Thoughts Matter

Training ourselves to think good, do good and be good is extremely necessary in the quest for the ultimate Truth.

When you think that ‘each day is a new beginning and in every way I am getting better and moving towards the goal’ you feel directed, when you affirm in this way you are giving strength to your thoughts.

Words have strength. They can guide you to great heights or they can make you fall. Whenever you are talking to yourself you must be extremely careful. You should always speak positive and encouraging words; with each positive word you speak to yourself you get the energy and strength from them and your belief in the words strengthens them further.

Some of the affirmations I use every morning are:

“Each day is a new beginning with new opportunities. Every day I am learning something new. I can do it. I am capable enough to handle any situation that comes across my life. In every way I am getting better and better and keeping one step ahead towards my goal. Life is beautiful.”

Also it is a very good practice to self-introspect whenever you get time. This will help us to recognise our strengths and weakness. Once you identify your weakness, you need to start working on them. Learn all that you can about your weakness try to experiment and improve on your weakness. This learning can be done by any means, you can read about them in books, Google it, you may take help from your elders who would have faced similar difficulties and understand how they came overcame it, etc. The key thing here is to identify and work on your weakness to make it your strength.

ThoughtsàWordsàAction

When you surround yourself with positive thoughts and words, your actions would be directed towards goodness.

Authored by GANDHARV

Compass

In life goals are very important. It may be life time goals or short term goals. Without goals there is no direction in life. It can be compared to a ship in a vast ocean. A ship without a compass is lost in the vastness of the sea. Goals are like compass. They give direction and help us to reach the desired destination. Before deciding on any goals it is important for us to understand ourself. Because understanding ourself will give more meaning and value to the goals that we decide and will help to eliminate the ones that we don’t really desire.

You can do this by asking these questions and listing out all that comes in your mind for each question.

1. What are your desires?

2. What gives you happiness?

3. What is it that you like to do?

4. What are the talents that you think you have?

Pondering on these questions will help you to decide on your goals. 

Authored by GANDHARV

Sci-Spi Age

Somewhere down the line in the long journey of life, the spiritual essence that was discovered early in time by great sages and rishis in India has been forgotten. Time has come a full circle and now is the right time for humanity to know what they have forgotten. I call this time interval as Sci-Spi age when time takes the world into a new step in its evolution.

Why Sci -Spi ?

Sci stands for science and Spi stands for spirit. We are in an age where we have reached the height of technological development but we have forgotten our spiritual essence.  Because of this there is a great imbalance, which in turn has created a major imbalance in Good and Evil as a whole. And Evil has the upper hand now.

This is the time to awaken to the Truth of yourself. This is the time to know who you are!  And what you have forgotten. This is the path that can save humanity. The path of spirituality will bring a change in each person from within and move him towards goodness.

Have you ever wondered how civilizations have been wiped out in the history of the world? Just imagine what disaster a single nuclear bomb can cause.

There is peace in silence. There are two types of silence. The silence caused after mass destruction and the other silence is that which can take a human being to the depth of his Self to make him realize the beauty of his existence.

Choose wisely!

My humble request to all the people who read this article is to think seriously and join together in unity to make this world a better place to live in. 

Authored by GANDHARV

Will Power

That one thing necessary to make impossible possible is a strong focused will. If life takes away everything from you, if you lose everything in your life also no one can stop you from your destination and cannot take away your will power. But this will power depends on one’s own self.

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Attempt

Only when you really attempt to do something will you come to know your ability. Even though you may be in doubt initially before starting a task, when you complete the task you emerge successful and stronger. You feel happy and satisfied. Even if you fail do not be disappointed because you can learn from your mistakes. This will add up to your experience. If you don't attempt you won't come to know what you are capable of. Think which is better :)

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If Life is Water

 

Then the jobs, money and position
We hold in society are the cups.

They are just tools
To hold and maintain our Life;
But the quality of Life doesn’t change.

If we only concentrate on the cup,
We wont have time
To enjoy or taste the water in it.

Source: mail

The Game of Chess

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. -- Romans 8:18


Few days ago, I downloaded a chess game onto my cell phone. Whoever has created this game must be extremely clever and artful.  It has several levels of difficulty from level 1 to level 10. I found it easy until level 4 after which each level became more difficult. I was able to win up to level 7 and presently I am stuck at level 8. The computer plays so skilfully and its each move has an intention or a strategy behind it. Every time I play this game I wonder at the way it is created. There is so much to learn from it. It teaches the importance of patience, strategy and perseverance. It reminds me of the struggle and problems in life, the real deeds that we do in life and sacrifices that we make.  Also, another important lesson it teaches is that it is not only about winning or losing the game, but the joy of playing the game. In life we set worthy goals, but in our race towards achieving them it is important that we do not miss the joy of the journey. The more you think and prepare yourself the better you can handle the situations that you come across. It is also necessary to understand that these struggles and difficulties prepare us to become tougher, tolerant and more stable people.

Authored by GANDHARV

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