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Stress Management.

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When we first joined the art class it was pretty hard to make an apple! Yes, why do we forget about this. Due to our high degree of forgetfulness, we have taken up to become stressed. We forget that we were incapable of even drawing an apple, but as time passed we LEARNT to draw. Then gradually we became good sculptors. But, just ask yourself, "What do we sculpt?" If you are sincere, your answer is certainly this. "We sculpt the already existing things and people around us." So, we do not create but imitate. When we become aware of this fact at every stage of life, we release the stress of becoming something. Because, we will then know that what we think has already been created by the creator. We cannot become anything new, because it has all existed. To release stress and if you are truly concerned about yourself, you must bring the smallest of smallest things to your notice. Whenever you are overcome with this emotion of self importance, ask yourself, "...

Work to attain the Divine.

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The Joy of work is hardly experienced by anyone today. In fact it is the main source of stress in one's life. But why is it like that? Since childhood, one is brought up in a competitive world. We have always looked at work as a source of income and profits. However, this is an incorrect way of looking at things and thus  we are stressed about work. Our stress is not due to the work but our own expectations associated to that work. We expect results even before we get onto working. This sort of an approach is assured to attract negativity (stress). We must let go our expectations, the root cause of our miseries. Work is a great medium to work on one's frailties. Working sincerely is a sign of being committed to God Himself. Applying the principles of Karma Yoga is the first step towards experiencing the joy of work. Its very basis is to let go the results unto the Lord and work hard to your fullest ability. By doing so, we claim no ownership of the work and so we do...