When one comes face to face with
personal shortcomings during self-introspection, one must not feel dejected.
One must strengthen these feelings ……
·
Like a brave soldier I am fighting this battle
that would continue throughout lifetime.
·
All the bad samskaras my family members and I
have acquired over countless previous births keep presenting obstacles in my
path. Sometimes I err, sometimes they. Obstacles keep coming, but I would not
let them discourage me.
·
I would fight all the difficulties I am faced
with. When I trip and fall, I would not give up. I would get up again, shake
off the dust and continue the fight.
·
I am walking the path of truth. I am a blissful
soul and it is my duty to fight my and others' ill-tendencies and stop not till
the victory is won.
·
I am true to my oath, my intent my sadhana and
my ultimate goal
·
I shall continue to search for, identify and
weed out all my faults, with the same fervor I started out with
The above mantra must be
continuously contemplated upon along with assessment of success attained.
The above three great mantras;
the fundamental tenets of Grahastha yoga, the oath of firmness, and the oath to
fight the holy war against faults and shortcomings - must always resound at the
core of a sadhak's mind keep him inspiring.
The ultimate objective of life is
to make the individual soul unite with the Supreme Soul. To act for the good of
all while forsaking individual selfish desires is the real spiritual endeavor
(sadhana). There could be several different ways to pursue this sadhana in
practical lives. Grahastha yoga is one such way. Sincere adoption of above
guidelines of this yoga in practice will not only edify one's personal and
family life but also contribute towards development of a better society.
Wife of the great philosopher
Socrates was very ill-natured. His house was always crowded by his followers
and visitors and she detested it. She scorned at guests instead of welcoming
them.
One day the gathering was
especially large and Socrates was delivering his discourse. His wife felt
disturbed by the crowd and got angry. Filled with rage she went up to the
balcony and started shouting at his followers angrily shouting them to go away
from the house. Socrates signaled his followers not to listen to her and
continued with his discourse. This enraged her even more and she started
throwing dirty water on the gathering as well as hurling abuses at them.
Socrates did not lose his calm
and instead remarked jokingly "Did you all see, till now, clouds were thundering
and now it has started raining as well". The people in the gathering broke
into laughter.
One of the qualities of great men
is their ability to deal with ill-tempered people with gentle humor.
No comments:
Post a Comment