HOW TO OVERCOME SUICIDAL TENDENCIES SOME SUGGESTIONS : ( concluded ) Here r some hints t overcome suicidal tendencies . 1 - Dont suppress your feelings & emotions . Open your heart t a person with whom you r free . 2 - Dont sit & brood over the problem sitting in a corner of the house , but keep yourself engaged in some useful work . Try t avoid solitude as far as possible . 3 - If you dont find anyone t whom you can unburden your heart , pray t God , open your heart t Him . 4 - Be positive - sufferings r boons in disguise . It is one of the ways t workout the effect of past actions . Learn a lesson from sufferings . Have firm conviction that God alone is real & everything else is unreal . Direct your mind towards God . Pray only for the strength t bear sufferings & not t escape from them . 5 - Listening t devotional music , reading of inspiring & strengthening literature , hearing speeches of the great personalities will keep you away from negative thoughts . 6 - Once in a while visit holy places . Holy places r like power houses of spirituality which will help you t charge the battery of your mind . 7 - Always seek the company of holy people & their advice if you r in a depressed state of mind . 8 - Be practical , careful & watchful while dealing with others . Dont b foolish & get cheated by selfish people . Many times thoughtless actions cause all kinds of sufferings . 9 - God is the creator of the entire universe . We all belong t Him . Have firm faith in & devotion for him . He is ever-ready t protect us , since He has created us . He hears even the footfall of an ant . He does not desert them who call upon Him sincerely . So , call upon Him not only sincerely , but steadfastly as well , in happiness & in misery . 10 - Always think that you r not the body , but you r in the body . It is the nature of the body t suffer , decay & die , but the soul within is free from all these changes , eternally blissful . Fix your mind on the self within the body . By constant practice try t overcome body-consciousness & abide in the Atman , the abode of infinite happiness . ( Excerpts from the book Youth ! Arise Awake & know your Strength published by Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence , RAMAKRISHNA MATH , Hyderabad ) Good Morning friends & may U always b blessed .. JAI JAGANNATH
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 07:29:24 +0000
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