KNOW -- 2

PEACE OF MIND - 2

What to do with our responsibilities?

Do not run away with your responsibilities. In sted of giving peace of mind it, will give more worries. The very thought that you are not carrying out your responsibilities, will wipe away even the little bit of Pease in in you. Do not go on adding new responsibilities while you are not able to fulfill your previous commitments. It is almost inviting troubles. Spend more time on meditation. To the extend to which you reduce your thoughts, to that extend you will get peace of mind. Thoughtlessness is the highest state of peace of mind.

Meditation –The Miracle

Meditation makes you peaceful. It creates a state of mental well being. Even if you meditate for an hour a day, it influences the remaining twenty three hours. Increase your time of meditation step by step. This will not interfere with your day to day activities. Since meditation will give you, the ability to carry out your duties in a shorter time and more efficiently.

Perform only useful things.

Always do some things which are good. Do not waste your time in deciding things to be performed. By doing so you may waste even a year, doing nothing. Even a momentary your carelessness will make your efforts fruitless. Preserve time as gold, spend it in useful things.

Even if you are taking rest physically, engage your mind in, prayers, reading books or in meditation. All problems start only from the mind. Even bad thoughts spring form mind. Hence keep your mind clean. Your life will be like spotless crystal.

Defeat is no Defeat.

At times initially you may commit mistakes and may meat defeats. Don’t bother, you can correct your deeds and next time you may win. By sitting on a chair and repenting you are not going to achieve any thing. This will make you lose your confidence.

Some people even lose their confidence, even before they begin to do any thing good. This brings difficulties in their way, which they can overcome by their will power. These difficulties come in the way only to test you. These may even challenge your abilities, does not become their victim.

With a strong belief in God and on your self go-ahead and tide over the difficulties. Without facing difficulties, you can not achieve any thing in any field. Can you get a degree without writing examinations?

There is a pleasure in meeting challenges.

If you are hesitating to meet challenges, you can not achieve any thing in life. You can spend your time, but it is not the meaning of life. You should have aims, aspirations in your life. Without facing problems, you can not achieve any thing in life. The difficulties should not spoil your peace of mind. On the other hand they should give you enough strength to face them with velour. You must accept them as apart of your life and learn to live with them.

Do not repent on any thing. You learn from those bitter things. They may become your guides for your future. Thinking about ifs and buts of your past life is of no use. Since worries dissolve your abilities and thy do nothing

The fact is, what has happened is, due to the will of the God; nothing could have gone against them. God has decided, from tiny things to the movement of the Universe in a clear well defined way. Every thing will happen only according to His will. Hence learn to live with the will of God. Then only you will get the peace.

Selfishness does not give Peace of mind.

Are you completely selfish or occasionally think about others also? If you are selfish you will never have peace of mind. Onth other hand if you help others with out any expectation you will get the peace you want. It gives immense pleasure. If you make others happy, you will feel happy. This can be practiced by every one.

Big or small serve others. But you should not expect any thing from them.

Service must be done only for service sake. When ever there is an opportunity grab it.

There are plenty of ways to get peace of mind.

A man who wants to have peace of mind should act prudently at every moment. Our ancestors have, shown us which are right and which are wrong, in a very clear way, they are applicable at all times to come. If you want to perform any thing, you analyze them in the point of ancestors, great souls, scrpters and your own conscious. If you come to a conclusion based on the above, then it is very simple to act in a proper direction. Performing any act mechanically will land you only in troubles.

Let a plecent way be ours.

The thought that you should copy others is very powerful. It can enslave even wise men have been victims. Just because your friends have a car, you should not buy one if there is no need or use for you. Do not think of sending your sons abroad to study, since your neighbors have done so, if your economy does not permit you, do not send your son.

Keep away from all temptations do not go to anyplace that will tempt you. If you do not do so, you may have to struggle to avoid the temptations. Even if you over come temptations it may create a worries in your mind.

Limited wants-peaceful life.

Do not increase your wants and live like a beggar. Let your wants be limited then you will lead a life like a king. When you have enough clothing at home, why should you enter a textile shop if you do so you will buy unnecessary things, if you do not have enough money to do so you will feel sorry?