Every day is a day of trial. Don't you feel so? Each day, we get up and pray that we get this or we get that and check our mobiles for good news or if you are a hive user - whether you got great votes and whatnot.
Then we go about our daily chores and still keep wishing for some miracle to make us rich quick, thinking that money is happiness. Those who are unhealthy think that health is happiness and those who are full of desires think that fulfillment of desires is happiness.
Those who like to eat tasty foods want that and when they get to eat, they are happy.
In between all this, if something goes wrong, we start to blame others but not ourselves, of course.
Why do we not blame ourselves?
It is human nature to point the finger at others. We have been taught in childhood itself to think that others are us.
Fiery trials
We subject ourselves to thoughts, and imaginations thinking of every possible worst outcome rather than hoping for the best. It is in our nature to be doubtful and untrusting and maybe it is part of our human nature. We are, after all, the descendants of hunter-gatherers who were always wary and doubtful and expected the worst and it has been passed on to the present human race as well.
So, instead of jumping between the problems, step aside and think and act coolly.
How to improve
- list your goals
- try to stay happy for at least half an hour daily by doing something that interests you or is your passion
- be positive and hopeful
- even if you feel unwell, change your attention and concentrate on some other things to destress yourself
- try to think about others who are worse off than you and help them if you can
Here is a small story that might interest you.
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"Oka Chinna Katha" by Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba ........
There was a famous dacoit once who advised his son while initiating him into the ancestral profession, never for a moment to listen to stories of the Lord. "Do not stay to listen to any Purana or any reading of the Bhagavatha," he exhorted the young aspirant. The son scrupulously observed this injunction for years and amassed a good fortune.
One night, however, while running with his loot on his shoulder through a side lane of the city to avoid the police, a piece of glass cut his sole. He sat for a while to pull it off and stop the flow of blood. He was then behind a house, where some one was reading and explaining the Bhagavatha to a small group of listeners; he listened perforce for a short two minutes. The spark fell on the heap of cotton. During that short period, he heard the pundit explaining the nature of God. He has no ears, no eyes, no limbs: he has a thousand forms; He is without form. "Sarvathah paani-paadam," as the Gita says. That description got fixed in his heart. He could not shake it off.
A few days later the police came to know of the depredations made by him as well as his associates and kinsmen. In order to know more about their activities they entered the area incognito, one constable as Kali and some others as the worshippers and priests. They shouted and yelled, cursed and terrified the dacoits and called upon them to come out of their homes and fall at the feet of Kali.
Many did so, but the son who had heard the Bhagavatha, albeit for two minutes, knew just enough to save his skin. He was not terrified at all. He challenged the constable who was acting the role of Kali and tore off his make-up and exposed the plot and instilled courage into the hearts of the gang. Then, when the police left discomfited he argued within himself thus: "If two minutes of the forbidden fruit could help me so much, what can I not gain, if I devote myself entirely to the stories of the glories of God?" He left off the evil path and became a Sadhaka.
Be happy
Stay happy
Make others happy
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I am an atheist scientist, sayee. However, I have not just read but studied Gita from cover to cover. I consider it a book of history, philosophy and politics. I take the learning from our text by heart and try to implement them logically in my life. I consider Krishna as a political strategist and philosopher. Most likely he was a historical figure. There are learning throughout our epics and texts that are relevant during that time and they are relevant today. We just have to read it properly and absorb it.
Thank you so much for your support. Whether you are an atheist or believer, it does not matter at all. The superpower whom I believe guides the conscience 'knows' our innermost thoughts and emotions and guides us to become a better individual.
I have many relatives who profess to know the Bhagavad Gita by heart but are not better human beings, Reciting slokas by heart is not what God wants.
Keep inspiring us and help us become better human beings.
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