Do you feel that peace of mind evades you no matter what you achieve in life?
Have you ever gone through an experience where you reach one goal, and your mind has a natural tendency to hanker for another goal?
If so, you’re not alone.
Desire after desire, goal after goal, like a donkey with a carrot dangling in front of it’s head, we are always seeking some goal or another thinking that it’ll give us peace.
… But in reality, we come to learn from experience that peace of mind does not come from achievement of these goals.
Peace of mind is a state of being…
… and it starts right now even if you have nothing.
With peace of mind as your foundation, you can build & achieve anything in life.
When you’ve learned the art of maintaining peace with yourself, you’ll find that you’ll go unruffled through insurmountable challenges.
With that said, here are 3 keys to attaining peace of mind…
1. Be Free
You are the eternal soul that is beyond birth & death. You have no wants nor no lack. You are beyond all these things, and therefore, you are never bounded. So you don’t need anything external to fulfil you. You have a fountain within yourself that will quench your thirst even in the darkest of times.
So let all your desires go. Don’t hanker after them. Selectively choose your desires that you want to pursue which are appropriate for your station in life, but don’t hanker after it like an animal. Be a human, be a hero. Go after your desires/goals strategically knowing that even if you achieve it, it is just a part of the process.
2. Accept Responsibility
The mark of a hero, and the mark of a coward is in the level of responsibility he/she accepts in himself. The hero takes complete responsibility on his shoulder, and carries forward with zeal and enthusiasm. You find that heroism in Mahatma Gandhi, Bharatiyar, George Washington & many others.
… and that’s why they’ve made history. When there is uncertainty whether in your work, in your life or in the society, whoever takes the full responsibility & tries to create a result out of that uncertainty emerges victorious.
Be determined not to curse anything on the outside. Always take responsibility because no power in this Universe can stop you from having a thing that you truly deserve. So take the full responsibility on your shoulders.
3. Be Not Discouraged
As you go through life, tremendous difficulties will appear, and they will always test you.
The mark of a hero is that he is never discouraged by setbacks. He is clear & determined about his goal, and moves forward with zeal no matter the turbulences, criticisms, and failures.
The coward takes discouragement to his heart, begins to doubt himself, his goal & starts to give up. And when you do that, death & depression seizes upon you like a tiger latching onto a prey.
Never let go, never be discouraged. Be clear about your goal, work on with the intrepidity of a lion, the tenderness of a flower and your path will open up.
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