On positive Attitude When we associate with people who are positive and when we choose to engage in a positive perspective with positive activities, then we recondition ourselves in that way. The special virtue of human life is that we always have a freedom of choice. You may not be able to control the environment but you do have full control over how you are going to respond and react to the environment. If you are on a boat, you may not have control over which way the wind blows, but you do have control over how you want to control the sails of your boat. How you are going to respond? You have a choice. When very unpleasant things or unfair things come upon you, you can either choose to be a victim or you can choose to learn a lesson. You can choose to complain and bring everybody else down…. Misery likes company. Or, you could choose to see what the positive opportunity is in this apparently miserable condition. The devotees of the Lord, the Bhakti-yogis, choose the positive alternative. Bhagavad-gita teaches us how to have a positive blissful attitude in every situation that could come upon us, even at the time of death. Krishna told Arjuna that he does not need to be depressed – do not just artificially close your eyes and escape the problems of life. Do not run away and negate them. See the positive opportunity that you have in this situation and work accordingly. That is the teaching of Bhagavad-gita. Do your work for the welfare of others in a spirit of compassion, while conscious of your relationship as a servant of God. Develop a very positive attitude, not on the basis of just the physical and emotional, but rather the physical, emotional and spiritual. The depth of our positive attitude is very much determined by how much we have knowledge of our spiritual self. Therefore, we must understand what is really valuable in life and cultivate that faith, through proper activity and association by which we can live by that ideal. A great person is a person who lives with the integrity to be truthful to God without hypocrisy. Proper association and hearing positive, enlightening, spiritual subject matter cleanses the heart and awakens a positive outlook that comes from the very depth of the soul. — Radhanath Swami
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:45:04 +0000
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