The future does not lie in a pundit's calculations, it is in your hands and has to be shaped today because today is the product of the past and cause of future. In relation to the past i am the effect, but with respect to future, i am the creator. Those who look ahead, plan for today, and work for it, make - their future. Those who sit idly behind words like 'destiny' and 'luck' rarely succeed. Anything that is dead - decays. So, drop it. Look ahead. Change every day and make yourself a new person.
World over, conferences are held on value-based commerce and industry to understand that value of a thing is not in it, but in the thing plus our effort. Each individual has to work hard in order to gain a higher value. Therefore, if values are healthy and thoughts gracious, the performance will naturally be beautiful. Excellence creates excellent rewards.
There are two ways of facing a problem - economic way of conserving energy while facing a challenge, and an uneconomic way of spending enormous energy on a small problem. Science of values is the science of managing one's inner wealth, enabling you to face challenges and solve problems with minimum expenditure of mental energy.
'Mental agitation' causes dissipation of enormous energy without finding solutions for problems. Conversely, higher values conserve mental vitality, leaving huge resources to solve them intelligently. There is no problem in the world that a quiet mind cannot solve. So, revolutionise your attitude to the world outside and reorient your life. Make a success out of today's failures. To work on yourself is the highest art. Knowing a thing and living up to it are two entirely different things. Acharyas, masters, professors, prophets, and saints have always advocated healthy values of life - as opposed to unhealthy values mentioned in various scriptures.
Communicating higher values is easy but cultivating them is difficult. However much we may try to impart ideals to children, they may never imbibe them unless they are enthralled with stories of people who exemplify these principles. An ideal story goes deep into the listener and inspires reflection. Take, for example, the story of ' Mahatma and the Scorpion '. Once, a Mahatma saw a drowning scorpion, and despite being bitten by it several times, he pulled it out repeatedly. When his disciples asked him why he was trying to save the ungrateful scorpion, he replied, "The nature of the scorpion is to bite. My dharm is to help all. If an insect can consistently keep up its dharm, why not I, a man, do so too?"
To efficiently manage life at home, in the world, and in professional theatre, higher values are necessary to transform your responses and judgements of situations. You will then be able to not only face challenges but also discover residual mental energy to plan for your future.
The future is yours. Make it by using the present, diligently working on yourself, not only in the outer world but also in thought patterns of your inner being.
Authored by: Swami Chinmayananda
The writer is the founder of Chinmaya Mission .
World over, conferences are held on value-based commerce and industry to understand that value of a thing is not in it, but in the thing plus our effort. Each individual has to work hard in order to gain a higher value. Therefore, if values are healthy and thoughts gracious, the performance will naturally be beautiful. Excellence creates excellent rewards.
There are two ways of facing a problem - economic way of conserving energy while facing a challenge, and an uneconomic way of spending enormous energy on a small problem. Science of values is the science of managing one's inner wealth, enabling you to face challenges and solve problems with minimum expenditure of mental energy.
'Mental agitation' causes dissipation of enormous energy without finding solutions for problems. Conversely, higher values conserve mental vitality, leaving huge resources to solve them intelligently. There is no problem in the world that a quiet mind cannot solve. So, revolutionise your attitude to the world outside and reorient your life. Make a success out of today's failures. To work on yourself is the highest art. Knowing a thing and living up to it are two entirely different things. Acharyas, masters, professors, prophets, and saints have always advocated healthy values of life - as opposed to unhealthy values mentioned in various scriptures.
Communicating higher values is easy but cultivating them is difficult. However much we may try to impart ideals to children, they may never imbibe them unless they are enthralled with stories of people who exemplify these principles. An ideal story goes deep into the listener and inspires reflection. Take, for example, the story of ' Mahatma and the Scorpion '. Once, a Mahatma saw a drowning scorpion, and despite being bitten by it several times, he pulled it out repeatedly. When his disciples asked him why he was trying to save the ungrateful scorpion, he replied, "The nature of the scorpion is to bite. My dharm is to help all. If an insect can consistently keep up its dharm, why not I, a man, do so too?"
To efficiently manage life at home, in the world, and in professional theatre, higher values are necessary to transform your responses and judgements of situations. You will then be able to not only face challenges but also discover residual mental energy to plan for your future.
The future is yours. Make it by using the present, diligently working on yourself, not only in the outer world but also in thought patterns of your inner being.
Authored by: Swami Chinmayananda
The writer is the founder of Chinmaya Mission .
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