Self Mastery & Controlling your Passions

 Self Mastery & Controlling your Passions

All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and action,” wrote M K Gandhi. “When you have attained self-mastery and learnt to control your passions, you will not utter words of despair. You cannot give your hearts and profess poverty of action. To give one's heart is to give all. You must, to start with, have hearts to give. And this you can do if you will cultivate them."

Belief in divine goodness

Belief in divine goodness

Firm faith and belief in divine goodness does bring exceeding peace, which results in making one fearless and bold. A person of character is honest, because he is not afraid, and can afford even to incur the ill will and enmity of others, in the interest of justice, fair play and honesty. A man of character will never harbour thoughts of violence and his action at all times will be prompted by ideas of peace and non-violence.

Religion of God loVers

Religion of  God loVers

Religion is misunderstood to mean only dogmas, doctrines, books and rituals. And in this sense, there is more of religion today, than ever before. We have built walls of separation around ourselves. We have turned our back on the larger picture and we tend to get embroiled in narrow situations, engaging in violence and brutality.  In the name of religion, we are fighting with our fellowmen rather than bonding together in positive ways.

Human-created differences such as caste, creed and religion can be removed by only one means, by love for God. Those who love God do not belong to any particular caste, creed or religion.

Rise above our baser instincts.

Give up lust and rise above our baser instincts.

NeVer quarrel over religion

 Never quarrel about religion. All quarrels and disputations concerning religion simply show that spirituality is not present. Religious quarrels are always over the husks. When purity, when spirituality goes, leaving the soul dry, quarrels begin.” Talking about spirituality, it is said“Each soul is potentially divine. The goal of life is to manifest the divinity within. Do this either through work or worship, psychic control or philosophy, by one or more or all these, and be free. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, dogmas, rituals, books, temples and forms are but secondary details.”

Teachings of religion

 Every religion teaches us :-

To rise above baser nature through practice of sense control and sacrifice;

To be humane by increasing the compassion and brotherhood quotients 

And strive to become divine by manifesting love and experiencing oneness with the whole universe.

Eternal facTor:Love

Unable to communicate with our fellow-beings, we are trapped in the vicious circle of desire, struggle, jealousy, greed and misery. We have created walls of fear and hatred because of the psyche of separation, on the basis of certain physical or social factors like language and skin colour. By allegiance to a particular religion or “ism”, we have digressed from the very purpose of religion, which is to strengthen universal bonding and establish harmony. Faith in all these temporary things have robbed us of that eternal factor, love.

HELPING OTHERS: THE PURPOSE OF LIFE

 HELPING OTHERS: THE PURPOSE OF LIFE

Happiness begins from the moment you do something for others. Those who consistently help others, are happy, and do not come across any obstacles in their lives. 

The purpose of life is to serve others. However, when doing so, you should not expect something in return; your intention should be to lessen other people’s misery.

 “Service to others should be sincere and done from the heart; only then it is fruitful.” 

Do any trees eat their own fruit? No.

This teaches us that human beings should not only use their mind, body and speech for themselves, but also to serve others. When you do this, nature in turn will reward you.

Your constant inner intent should be towards helping others. If you are unable to do so for any reason, you can also make sure that you do not hurt anyone. This is an indirect way to help those around you.