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Jan 2, 2010 1:51 am (PST)
A New Year and more of prosperity and peace...an article by Gurudev
A beautiful article by Guruji
on the eve of New Year in The Speaking Tree -
Times of India - 1st January 2010
Each New Year, we wish others happiness
and prosperity. What really is the
sign of prosperity? There are several - a smile, contentment, freedom, the
willingness
to share, fearlessness and the trust and confidence that you
will get what you need in life.
Welcome the New Year
with a genuine smile. As you flip the calendar, keep
flipping your mind as well. Don't fill your future dates with past
events.
Learn and unlearn from the past, and move on.
You want to be free of greed, hatred, jealousy and all such
imperfections.
Understand that negative emotions are due to the past. Do not let the past
affect your life in the present.
If you cannot forgive the past, then your
future will be miserable. This New Year make up with someone with whom you
are
not on good terms. Start life afresh.
In the New Year, wish peace and prosperity for all. Do selfless service.
Live
your life well. Realise that your priority is to check violence in the
world, free of domestic and societal violence. Make
a resolution to do more
good, help people in need and bring solace to those suffering.
Whenever you are useful to
people, merit will never be lost. Any good
gesture or action of yours will always come back to you. Today you have the
whole
world for a family. That's what you need to feel, that everybody is
part of your own family. Take responsibility. Then
there is no suffering.
The spiritual dimension of life brings a great sense of belongingness,
responsibility, compassion
and caring for the whole world, for all life.
In its truest form spirituality helps us overcome narrow boundaries of
caste,
creed, religion and nationality and give you a broader awareness of
life everywhere.
Open your eyes and see how
much you have been given. Focus on what you have
rather than what you don't have. The more grateful you are, the more will
be
given to you. Conversely, the more you complain, the more will be taken away
from you. This is what Jesus Christ
meant when he said, "Those who have will
be given more; those who don't give, and even what they have will be taken
away
from them."
With gratitude, reach out and help those who are less endowed. You will get
much contentment when you
serve selflessly. Then you realise that your
problems aren't so big after all. The biggest reason for mental depression
is
the constant refrain of the mind that says, "What about me?" This is a
sign of lack of prosperity.
Become free like
a bird. Open your wings and learn to fly. This is something
you have to experience within yourself. If you think you are
in bondage, you
will remain bound here. Be free. When will you experience freedom? After you
die? Become free right
now. Sit down and become contented. Spend some time
in meditation and satsang. This not only calms your mind, your inner
self
becomes strong enough to deal with challenges.
When the mind relaxes, the intellect becomes sharp. When the
mind is loaded
with ambitions and feverish desires, then the intellect loses its keenness.
When intellect and observation
are not sharp, life does not express itself
fully. Ideas don't flow properly and abilities diminish day by day. With
this
understanding, you step out of your narrow confines and that will solve
many of the problems in your life.
When
you are centred, there is happiness always. With this calmness, talents
arise naturally. Intuition comes, beauty comes,
peace comes;
Love springs up. Prosperity comes.
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John
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