A Mindset Built on Hope and Confidence

 

A Mindset Built on Hope and Confidence

1. Cultivating an optimistic outlook begins with the simple choice to see yourself thriving. I envision myself as successful, joyful, and in good health, allowing this image to guide the way I live and respond to the world.

2. Every day, I make it a practice to appreciate the people and situations around me. I actively notice the positive qualities in others and openly acknowledge them, strengthening the habit of gratitude.

3. With each sunrise, I commit to carrying myself with confidence. In my home, in my work, and in every social interaction, I choose to feel, appear, and behave with assurance.

4. I adopt a cheerful perspective on life, choosing to focus on what uplifts and inspires. No matter the circumstance or the person before me, I look for the brighter side and let it shape my thoughts.

5. Positivity becomes easier when I intentionally nurture it. By maintaining a hopeful mindset, I empower myself to rise above challenges and to trust that life continues to unfold in supportive ways.

6. This inner strength feeds my optimism. The more I believe in my abilities, the more naturally I expect good outcomes, creating a cycle of hope and progress.

7. As my confidence grows, so does my belief in a promising future. I trust that things will work out well, and this conviction lights the path ahead with clarity and purpose.

Why the Mind Clings to Sorrow and How to Rise Beyond It

The mind has a peculiar tendency to hold on to sorrow, which is why many people feel drawn to sad songs. Even though music celebrates both happiness and grief, the mind seeks joyful melodies only once in a while, yet returns to melancholic tunes repeatedly. It keeps hoping to extract comfort from sorrowful songs, but instead, these songs pull it deeper into its own sadness.

When a song or poem is created from a place of grief, the writer is fully absorbed in that emotion. This immersion allows them to describe sorrow with striking clarity. As a result, a song born from one grieving mind resonates powerfully with another. Such emotionally heavy songs often become widely appreciated and even earn global recognition because they mirror the collective emotional state of society.

The mind’s connection with happiness is often fragile and superficial. Beneath the surface of our consciousness lies accumulated sorrow from countless experiences. Even while the mind searches for happiness, it recognizes its familiar comfort in sadness, having long been shaped by pain, loss, separation, and heartbreak.

Life naturally holds both joy and sorrow, yet the mind tends to let moments of joy fade quickly while holding tightly to moments of pain. This is why people show interest in news filled with violence, conflict, and negativity. Media outlets, recognizing this inclination, amplify such stories, reinforcing the cycle of collective sorrow.

However, life is not meant to be lived in continuous suffering; it is meant for discovering the bliss within. Just as sorrow resides in the deeper layers of the mind, pure consciousness carries an innate joy. To help people reach this state, ancient sages introduced mantras, devotional songs, hymns, and meditation. These practices cut through layers of sorrow, guiding one toward true inner peace.

The Bhagavad Gita teaches that one who remains steady through pleasure and pain becomes eligible for spiritual liberation. The Ashtavakra Gita further explains that a person free of desire and attachment moves through life effortlessly, like a dry leaf carried by the wind of fate.

While the body experiences heat and cold, the mind undergoes joy and sorrow, the intellect faces gain and loss, and the ego feels honour and insult. But consciousness itself is pure love and bliss. When we rest in this pure state of being, we rise above all opposites — beyond pain and pleasure, success and failure, praise and criticism — and experience life as it is meant to be lived: deeply, freely, and joyfully.

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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