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Man and his mask

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Under the garb of civility crime occurs, in the name of friendship opportunism and by saying love, selfishness is satisfied. These phenomena take place in every common man's life. They might feel as if it did not occur to anybody in specific because it is common in every individual's life. We have contrasting events in our life because of the contrasting identities we create. At home we expect our children to be disciplined, but when out with friends we break rules. Indeed, we have many masks. This is hypocrisy as ignorance prevails. We conceal our own identity to such an extent that we forget our original identity. We lose of self identity and get identified with the false facades we once created to defend ourselves. We defend ourselves, our loved ones, dreams, aspirations, etc. As all these are our priorities, but many times contrasting, we create multiple facades. This leads to identity crisis. We lose ourselves in our own web as a crab does. We are stuck!

Selfless man!

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Selflessness, evidently defines it meaning to us. When one, thinks less about oneself, he is called selfless. But, this state is however, difficult to attain. In the spiritual spectrum, when one practices the rules and regulations as prescribed in the shastras, one automatically attains this state. No special effort is needed to inculcate this quality in a sadhaka.  Just like: When we eat ice-cream, along with taste we can even experience the coolness of the ice that makes the ice-cream, a sadhaka along with receiving other invaluable qualities and abilities, is benedicted with this quality, selflessness. In a material man, this quality is rarely found.  If one seems to bear this quality, literally, then it means that he is evolving and will soon adopt the path that leads to the true purpose of life. On walking this path, this quality, which was visible partially before, now brightens as he involves the light of awareness to shine from within. As one becomes aware, all ...

Crossroads of Life

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This is the state of awakening. These words are from the vocabulary of the newly awakened beings. A material man is unconscious of the fact that he does not live but he is a slave to life. He has not capable of living life in any manner and thus chooses to be a slave. Here slave has great significance as it depicts the depth of ignorance of man. Man feels many things but it is all bound to the factor life. He is able to feel everything that he feels because he lives life in a particular way. For example: A man feels happy when he watches a movie or when he goes round with his friend. Thought why ? Because man has locked himself in wrong definitions of happiness. The words given above is on the contrary, the words of an evolved man. This man has suddenly been struck with the realization of how horribly he has been living life. He realizes his slavery and is intelligent enough to conclude that this is not the authentic way of living life. There is something more to life. Becau...

Intelligence and Stupidity

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We all know that it is after all thoughts which give us our identity. Our physical looks do not make us who we are, but our thoughts make us one. What we  think reflects in our daily work as it propels action and motility in the world. Thus, thoughts constitute our identity.  A stupid man is such because his thoughts are not composed while the other is regarded as intelligent only due to his control over thoughts. Thus, thoughts play a major role in titling oneself as stupid or intelligent. But, there is an astonishing factor in an intelligent man which cannot be thought of. Yes! Intelligent beings lack the factor of considering oneself as intelligent. Even judging the other as thus is absent. This is because a composed mind is inwardly focused. And if it is 'focused' then there is no question of diverting from it. In other words, an intelligent one can never be externally driven. On the other hand, a stupid man is highly foolish. His thoughts are like that of a monkey...

Live a Truthful Life But...

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Truth is the building block of one's true character . Our reality lies in truth and excavating it  is spirituality. This is the journey towards our 'self ' , which is ever joyful in nature unlike the self we are at present. Today, we float with the fluctuating waves of happiness and sorrow of the world. This is an unchanging cycle that has continued since lifetimes together. This world is trying to make the permanent (soul) a captive in the clutches of impermanence (mind and world) However, this is impossible. We can understand this through pure logic. Just thinks as to how can the perishable perish the imperishable?  This is not possible as the ' perishable' perishes while the 'imperishable' exists even after the former perishes. This proves the world to be a lie. When the imperishable, (truth) battles with the world which is impermanent, certainly truth triumphs. This is a confidential matter, grasped only by a few. Propagating the permanence of...

Material and Spiritual Man

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Every person has his own set of insecurities and fear. In order to assure safety, the mind propels one to get into the world. This refers to a job for financial security which contributes to mental well being. So, man works to get money for himself and maintain his family. Thus, we are expecting the results before we are at the task. This marks a high state of ignorance, where the mind has subdued the intellect. A man in this state is no less than a machine which blindly follows the instructions of the user (or the mind). Where man is supposed to be the controller of the mind, the mind is controlling man. This is the characteristic of a material man. On the other hand, a spiritual man is driven by the will of God. He remains in a state of equilibrium due to the disconnection of the mind from his system. He remains unaffected by the so-called miseries, as perceived by worldly men. Because of his risen consciousness he is successful is identifying and eradicating the source of...