Showing posts with label Discipline. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Discipline. Show all posts

Monday, October 11, 2010

Discipline must be enforced by you upon your own self. When forced by others, you consider it as 'criticism' when your weakness is pointed by another one.

Discipline must be enforced by you
upon your own self, for when discipline 
is forced by another, its results are only 
suffocating and disastrous. 

When your weakness is pointed by 
another you consider it as "criticism" - 
once you have recognized your own weakness, 
only then will you truly seek the strength 
that will pull you and allow you to rise 
to the level of perfection. 

Carry the inspiration with you, always - 
motivate yourselves by visualizing your 
true independence. 

Remind your every thought that 
arises that you are now in God's control - 
let the fears, fear their own existence. 

Let only the truth lead you - 
simplify your task by implicitly obeying 
the commands of the conscience - 
stop looking to only hear it - it is time, 
that you listened from now

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Right is right even if nobody does it, wrong is wrong even if everybody does it!

Many feel that it is human to err and that God should forgive their lapses whereas, in fact, if they are truly human, they should not commit mistakes at all. Even if sometimes a mistake is committed, wittingly or unwittingly, it should not be repeated.

It is a grievous error to think that it is natural for a human being to err. Such a feeling should not be entertained at all by anyone. Every man should realize, " I am not weak, I am not an animal. I am not a demon, I am a man ". When a man has this conviction he will not commit mistakes.

Man is the very embodiment of the spirit. It is the attachment to the body, which is the cause of bad thoughts, bad desires and bad actions. It is the one who is a slave to his senses that is a prey to such impulses. To follow the directive of the senses is a mark of the animal.

To be guided by the Spirit is the real sign of the human. No one should attempt to justify his weaknesses and lapses as being natural to a human being. They should be regarded as signs of mental debility.

You should continually strive to master your senses. When you have truly acquired sense-control, you will experience the power of the Divine within you. Right is right even if nobody does it, wrong is wrong even if everybody does it.

Monday, May 19, 2008

Without discipline, there can be no welfare!

Speak to the extent needed.
Don't waste your word. If you talk loudly,
it amounts to wasting your word.

Only those for whom they are meant
should hear your words. There are some
who talk very loudly even while walking on the road.

Nobody will respect such people.
You have to uphold your self-respect
and manifest it by your speech and conduct.

Without discipline, there can be no welfare!