Who will guide you to travel in a perfect direction in your life’s sojourn on this earth?
You have boarded a train to reach a village. You have heard that you need to get down at a station to go to the village. Many a station of the same type come during the journey and the train halts in each one of them. Just because the train halts, you do not get down at any of them with all your luggage, do you? If you get down, you will not be able to reach your destination; you will miss your goal and suffer many hardships, not to speak of delay. The wiser course is to note even before the start of the journey, the list of intermediate stations and the alighting station by approaching some persons who have travelled on the same route before. A Guru (Spiritual Teacher) shows the path and teaches what is beneficial and leads you to the destination. He should be shown respect and gratitude.
The world is so full of deceit. When those who we believe are good turn out to be bad, how can faith grow?
Believe in yourself first. Then believe in the Omnipresent Lord. When you have faith in these two, neither the good nor the bad will affect you. When one is deluded by the mere external world and when one does not attain success in external desires, the faith in the Lord diminishes. So, give up such desires. Desire only is for the spiritual relationship. Then you will not become the target of doubts and difficulties. The important thing for this is faith in the Lord. Without Faith, you start doubting everything - big and small.
How do we keep cool when our mind is restless and unable to decide upon anything?
No effect can take place without a cause. You do certainly know the cause of your present condition. Given the scenario, when you experience a mental pain, do namasmarana (repeat the Name of God) for a while sitting in a lonely place. Or sing bhajans (Devotional Songs) loudly in a raised voice. Or if that is not possible, spread the bed and sleep for some time. Thereafter your worries will disappear and you'll find solutions.
What is the fine line that a devotee should tread? What should one eliminate in oneself?
It is not good to spend time in conversations which are fault finding and abusive in nature. These are natural and common with many people. Knowing this, those who aspire to become true devotees should search only for bases on which they should build their joy. All the available time should be used for holy purposes, it should not be wasted. You have nothing to do with the good and the bad in the others. Instead of wasting the time, it should be utilized to discard the bad and develop the good in you.
You have boarded a train to reach a village. You have heard that you need to get down at a station to go to the village. Many a station of the same type come during the journey and the train halts in each one of them. Just because the train halts, you do not get down at any of them with all your luggage, do you? If you get down, you will not be able to reach your destination; you will miss your goal and suffer many hardships, not to speak of delay. The wiser course is to note even before the start of the journey, the list of intermediate stations and the alighting station by approaching some persons who have travelled on the same route before. A Guru (Spiritual Teacher) shows the path and teaches what is beneficial and leads you to the destination. He should be shown respect and gratitude.
The world is so full of deceit. When those who we believe are good turn out to be bad, how can faith grow?
Believe in yourself first. Then believe in the Omnipresent Lord. When you have faith in these two, neither the good nor the bad will affect you. When one is deluded by the mere external world and when one does not attain success in external desires, the faith in the Lord diminishes. So, give up such desires. Desire only is for the spiritual relationship. Then you will not become the target of doubts and difficulties. The important thing for this is faith in the Lord. Without Faith, you start doubting everything - big and small.
How do we keep cool when our mind is restless and unable to decide upon anything?
No effect can take place without a cause. You do certainly know the cause of your present condition. Given the scenario, when you experience a mental pain, do namasmarana (repeat the Name of God) for a while sitting in a lonely place. Or sing bhajans (Devotional Songs) loudly in a raised voice. Or if that is not possible, spread the bed and sleep for some time. Thereafter your worries will disappear and you'll find solutions.
What is the fine line that a devotee should tread? What should one eliminate in oneself?
It is not good to spend time in conversations which are fault finding and abusive in nature. These are natural and common with many people. Knowing this, those who aspire to become true devotees should search only for bases on which they should build their joy. All the available time should be used for holy purposes, it should not be wasted. You have nothing to do with the good and the bad in the others. Instead of wasting the time, it should be utilized to discard the bad and develop the good in you.
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