Thoughts

Thoughts are the raw material

for Heaven or Hell.

In Srimad Bhawat Gita, Lord Krishna says:

Control your thoughts,

They will become your actions,

Control your actions;

They will become your habit;

Control your habits;

B'coz from your habits, you will reap the destiny.


Think wise, Dream big. Achieve big. Read good books. Your mind will grow to dream big.

Leave the inessential and focus on the essential. Every achievable dream can be fulfilled.

Dream without vision is day-dreaming. Vision without action is a wish alone. What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Believe: I CAN DO and you will do. Thought power propels you to achieve what you dream, what is your goal. You are a powerful human. Who does not value time, time does not value him. Check your daily routine. See if what you do is in congruent with your goal or not. If not, mend it, manage it.  TV or mobile non-essential can be taken care of after achieving the goal. But goal cannot be achieved by wasting time on TV, mobile or non-essential time consuming activities.

SELF-MASTERY

He who has attained mastery over himself

is indeed a great conquerer

than who has vanquished a thousand enemies,

a thousand times more powerful than he,

yet remains a slave to his sensory self.

Self-Control

Swami Sivananda says that Self-Control is control exercised over one’s self. It is the power or habit of having one’s emotions, desires and appetites, senses and mind under control.

Control yourself first. Then you can control others.

Self-control clears the mind, strengthens will-power and judgment. It elevates your character. It gives you freedom, peace, bliss and joy.

He who conquers himself is greater than the commander-in-chief who conquers a country.

Control the senses and mind. You will attain self-realisation.

Conquer thyself. Till you have done this, you are only a slave of your senses.

He who rules his passions, desires, cravings and senses is the real king of kings. Crowns are nothing for him.

Every temptation that is resisted, every evil thought that is overcome, every desired or craving that is destroyed, every wrong action that is checked paves a long way to the attainment of everlasting peace and bliss.

Self-control gives you power to withstand trial, to bear suffering and to face danger.


Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do.
– Lou Holtz.


Source: Editor Speaks, Wisdom May 2011.

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