"Transforming Self-Image for Success: Overcoming Negative Attitudes and Building Confidence"

 "Transforming Self-Image for Success: Overcoming Negative Attitudes and Building Confidence"

 

Many students struggle with a false self-image, believing they are not intelligent or capable of studying well. These beliefs are often rooted in negative experiences and feedback from others. However, it is possible to help students transform their self-image and build self-confidence.

 

The key is to challenge their false beliefs with new evidence and experiences. Start by guiding them through simple problems and celebrating their successes, no matter how small. Gradually increase the difficulty of the tasks, and continue to offer words of encouragement and support.

 

Through repeated success, the negative attitudes and feelings of defeat that once held them back will slowly be erased. Their self-image will be transformed, and they will regain the self-confidence needed to achieve their goals.

 

It is important to approach this process with patience, love, and respect for the student's sense of self. With the right guidance and support, it is certainly possible to change a false self-image and help students reach their full potential.

 

  Happiness Beyond the Illusion of the Ego

 

Why do we continually seek happiness in a world of finite possessions and identities? How does the ego become attached to that which is merely an illusion, binding us to a cycle of suffering? In the Vishnu Purana, part seven, chapter six, it is explained that "the intellect takes what is not the Atman to be the Atman. Therefore, the mind takes what is not one’s own to be ‘mine’." Our false identifications with the body and mind create ignorance that the ego fiercely defends at all costs.

 

But how can we free ourselves from this cycle of suffering? Verse 2 of the Kena Upanishad offers a powerful tool for meditation: "That which is the hearing behind hearing, the thinking behind thinking… Having abandoned the ego and rising above all senses, the wise become immortal." This verse asks us to maintain a distance from our perceptions and to inquire into the entity behind our thoughts and experiences. Through this inquiry, we may discover a Subtle Consciousness that underlies all our knowledge, revealing our eternal nature. By stepping behind our thoughts and sense perceptions, we can come to understand the Self and directly experience it as Brahmn, the unifying force that links all existence.

 

Verse 5 of the Kena Upanishad connects Brahmn to our minds: "Which one cannot grasp with one’s mind, but by which the mind itself is grasped, know That alone as Brahmn…” Our minds may try to reach Brahmn, but it is Brahmn that ultimately reflects in the mind, revealing itself as the only knower. To awaken to this truth, we must first recognize the subtlety of our true nature and embrace the thought "I am Brahmn." As we anchor ourselves in this realization, the Self becomes more evident at all times.

 

To practice these verses, we may use our memories as a starting point. When our associative thinking pulls us back to a memory, we can step back and inquire into the entity that remembers and the presence that was there in that memory. Through this inquiry, we may come to recognize that the Atman was always present as the Only Presence at that time and remains the same presence now in this moment. From the viewpoint of Supreme Reality, nothing has changed, only our fleeting ego with its likes and dislikes.

 

In truth, our True Self is the Only Constant that remains the same at all times. By recognizing this, we can discover the Eternal Absolute and realize that whatever takes place within the mind is only the rise and fall of ego-awareness, which pertains to an illusive and limited 'I'. Through our inquiry, we may come to recognize that any thought we come to know is only there because Consciousness within the Atman makes it known to us. By embracing this realization, we can transcend the illusion of the ego and discover lasting happiness in the unchanging truth of our eternal nature

  IF HE EXIST

 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 7 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 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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