GET OUT OF YOUR WAY
TO SUCCESS
CONQUER THE ENEMIES WITHIN
Who are our real foes, destroying our happiness and joy all the time and standing as stumbling blocks to our success?
We must recognize them and destroy them? We must ensure that our happiness and joy do not desert us because of these enemies and that we succeed in achieving our essential goals of life.
Most of us think most of the time that our enemies are out in the world around us. 'No', say the ancient Indian sages, who had made detailed, incisive research into human happiness.
They affirm that our real enemies are not outside of us,not in the outside world, but are within us.
They affirm that our real enemies are not outside of us,not in the outside world, but are within us.
They are called "Anger, Fear, Greed, Pride, Jealousy, Lust and desire".
When any of them possesses you, your identity is LOST! They become YOU. You become anger, not merely angry, you become jealousy, not merely jealous, you become FEAR, not merely fearful.When LUST possesses any one, they don't know where they are, who they are with, LUST is all that matters. They are LUST PERSONIFIED.
Haven't you seen proud people? PRIDE IS WRITTEN all over them; in every cell of them. They are no more They - they are PRIDE (OR, PROUD).
These qualities are all around us - waiting for a chance to possess us, and dispossess us of our joy and success, and then, get out of us laughing all the way at us.
If you carefully analyze how they destroy us - you will notice this certainly.
What we are angry with, what we are afraid of, what we are jealous of, what we desire or lust for and what we are greedy of or proud of - takes control of us and becomes our master.This external object sits in our mind and occupies the whole of it.
When any of them possesses you, your identity is LOST! They become YOU. You become anger, not merely angry, you become jealousy, not merely jealous, you become FEAR, not merely fearful.When LUST possesses any one, they don't know where they are, who they are with, LUST is all that matters. They are LUST PERSONIFIED.
Haven't you seen proud people? PRIDE IS WRITTEN all over them; in every cell of them. They are no more They - they are PRIDE (OR, PROUD).
These qualities are all around us - waiting for a chance to possess us, and dispossess us of our joy and success, and then, get out of us laughing all the way at us.
If you carefully analyze how they destroy us - you will notice this certainly.
What we are angry with, what we are afraid of, what we are jealous of, what we desire or lust for and what we are greedy of or proud of - takes control of us and becomes our master.This external object sits in our mind and occupies the whole of it.
The persons or objects who or which evoke these emotions in us are still outside of us physically.But, they get inside of us and start controlling us.
They start controlling our minds, our emotions and our bodily actions every moment. They reside within us as our master. We become their slave.
All reasoning power leaves us once they enter. All of our happiness leaves us.The only thing that we will be intensely aware of, is the negative emotion inside us and the outside object or person which has aroused the emotion in us.
They start controlling our minds, our emotions and our bodily actions every moment. They reside within us as our master. We become their slave.
All reasoning power leaves us once they enter. All of our happiness leaves us.The only thing that we will be intensely aware of, is the negative emotion inside us and the outside object or person which has aroused the emotion in us.
Just think of it. Many great wars all around the world were fought for satisfying the pettiest lust.
We may not remember our friends often. But, our enemy is always on our mind.
If we are greedy, the object of our greed dominates our waking time and our sleep.
When we are angry, we turn temporarily insane. We might kill any one, including our most loved person, blinded by fleeting anger.
We may not remember our friends often. But, our enemy is always on our mind.
If we are greedy, the object of our greed dominates our waking time and our sleep.
When we are angry, we turn temporarily insane. We might kill any one, including our most loved person, blinded by fleeting anger.
All these negative qualities have the power to conquer you instantly and make you their slave. Once you allow them inside, they grow inside you on their own and make you their helpless victim.
Some one likens himself to a lion; some one else feels proud to call himself a tiger. Yet,some one else calls himself a cheetah; But, no one likens himself to a cow or a deer - which are very obviously and visibly much happier than these wild animals all through their life.Have you ever seen a lion in a calm and happy moment? Very,very rare. Haven't you see the cows and deers in calm and happy posture. Yes. Most of the time.
Anger dominates the life of some wild animals -and wild human beings.
It is not any outside enemy but their inside enemy, i.e., their anger, that dominates their lives. Uncontrollable anger becomes the primordial characteristic.They are constantly in search of an external enemy to fight with.
If none is available, they will create one. But, fighting they will. This has been happening in human history always. Rare indeed, that a real, wicked villain happens to be the enemy.
Even in cases where a wicked enemy exists, after the wicked villain is destroyed, the person continues to be angry, calls himself a lion, tiger or cheetah and does not become a kinder, happier person. He continues to search for another enemy.
Their own internal Anger,pride and enmity are their real enemies sitting within them and directing their attention all around for some pseudo targets.
True, they may destroy some persons initially, but their own end will also occur in the same way. Most Dictators perish that way.
It is not any outside enemy but their inside enemy, i.e., their anger, that dominates their lives. Uncontrollable anger becomes the primordial characteristic.They are constantly in search of an external enemy to fight with.
If none is available, they will create one. But, fighting they will. This has been happening in human history always. Rare indeed, that a real, wicked villain happens to be the enemy.
Even in cases where a wicked enemy exists, after the wicked villain is destroyed, the person continues to be angry, calls himself a lion, tiger or cheetah and does not become a kinder, happier person. He continues to search for another enemy.
Their own internal Anger,pride and enmity are their real enemies sitting within them and directing their attention all around for some pseudo targets.
True, they may destroy some persons initially, but their own end will also occur in the same way. Most Dictators perish that way.
It is the same with fear. The object of fear may or may not be there at all. But our eyes see it, even where it is not. A harmless rope is mistaken for a poisonous cobra. Our internal fear of an outside object invests a huge strength into the object of fear. And then, it sits inside us permanently. It destroys our days and nights and our total happiness.
It is no different with other negative emotions like greed, pride, jealousy and so on. These internal emotions become our master and destroy our happiness forever.
How then can we vanquish these internal enemies?
The first step is - we must recognize them as our real enemies. By any stretch of imagination, we should not think that they are our strength.This is the mistake people commit all around the world.Anger is not your strength. Pride is not your strength. Jealousy is not your strength. fear is not your strength. Get out of you fallacy that they can be your strength.
What is their antidote? Most of the time,the antidote is Love and courage.
What you fear,
What you hate,
What you are angry of,
Controls you from anywhere and all the time.
But,
whatever you love,
whoever you love,
whoever you love,
Comes under your control, slowly but surely.
Not merely anger, fear or hate; but, Greed, lust and desire are also emotions, which destroy all the happiness we can possibly derive from any object or person.
The antidote for them is, reduction in our attachment to the object or person of our love. It does not mean you will love them any less. No. Let your love be total, but UNCONDITIONAL. You don't want to possess them fully, make them your property, and be jealous of all those who also try to befriend them or like them.
Practice non-attachment to them. And, how to do that. Suppose, we are greedy of money. We must start giving, donating and distributing the money we earn, at least a reasonable portion of it. You still have the money. But, you are unattached to it.
You begin feeling an immense joy in the process of giving, donating and distributing and your non-attachment towards money grows. You begin recognizing that greed for money destroys happiness whereas sharing it with others creates a lot of joy.
The antidote for them is, reduction in our attachment to the object or person of our love. It does not mean you will love them any less. No. Let your love be total, but UNCONDITIONAL. You don't want to possess them fully, make them your property, and be jealous of all those who also try to befriend them or like them.
Practice non-attachment to them. And, how to do that. Suppose, we are greedy of money. We must start giving, donating and distributing the money we earn, at least a reasonable portion of it. You still have the money. But, you are unattached to it.
You begin feeling an immense joy in the process of giving, donating and distributing and your non-attachment towards money grows. You begin recognizing that greed for money destroys happiness whereas sharing it with others creates a lot of joy.
Pride and jealousy are two other emotions is us, which destroy all friendships and create all types of bitterness.What makes us proud or jealous? Some sort of 'LABELS' that we acquire in the process of growing.These may be any thing like - our power, position, education, money, strength, fame, skills, or just the fact of our birth in a particular country, or state or town, or in a particular religious, linguistic or racial group.
Any such label is enough to make us proud or jealous. Being proud or jealous requires that we treat some one else as an outsider, some one as not our equal, some one not to be respected as much as we respect people of our own label.
Unfortunately, none of these labels can make us - not grow old, not die, not fall sick, not feel hungry or thirsty or not lose our happiness -specially because of these labels.
Labels don't make us happy! Labels can only make us proud and jealous. Sooner or later, our pride and our jealousy will prove to be our real enemies by destroying our happiness from within, ostensibly by bringing some pseudo, outside foe before us in some form.
Any such label is enough to make us proud or jealous. Being proud or jealous requires that we treat some one else as an outsider, some one as not our equal, some one not to be respected as much as we respect people of our own label.
Unfortunately, none of these labels can make us - not grow old, not die, not fall sick, not feel hungry or thirsty or not lose our happiness -specially because of these labels.
Labels don't make us happy! Labels can only make us proud and jealous. Sooner or later, our pride and our jealousy will prove to be our real enemies by destroying our happiness from within, ostensibly by bringing some pseudo, outside foe before us in some form.
These two enemies have another name, or another label :EGO! Ego can be taken to mean, Edging God Out!
What is God? We haven't seen him. I haven't. You haven't.
But, the real GOD on earth is in the form of UNCONDITIONAL LOVE within us. God is Love and Love is God. You must awaken that GOD within you.
Love for whom? Love for people. Whom so ever we love unconditionally, we will never treat them through the spectacles of pride, jealousy, anger etc.
But, the real GOD on earth is in the form of UNCONDITIONAL LOVE within us. God is Love and Love is God. You must awaken that GOD within you.
Love for whom? Love for people. Whom so ever we love unconditionally, we will never treat them through the spectacles of pride, jealousy, anger etc.
Where love is, even a pimple looks like a dimple, as the saying goes. We don't see any scars or ugliness in the object or person of our love.
The crow loves its kin, the Lioness loves its, the peacock loves its. It is love at work in all of them. And unconditional love.
The colour of skin doesn't matter, the size doesn't matter, the strength doesn't matter,the scars do not matter, nothing else matters when the heart is full of love.
The crow loves its kin, the Lioness loves its, the peacock loves its. It is love at work in all of them. And unconditional love.
The colour of skin doesn't matter, the size doesn't matter, the strength doesn't matter,the scars do not matter, nothing else matters when the heart is full of love.
Love does not subsist long, without courage. Both go together. The mother crow fights all the way, to save its children. So does the lioness. So does every mother on earth. Love and courage go together.
Whoever loves with courage, loves forever.
Whoever loves the world at large, becomes Buddha, the enlightened.
Whoever loves with courage, loves forever.
Whoever loves the world at large, becomes Buddha, the enlightened.
Buddha, is not the label of one individual great man. Nor is it particular for a religion. So is Christ. So is Krishna. They are not lables of a particular religion. Whoever conquers the inner enemies and fills himself with universal love becomes Buddha, christ and Krishna.
This view is shared by many enlightened masters.I subscribe to this view of these great masters.
This view is shared by many enlightened masters.I subscribe to this view of these great masters.
A Buddha, Christ and Krishna is waiting to manifest himself in each of us. The day, we cultivate love and courage in sufficient measure, he will feel free to manifest himself. where love and courage is, there joy of the ultimate kind will rule forever.
There..there are no internal enemies.
Which means, get out of your way - and cultivate the God within.
There..there are no internal enemies.
Which means, get out of your way - and cultivate the God within.
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