"I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gifts of fortune, while character comes from within."
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Excellence
Excellence is enhancing your own abilities and competing with yourself. It is about becoming passionate and enthusiastic about your work and displaying the highest of standards at all times.
Foundation of wisdom
Foundation of wisdom
The attributes of good character spring from the acceptance in thought and deed of an abiding reverence for the Almighty, which is the foundation of wisdom.
Respect for the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."
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.”