DO NOT ASPIRE FOR WORLDLY THINGS

Do not aspire for worldly glory, worldly recognition.  This is the surest way to mental and physical restlessness.  Why do you crave for recognition by others? The “others” are mostly ignorant people.  The most successful men of the world are often men of little real wisdom.  Why do you place so much value on their recognition? Instead, aspire for God’s blessings, the blessings of wise men of saintly souls.  That is worth earning, worth striving for.

Do not attach much importance to public opinion.  Public opinion is often wrong.  Attach importance to moral values, codes of conduct, scriptural teachings, opinion of saints and holy men.  You can never go wrong.

3 - FORGET AND FORGIVE

Do not develop ill-feeling inside your heart for the man who has insulted you or injured you.  This is worse than open anger.  This is mental cancer.  Do not nourish grievances.  Forget and Forgive.  This is not just an idealistic maxim.  This is the only way to retain your peace.  The habit of nurturing grievances is highly injurious to one’s own self.  You will lose sleep.  You will poison your blood.  You will develop blood pressure and neurasthenia.  After all, the injury or insult was done to you once.  Now it is past.  It is all over.  It is spilt milk.  Why do you want to perpetuate the misery of that injury or insult by constantly remembering it? Why do you want to feed the dying embers of hatred and ill-will? Is it not high foolishness?  The span of human life is so short that you cannot afford to waste time and life in such trifles.  Get over the bad habit.  The best way to do so is to keep yourself ever busy in any work which absorbs your interest.

You can gain peace of mind if you actively follow a calling or profession, or even hobby, which holds your interest.  You will then have a sense of fulfilment, of achievement. Remember the proverb: Man does not live by bread alone.  If you can afford it, and if you value peace of mind more than money, you would even do well to take to a calling or job which you like but which is monetarily less rewarding than one which you dislike all the time but monetarily more rewarding

2 - BE HUMBLE

God sees things by the whole.  Man sees things by parts.  God sees happenings over the three periods of time.  Man sees events only in the present, isolated from the past and the future.  That is why man sees discord where God sees harmony.  Man sees lack of logic where God finds perfect logic.  Put yourself in the place of God.  Feel you are God.  Feel that the entire universe is your creation and operates by your will.  At once you will feel tremendous peace and strength surging within you.

You say others insult you without reason, injure you without cause.  Even if that is true, do not get agitated.  Face the situation calmly.  You will find that calmness can be a powerful weapon to overcome difficult situations.  Shut your eyes to insults.  Let others think what they like, say what they like.  This is a world of ignorant people.  You be wise.  Be humble before everybody.  Be humble in every situation.  This will be possible if you give up the idea of inferiority and superiority and learn to see God in everybody and everything “God wills it so.  So be it.”: Say that to yourself and keep quiet in the face of insults.  Be unruffled.  If you put up with insults, you will grow in humility and purity.  You will grow spiritually rich.

DO NOT CRITICISE ANYBODY OR ANYTHING

It is common knowledge that good health and economic security are a “must” for peace of mind.  But having both, many are still in a state of perpetual mental restlessness.  Do you belong to this category?  If you say “Yes,” then read on.  The chances are that your trouble is mostly of your own making and therefore avoidable.  Let us see how.

DO NOT CRITICISE ANYBODY OR ANYTHING

Do you interfere too often in the affairs of others? May be they are wrong.  But why should you be disturbed on that account?  Do not criticise anybody or anything.  God has not delegated to you the authority to sit in judgment over others.  All men act the way they do because they are prompted that way by the God within them.  It is a good rule to mind your own business to keep your peace.

Mind your own business.  An excellent dictum to follow for the man who prizes peace of mind above everything else.  Nothing in this world requires your attention.  There is a God to look after everything in fact.  He looks after you as well.  Do not forget this fact.

Let me repeat: Mind your own business.  Do not criticise anybody or anything.  Criticism is tantamount to blasphemy.  Why? Because whatever happens happens by the Will of God.  Nothing can happen without the concurrence of God.  The fact that something has happened – no matter whether it is good or bad from your point of view – is in itself proof positive that it has God’s approval. And if you criticise the happening, you are questioning the Will of God, the Wisdom of God, and the justice of God.  Do not do that.  You will keep your peace.

Difference between GOD and MAN

GOD = Gives + Forgives
MAN = Gets + Forgets

Kundalini Yoga - Chakras

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Hindu Quotes: The Teacher Says

Having taught the Vedas, the teacher says:

1. Speak the truth.
2. Do your duty.
3. Neglect not the scriptures.
4. Give your best to your teacher.
5. Do not cut off the line of progeny.
6. Swerve not from the truth. Swerve not from the good.
7. Protect your spiritual progress always.
8. Give your best in learning and teaching.
9. Never fail in respect to the sages.
10. See the divine in your mother, father, teacher, and guest.
11. Never do what is wrong.
12. Honor those who are worthy of honor.
13. Give with faith. give with love. give with joy.
14. If you are in doubt about the right conduct, follow the example of the sages, who know what is best for spiritual growth.

This is the instruction of the Vedas; this is the secret; this is the message."

- Taittiriya Upanishad