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Why do I feel cheated?

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It may seem a nightmare when you realize that the your loved ones are no more the same. It may be either your friend, spouse, children or other relatives. Your confidence in them has drastically reduced. Why now, today your loved ones seem alien to you? The answer may be vague, perhaps a mix of emotions. Any change we perceive in the world is a result of the mental makeup of oneself and the other. Your interaction with your loved ones was determined on the basis of your mental framework which may be contrasting to your present mental framework. We find ourselves in a dilemma when things don't workout the way we expect it to be. Nothing seems to work. Our confidence is battered every time we try to rebuild it. Emotions of faith in the other, trust, love, sympathy, etc are all temporary as the mental framework of our mind is clutched in the wheel of time, which spins without break. These emotions can be replaced with their opposites with changing time! Our mind carries the...

Only be selfish

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Selfishness is a term used to refer negativity. It is considering oneself as the priority. However, this is the most important tool for a sadhaka, (or one practicing sadhana). Note carefully: Selfishness has both negative and positive approaches. Negative selfishness is usually the act of satisfying oneself by causing inconvenience to the other. Here the intention is to satisfy our senses by causing harm to the other soul. This is an act of devils. At the same time, selfishness is the most important tool for progressing in spirituality. As always, spirituality is the practice of rising to the conscious planes. This includes conscious living, association, talking, etc. Selfishness in this case is the only tool that helps safeguard one's spiritual practice. Without it one cannot avoid associating with material people or the ones who engage in satisfying the senses. A spiritual man disassociate from the world, his relatives and his friends. Only if one uses selfishness to serv...