As a thinker said, 'We cannot always choose the music life plays for us but we can choose how to dance to it.' You are not a helpless puppet in the hands of an unknown puppeteer. You may not have the power to change your present. But you can change your future. Your present circumstances are the result of choices you have made in the past. To bring about a happier future, you only have to make different choices.
You hold the power to shape your own destiny. With the newfound confidence that comes with knowledge, you can craft a magnificent future. No one can predict your future. Only you can design it - through your thoughts. A single thought can transform your life's course. At times, society, nations, even the world can shift with just that one thought.
The Law of Karm never fails. No one escapes its reach. It works like gravity - unerring and universal. Action is the pivot around which life revolves. Every intentional action yields its corresponding result. Driven by greed, hatred, and delusion, you sow seeds of pain. Motivated by generosity, love, and wisdom, you harvest abundance and happiness.
Action springs from desire. Desire arises from vasana - a deep-rooted inclination or leaning towards something. As your vasana, so are your desire, action, and environment. When you act driven by desire, you create more such vasanas. But when you act out of duty, whether you like it or not, you break free from the stranglehold of desire.
An apple seed will yield apples. No amount of pleading, manipulation or scheming will produce mangoes. The only way to get mangoes is to plant mango seeds. Plant seeds of happiness and success and your life will transform.
Though destiny or prarabdh may steer you one way, you can use your free will - purusharth - to take you on a totally different trajectory. No matter how dark your past may be, steadfast, consistent, positive effort can reshape your life, allowing you to carve out a brilliant future.
The law is clear: As you think, so you become. Your thoughts sketch the blueprint of your character and circumstance. A joyful mind births a joyful world; a bitter mind breeds anger. A petty mind clings to trifles; an evolved mind beholds the universe's splendour. When your surroundings are not conducive, you cannot go out into the world and battle them. Elevate your thoughts and watch the world around you rise in harmony.
You cannot achieve greatness with a small mind. You have to first think big, beyond yourself. Excellence doesn't demand more degrees, sharper skills, or wider networks. It needs elevated thoughts. This is easier said than done. The grip of selfish desire and attachment holds you back. You need wise guidance to spark this change.
Understand the futility of worldly pursuits. Seek the permanent. With the knowledge of the higher, enjoy the passing, ephemeral joys. Surround yourself with good people, loving and uplifting ideas.
As your mind expands to accommodate the higher, you naturally get detached from the lower. Ultimately, you take that giant leap into the realm of the Infinite.
Authored by: Jaya Row
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