Tapan & Chandana

Divine Treasure

Vigour, Forgiveness, Fortitude, Purity, absence of hatred, absence of overweening pride-these belong to the one who is born with Divine Treasures-Bhagawat Gita 16:3

"If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in character. If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home, when there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation, when there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world." --Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 Choose Well

If you choose the wrong path, you cannot complain that you are lost. Salt and camphor look alike, but you have to exercise your intelligence to discriminate between them. Brass makes more noise than gold, but you should not be deceived by that and choose brass instead of gold.- Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned---The Buddha

 To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline & control one's mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.---Gautama Buddha

 It is diffcult to discuss the beginning of the Universe without mentioning the concept of God...It is quite possible that God acts in ways that cannot be described by scientific laws. But in that case one would just have to go by personal belief.---Stephen Hawking

 The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.--Socrates

 Success with Spiritual attainment

What is success: It is defined as the  achievement of  the objective. Different people define their objective differently. Some people set their objective of getting something in the material world, such as acquiring wealth, acquiring a high position & status in the society & so on. 

Some people define success by what they can contribute to the society.

If your objective is only to acquire something for yourself such as acquiring wealth, then it will not be regarded as great though you may become successful in achieving your objective. 

Take inspiration from the following quote of the celebrated Tamil Poet & philosopher:

“Among the wealthy, compassionate men claim the richest wealth, for material wealth is possessed by even contemptible men.

Find and follow the good path and be ruled by compassion. For if the various ways are examined, compassion will prove the means to liberation.”-----Thiruvalluvar.

How to get success:

a) Define your values & strengthen your character:In order to get enduring success & happiness in life you have to nurture the  attributes like Integrity, patience, perseverance, tolerance, empathy, caring, understanding, supportive, humility, love, compassion. These are the foundation stones for getting true & enduring success.

Nurturing these values will strengthen your character. Your soul will be purified. It will enhance the inner beauty. Your reputation will grow. Your reputation comes from your behavior & conduct. Your behavior & conduct is driven by your values, i.e, how do you interpret life, people & the world. It takes long years to earn & build reputation. 

According to Great Management Guru Stephen R Covey there are two types of ethics for getting success. One is personality & the other is character. Personality ethics  emphasizes more on quick-fix influence techniques such as  communication skills, positive attitude etc. But without strengthening your character, if you apply these techniques for getting success, you may get it, but the success will not be enduring.

b) Prepare a mission  statement:-

Prepare a mission statement based on your values. Live by those values. Make your daily decisions, judgment & conduct yourself keeping in mind those values. 

According to Management Guru Stephen R Covey a personal mission statement is one that focuses what you want to be in terms of character and what you want to do in reference to contribution of achievements. Writing a mission statement can be the most important activity an individual can take to truly lead ones life.

You must have great ideas for getting success. You have to believe in yourself. You have to have passion for what you do based on your values. Keep on doing what you love. Don’t run after success. Success will automatically follow, if your ideals are great.

Great people have great mission in life. 

c) Balance the priorities of your life:-You have to play different roles during your life time. You have to cut a balance on family, career, spirituality, love, health, wealth etc. If you don’t set your priorities you may be successful in one area of life & unsuccessful in other areas.  

Identify the top priorities in life set your objective & make commitment to achieve those objectives.

d) Follow the life of great people & inspire yourself:-

Success story of Thomas Alva Edision: Thomas Alva Edision failed about 999 times to invent the lamp before he succeed in doing it on the 1000th attempt. When people asked him how did you manage to keep going even though you were failing all the time he replied telling them, each time it didn't work i used to say i discovered a new way of how to not invent the lamp.” Failure is the Pillar of success”, what you can learn from Thomas Edison success story. 

Success story of Walt Disney: Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because, "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." After that, Disney started a number of businesses that didn't last too long and ended with bankruptcy and failure. He kept plugging along, however, and eventually found a recipe for success that worked.

Conclusion: “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”---- Winston Churchill

You have to have courage to face the hurdles coming on your way to success.

 Take inspiration from this great quotes of Hindu Philosopher & Saint Swami Vivekananda.

“In a day when you don’t come across any problem, you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path.”---Swami Vivekananda 

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; think of it; dream of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success...”---Swami Vivekananda.

Most of the Great & successful people are humble & their success is based on their strength of character & high moral values.  

Ultimate objective of human being  should be to enrich soul through spiritual practices.

"Spirituality brings purpose & meaning to life. And as we develop it we grow in wisdom & love"-Alan Shelton

posted on 16/03/2013