support exploitation and to those who are supposedly forward, characterized by arrogance and feelings of superiority deflates the self-confidence of those who are deprived of the opportunities in education and culture , and  presents them form ever trying to lift themselves up. Do they ever contemplatewhat kind of shock they cause to people lagging behind because of their contemptuous and belittling attitude. If they don’t have the farsightedness to realize that by instilling negative features in the self-image of the poor downtrodden people, they indirectly do harm to them and in the long turn pave the way for their own destruction what is the meaning of their feelings of superiority? Man’s worth should be assessed not on the basis of the limitations and weakens of the moment but on the basis of the limitation s and weakness of the moment, but on the bass of his potential and the possibility of development and achievement. we should develop the habit of respecting an individual on the basis of this possibility of achievement . Otherwise our society will go on erecting hurdles on the way of its own development. It ahs already erected enough hurdles. Do we see the signs of the development of such consciousness among our educated youth?

Ability to be self-aware

According to Aristotelian theory, humans are the most evolved form of thinking and feeling beings so far. What is more, we alone have the potential to grow and evolve into the spiritual dimension. But what precisely, if anything, sets us apart from other living creatures? Is it the faculty of reasoning? But reasoning does not, and cannot, teach us anything new. Socrates was a man, a mortal being. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.

You can see here that there is no new truth that the third and concluding statement expresses that is not clearly implied in the first two sentences.

The conclusion of any piece of syllogistic reasoning does not enable us to learn anything new other than what is contained in its premise. You have the same limitation with inductive logic where you arrive at general truths from particular examples.

 

The mind grasps reality by establishing relationships between entities that it perceives new and perceptions that it carries from the past. The distinguishing feature of humans lies in our capacity for self-awareness.

 

Other living creatures may have the ability to perform a greater variety of tasks or may have developed superior sensibilities in certain areas, but we have the capacity to look at ourselves and be aware of ourselves.

We can attain knowledge, but what is unique about us is that we can also get to know how we can attain that knowledge. A human being is like a computer that can see how it has been programmed and, thereby, transcend its programming.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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