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Freedom, from Jealousy & from Craving for Pride - A Divine Virtue

Freedom is an innate virtue, your state of fulfillment or otherwise depends upon whether this natural endowment is used or misused by you respectively. You can progress in the direction of a fulfilling life only when you have the freedom from jealousy as well as the freedom from the craving for pride. All Struggle in this World is the Result of the Craving for Pride; Most of us generally believe that we are the real owners of our various material possessions in this world and take great pride in thinking that we are the factual owners of these material possessions, where as the fact is that these material possessions are in the ownership of God. All the struggle of most people in this world is the result of the craving for the false pride of staking the claim for the material possessions around them. Jealousy if Allowed to Dominate Eats into the Feeling of Fulfillment ; When a hot object is placed near ice, the ice starts losing its form and it finally gets converted into  liqui...

Fearlessness – A Divine Virtue

Why Fearlessness is considered a divine virtue ? There are numerous reasons because of its two way action both as a cause and an effect of many other divine virtues. Fearlessness is the result of righteous living , and also leads to righteous living. Fear- An Effect of compromising on the Universal Eternal Truths ; There is an internal voice that gives you a warning signal whenever you initiate some action which is in contravention to the universal eternal truths , if you ignore this warning and go ahead with your action, then the internal voice gives you another warning signal, the strength of this signal is stronger than the previous warning signal, if you ignore even this stronger warning signal then the next time you again compromise on universal eternal truths , this warning signal becomes even stronger. And with each subsequent action compromising the universal eternal truths the strength of this warning signal keeps on increasing till a point is reached where the complete sensi...

Universal Eternal Truths - The Right Virtues

Following Right Virtues R educes Mental Agony  To lead a fulfilling life a very important factor is the presence of right virtues in the day to day conduct in your life. When you are following the right virtues it automatically guarantees the absence of vice from your life thereby reducing the   mental agony and the resultant stress which is the result of leading a life devoid of one or more of these virtues. This concept can be explained with the help of an example, i.e., Suppose a building needs to be constructed, there are certain truths about the construction of this building which are very well known to the people responsible for its construction, including the quality of the desired ambiance of the building, purpose for which  this building will be utilized, the layout plan, obtaining necessary government approvals and licenses ,the construction cost, the overall project cost ,competence of the architect involved, expertise of the technical teams responsible to c...

The Future of Your Dreams is Your Own Duty and Responsibility

Three Steps to Peace and Happiness For ever lasting peace and happiness, you must 1.        Take responsibility of your present because it is shaped by your own decisions and actions in the past 2.        Be focused on your duty towards each individual and the complete universe 3.        Understand that as your present depends on your past actions similarly your future depends on your        present actions, thereby focusing on your present actions is the only way forward towards a brighter and better future of your dreams Taking Responsibility “When we start the practice of thinking, speaking and acting in the same line, miracles start happening.” When you take responsibility of your present situation, you open up yourself towards new learning and self improvement, this not only opens up the world of opportunities for you but you also get focused on your strengths by getting t...

Knowing Your True Self

Most of Us Always Take It  For Granted; This is the concept most of us , always take for granted. If you were to ask someone this question,"Do you know yourself ?", whatever may be that person's response but only the person who is answering this question knows the truth in the answer.Moreover this question would loose its essence if it were to be asked  from others, the greatest value in answering this question lies when you are asking yourself,for example, it does not make a difference to you if you get to know the amount of money in the bank account of other people, yes what could be of interest to you is the amount that you have in your own bank account.This simile may be stretched a bit further for us to know that there are a great number of benefits when we have detailed information about our own bank account, the same logic applies in terms of the significance of knowing about what lies inside us . And please do not be surprised to know that as all of us have simila...

How to transform your distress into mental peace and long lasting fulfillment?

Distress Is A Result of Our Past Actions Whenever we are in a state of distress, most of the time it is a result of our past actions.Our past actions are like seeds sown by us and these grow into fruition with the passage of time.Some of the past actions like , putting our hand into fire, come to fruition almost instantaneously whereas other actions ,like planting a tree take a little longer but the truth is that sooner or later we have to face the consequences of our actions.Irrespective of the reason for taking our action , the natural laws or eternal truths prevail and do justice in the similar way as a student gets the exam results after the complete year of effort put into the studies. Total Surrender Unto God Help Sublimate The Long Lasting Effects Of Our Past Actions There is no escape from this truth, but there is only one remedy and that is,our realization of our mistake.If something wrong is done by us and we genuinely feel sorry for our action, commit to ourselves ,that we ...