Win Yourself

The World is a Reflection of Our Minds

The state and activities of the mind affect the body and those of the latter influence the mind in return. This cycle continues throughout the life. For example, if there is an ailment or pain somewhere in the body, mind also will be disturbed and worried. If mind is depressed, the body will also become inactive and so on. According to Vedanta, your mind is the architect of what you are and what the nature of your world is.

Mind is the linkage between successive lives. One's inner desires, convictions, thoughts are constantly inscribed in the inner core of the mind; these influence the intrinsic tendencies of mind and hence the future course of life…. Even the kind of life form, the type of body, and the circumstances one is born in, are shaped by he intrinsic nature of one's mind. Thus the world around us is nothing but a shadow of a reflection of our mind.

The world is neither good nor bad in itself. Little deeper thinking will make it clear to you that you experience the world as per the nature of your own inner self. Good or bad, beauty or ugliness, superiority or inferiority, etc are all creations of your own mind. It is in your hands whether to ruin your life in the poison of evils of jealous, hatred, selfishness or sooth it by the nectar of virtuous tendencies.

Win Yourself

A life driven by cravings or aimed at sensual joys alone is useless; it is a blot on the glory of human life, a burden on the earth. Despite being endowed with superior powers, immense potentials, such a person lives a life not different from beasts. He has chosen disgraceful decline… It is pathetic to see a fellow human remaining dormant and letting his life be ruined without any effort, and suffering the consequent miseries. He also makes others related to him face adversities, insult and pains in different forms.

Sensual passions and luxuries without hard work are worse than "death" whereas self-restrain, awareness and disciplined alacrity are real signs of life. A true winner is the one who transforms the "wrought iron" of ambitions and cravings into the "gold" of enlightened potentials. Such a fellow finds joy in every element of Nature.

The dignity of human life lies in uprooting the beastly tendencies, winning over the passions and rising for higher goals. You should be the master and not a slave of your body and mind. A wise man rules over his sense organs and makes constructive use of them as per the directions of wisdom. It is only such farsighted people who awaken the divine potentials indwelling in the human body and mind. The secret of unalloyed bliss, luminous success lies in chiseled refinement and evolution of the inherited physical and mental abilities.