Sanjay V Sharma

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

It Calls For Difficult Self Evaluation Every day brings a new learning and the life goes on.How do we utilize our life long learning in a single moment while deciding about the simplest as well as the most complex things in our life.This is possible if we remain focused on the ultimate motive of our being.This is easier said than done because it calls for the difficult self evaluation to assess or own needs and to see if they fit into the bigger picture that life has to offer.Most of the time the struggle is intensified because we forget that we live collectively but we die alone. So What's The Solution?           Considering that the life has a lot of fanfare and action, many a battles are fought within our minds as we struggle to find happiness but get disilusioned and confused by what is actually experienced by us.Sometimes we may be in a state of shock with what is actually happening as compared to what we had initially planned to do.The more we try to find...

Destiny Is Shaped by Our Decisions and Actions  Every now and then, life takes us through a turbulent journey. Sometimes we feel totally helpless, looking for supportive hands around us while at other times we seem to be having a lot of power and others around us seem to have much less power, leading to the role reversal.  Despite our best intentions we do not succeed at keeping our behavior consistent with our values , we tend to get swayed by the situation and fail to keep our commitments, to ourselves, because we are unclear about our destiny, whatever comes in our way we pick it up thinking itto be the right opportunity for us totally unaware of the fact that we are masters of our destiny because it is consistently shaped by the decisions and actions we take. The Struggle to Be OurReal Self So what is the guiding light for us to keep us on the right track? What are the critical parameters to decide the right path for us in any given situation? The answer is simple but i...

Two Realities We have two realities in our life ; one is what others think about us? And the other is what we actually are? We need to make constant endeavor to connect to our real self - our inner core . This is a place where there is no hidden agenda, darkness, pretention, greed, selfishness, ambiguity and illusion. There is only light, tranquility, truth, peace, relaxation, gratitude and clarity.   We are, witnessing the worst mad rat race of our times, running after material possessions and in the process we are knowingly and unknowingly losing out on 1.      Peace of Mind ; Because of the perpetual anxiety to achieve our material goals, we are in a constant state of tension, a mental state marked by the absence of lightness and relaxation, causing us to feel irritated even at the slightest provocation. Need any evidence, just watch the traffic on the road and see how people express their growing frustration in the form of road rage culminating in heated e...

The Perpetual Complaint; Every now and then we come across people, who complain about not being able to achieve their goals. And if we are able to achieve our goal then very often it is at a very big cost to us , which we realize only once a lot of water has flown under the bridge.  Sometimes we ourselves have the same complaint. But the people, including us, who have this perpetual complaint, must understand the complete truth behind the mechanism of goal setting and goal achievement. Two Interrelated Concepts Regarding Goals ; while setting our goals we need to understand that a goal is something worthwhile we want to achieve and to achieve a goal we must engage in action that would make us achieve it.  We can see clearly that there are two interrelated concepts , the first concept relates to taking   a decision regarding something worthwhile, called a goal, which we want to achieve and the second concept relates to the action we take for achieving that goal...

A New Paradigm There is a saying that,"Bad habits are easy to form but difficult to break.” Whether this is true or not, depends upon what do we like to choose . We need to rewrite this old adage with a new paradigm , to be read as,"Bad habits are difficult to form but easy to break".   Factors Leading to this Paradigm Shift 1.      Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come; Let's look at the factors which make this paradigm shift possible, but before doing this, it is only natural to make a note of the turn of events in the last century. We crawled from agriculture age to information age. It does not mean that technology & information exchange could have not thrived in the times of agriculture age, the same technology that works today could have generated the same results at that time as well, but can anybody tell why all this hi-tech revolution did not happen at the time when agriculture was supposed to be the main activity for any countr...