Our Character
Our character is the sum of all preceding events just like how tiny drops of water make the sea so do all the tiny events in a person’s life makes his/her character. Remember that it takes consistency. Anybody can become a overnight hero at one time, but consistency is what builds character. The most common mundane tasks done by human beings sometimes describe the character of a man/woman.
“Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the really great man whose character is great always, the same wherever he be.” – Swami Vivekananda
Imaging yourself to be a magnet, you are attracting the whole universe towards you – the good, bad, misery, happiness. It is for YOU to absorb these and send out the stream called “character”. It is within you, the power to send out the character. Character is what defines you, what makes your personality and everybody else will remember YOU for your character alone.Karma establishes Character and this in turn gives you the will power. All the achievements by human beings so far has been the will power of different men and women. Put simply they are the display of thought processes.
The eternal law is: ‘No one can get anything unless he earns it’. If you don’t believe that, on the long run you will!
You may think that people without character sometimes get lucky, earn lot of money and live happily – you are wrong! Only that man knows perhaps if not now, but later that he didn’t deserve to become rich and life will become trouble and misery will pile upon on misery. Remember what you sow now, you will reap the same later.
Think of the future, always
Our past actions has made us what we are now!
Our current actions will make us what we will be in the future!
So do not waste your ‘energies’, focus on learning, focus on meditating, focus on how you will serve humanity. If you cannot work on them at this time due to current commitments – give it a thought! THOUGHT is all that counts, THOUGHTS will become ACTION. Remember its all in your mind.
My thoughts
Every time I read these writings and compose the blog, it inspires me, rejuvenates me and makes my thought more focused. It is a long journey, but at least I have started it RIGHT – if not earlier, at least NOW.
To summarize the last three blogs: think positive, strive for knowledge, remember what makes a man/woman is his/her character. Think of the future!
Nice one. I like the drops of water in the sea analogy.
There are 8 disciplines of yoga which includes
1. Asanas – practice of the yoga postures or position.
2. Dharana- concentration or focus
3. Dhyana- meditation
4. Pranayama- Breathing technique
5. Niyama- Principles of self conduct: purity, self-surrender and satisfaction.
6. Samadhi- the state of higher consciousness where the individual dissolves in the meditation
7. Yama- Universal ethics like sexual restraint, non-stealing, truthfulness, non-violence.
8. Pratyahara- Control of Sense
Major branches of Yoga include: Hatha Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Raja Yoga. Raja Yoga also called as Asthanga yoga has eight limbs – the ones you mentioned. Thank you for the comment.