I have been watching sister Shivani's program for quite sometimes now. Not that I want to become a monk soon, but her teachings are very convincing and helps us analyze ourselves better. Many things I agree(around 95%), many things I don't (about 5%), but nevertheless I thought it makes us a better human being if we practice what we hear. But sadly most of us don't including me.
I will give an example here. My father calls me almost everyday, sometimes during office hours, and mostly after work hours. Many times I am not in a position to take the call and then he keeps calling repeatedly till I pick up the phone and then asks why I was not taking the call. Although I understand that he is very anxious, but often I loose my cool. Recently, I got so irritated that I told him to stop calling me. That is not what I meant, but I don't know why I got so irritated. Having practicing and believing myself to be a follower of sister Shivani, this sounds really uncanny. After the episode I tell myself several times just cool down and never get irritated. Since thoughts are very powerful and can be channelized to reach the impossible, it is extremely desirable that we control our thought and conquer over our anger.
After I shifted to my official quarter, I have developed a great interest in decorating it and making it beautiful - which I never did in my entire life. In the middle of the apartment, there is a large room with one side open with glass and the other side with a structure that has abundant amounts of holes. I was advised to buy a unsightly plastic sheet and cover it, other wise there will be bird menace as well as rain menace. I have been thinking about it and suddenly a thought came to convert that space into a vertical garden. Then I often imagined to have hanging baskets there covered with plants. Then I was not aware where to get them and how to get the desirable plants. One day while on a haat, I accidentally discovered large nurseries filled with plants. Then little bit of more probing, saw these hanging baskets. Now my unsightly wall is a beautiful garden. So, the point I am trying to make here is to generate good thought, which we are perfectly capable of converting into reality. So, why waste our thoughts in negativity where as so many great things can be achieved by just mobilizing our thoughts in the right direction and doing something great for the humanity...
I will give an example here. My father calls me almost everyday, sometimes during office hours, and mostly after work hours. Many times I am not in a position to take the call and then he keeps calling repeatedly till I pick up the phone and then asks why I was not taking the call. Although I understand that he is very anxious, but often I loose my cool. Recently, I got so irritated that I told him to stop calling me. That is not what I meant, but I don't know why I got so irritated. Having practicing and believing myself to be a follower of sister Shivani, this sounds really uncanny. After the episode I tell myself several times just cool down and never get irritated. Since thoughts are very powerful and can be channelized to reach the impossible, it is extremely desirable that we control our thought and conquer over our anger.
After I shifted to my official quarter, I have developed a great interest in decorating it and making it beautiful - which I never did in my entire life. In the middle of the apartment, there is a large room with one side open with glass and the other side with a structure that has abundant amounts of holes. I was advised to buy a unsightly plastic sheet and cover it, other wise there will be bird menace as well as rain menace. I have been thinking about it and suddenly a thought came to convert that space into a vertical garden. Then I often imagined to have hanging baskets there covered with plants. Then I was not aware where to get them and how to get the desirable plants. One day while on a haat, I accidentally discovered large nurseries filled with plants. Then little bit of more probing, saw these hanging baskets. Now my unsightly wall is a beautiful garden. So, the point I am trying to make here is to generate good thought, which we are perfectly capable of converting into reality. So, why waste our thoughts in negativity where as so many great things can be achieved by just mobilizing our thoughts in the right direction and doing something great for the humanity...
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