So, today our article or you can say essay is on How to achieve happiness and enjoy peace of mind. Now without wasting time let's get into the topic.
In United States, so many people are thinking in terms of economics and of civilization of which the essence is industrialisation, out of industrialism are the issues of a materialistic outlook on life. In East and West people are un-happy. Young men say that communism is in their hearts not the teachings of 'RISHIS', seers and prophets of humanity. The great cities of India talk about Marks and Lenin, forgetting the rich inheritance of Gita and Upnishads. Girls have started saying. "We don't believe in God'.
But the 'Rishi' reminded the words and deeds of Krishna. Jesus or Buddha, of Nanak or Kabir". He further added, 'Go to Meditation in silence and solitude, develop 'VIVEKA and discrimination, all things are fleeting except ATMAN". He told about two things KAMINI and KANCHAN, Kamini is lust whereas Kanchan is wealth of the world, both these perish. One must perform one's duty honestly and efficiently wherever he is posted to work.
A servant was invited from a village, day after day he would sit in the kitchen and do his duty. He served honestly, he cooked food for his master, his master studied his solemn appreance and enquired the reason. He frankly disclosed that while doing his duty, his thoughts go to his family and the village. What one should do while performing his duty, he must peep into his true Homeland in the spirit. People weep for money, for children, for wife, for Honours of the earth. Why not to weep for the Divine Mother, she will not leave the child, she will come and lift you in Her lap. A great sufi rightly said, a pilgrim on the road of love is to make himself humble as dust and ashes. Thus his 'bhakti will be rich in radiance, the radiance of humanity. Vision of Bhagwad Gita is to learn to look with an equal eye upon all beings, seeing the One Self in all. If you develop such like attitude, you will meet the Beloved everywhere in every form, in every manifestation, in sun and rain, in toil and labour, in service and sacrifice, among the lowly and the losts even one visualizes radiant in life, radiant in death too, to him it was a messenger of the Mother a "friend" of God one may ask was it the Hindu Faith, or the Faith of the Muslim 'Fakir' or the Christian saint, Budhist one, no it was 'Religion of Love'.
In East and West, everywhere, there is piteous need, to-day, not of intellectuals, not of industrialists, not of technological institution, not of superficial "Civilisation" of money and the machine-the most urgent need, to-day is burning hearts - hearts that are humble radiant with love. This kind of new peace-movement can build the new brotherly civilization.
There is no denying the fact that the past events and guiding philosophis have polluted the human mind and deteriorated the man's quest for true knowledge and right way of life, hence revolution in the socio-political fabric of not only the Indians, but the whole mankind is needed to-day. This made the various thinkers and scholars of different faiths and sects make drastic changes in their concepts and beliefs.
The object of above exposition is that one should distinguish truth from falsehood, thus alone can the human race steadily advance on the path of happiness, since none but the preaching of truth is the cause of the improvement of the human family.
Blessed are the men and women whose minds are centred on the acquisition of knowledge, who possess sweet and amiable tempers; who cultivate truthfulness; who enlighten the minds of those who are in ignorance; whose chief delight consists in promoting the happiness of others by the preaching of truth, by generous distribution of knowledge without fee or reward (as given in Vedas).
The above type of education and teaching is to be imparted under those who are qualified with high degrees and imbued with piety. As in the act of vomiting all the contents of the stomach are violently expelled, so should the breath be expired forcibly, and held out as long as possible by drawing up the pelvic vircera (PRANAYAMA). this process exalts and purifies the soul and develops concentration of mind. By the increase of bodily strength and activity, the intellect becomes so subtle that it can easily grasp the most abstract and profound subjects. It also helps to preserve and perfect the reproductive element in the human body, which in its turn, produces self-control, firmness of mind, strength, energy, and acuteness of intellect.
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In the 'Golden Days' of India, saints and seers, princes and princess, kings and queens, and other people used to spend a large amount of time and money in performing and helping others to perform "HOMA" and so long as this system lasted India was free from disease and its people were happy. It can become so again, if the same system were revised. Thus one can enjoy peace of mind provided one practises BRAHMACHARYA (celibacy) as, even if he is a married person.
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