AKHAND-JYOTI

Everyone has short and long term goals in his/her life. These goals may be to get thin, to earn and save lot of money, to have a beautiful girlfriend or a handsome boyfriend, to own a luxury car, etc. Among all such mundane goals, there seems no requirement of interference of the inner voice of an individual. However, if you are under the spell of your inner voice, just like me, I advise you to arrange your goals. These can be fundamentally organised into short term goals and long term goals.  On the basis of such a self-made arrangement, start focusing on your inner voice. Ask common and specialized questions to your inner voice about each of your desires. As I have got, you will also get some answers; some questions may not be answered at this point of time. It is a must-believe situation. Without trusting the inner voice, there is no other choice in such cases. Hence such an arrangement.  A better way to deal with such a situation is to focus on your i...

When I was attracted towards writing, I thought I would make dollars from it. But gradually I realized this was too small a vision. If I would think more about dollars, I would not be even able to make rupees. Since I realize now that more you run for money, more it runs away from you; thus, you become more exhausted in your quest for money. As my knowledge and awareness about writing increased, I realized that  instead of money, writing can be used as a great tool for self discovery and realization. When I confirmed this fact from the Internet resources, my believe on it became more consolidated. However, I did not get into confirming the same from the real life examples as this would have pulled me in some different direction. I also did not consider to acquire any serious learning from anybody's experiment with writing as I think that such an experience would be extremely personal and may or may not suit my situations. Thus, I saved my time and instead started my experiment w...

Yesterday, I realized that there is a dim light inside me. It has put me on the path of self realization and self discovery. I think the purpose of this light is very significant and visible to me. I also think that there is not just one purpose of this light; there are several purposes of it; its purpose is to fight and defeat the darkness within me, by darkness I mean to say I should know what all types of impurities I have and what are the ways through which I could release them and become permanently pure in my dealings with myself and others, in what I do and think and in what I intend to do; its purpose is to put me on the path of self discovery; its purpose is to help me find and proceed in a particular direction that takes me to the discovery of self; its purpose is to help me find a way, and if there is a wall on that way, I should make my a way through that wall with the light of self knowledge; its purpose is to make every day of life brighter and better; its pur...

Short-term goals and attention busters Suppose you are playing a match of cricket in the street or the lawn of your home with your friends. Your mom calls you for something. What is your first reaction to the call? Most of you would say, “Yah, Just coming.” Just consider another example. Suppose you have arranged a date with your lover. In order enjoy the time with your lover thoroughly, what do you do? You just switch off your mobile as you do not want your attention to be diverted (busted) because of unnecessary, as well as necessary, calls. Same happens when you are present at an office meeting, where you have to do a presentation which will play a critical role at the next promotion. You just concentrate on the presentation, and nothing else. You really do not allow your attention to get diverted or busted; rather, you guard it at any cost. The aforementioned are the examples of everyday life. These examples prove that we all know the value of attention and practice the ...

Since the incident that we are going to discuss occurred in Nalanda, Bihar, a place related to Buddhism [there existed a Buddhist monastery and the biggest university in ancient India], it becomes an instance example to describe and understand what Buddha said thousands of years ago. For this, consider the following facts. Fact 1. Buddha said that for everything, there is a “Middle Path.” There always exist two extremes for everything; for example happiness---sadness and excellence---novelty. He asked us to chose the Middle Path and keep the balance between the two extremes to achieve happiness [considered by some as greatness] in life. Fact 2. In agriculture, there are two ways of producing crop. First is the traditional way, which has been practiced for thousands of years in every part of world. This is one of the two extremes of this business. Second is the scientific way of conducting the agricultural practices. This includes the use of hybrid seeds, scientific ways of...

There are several aims and objectives that keep me motivated throughout the day; for example, to spend quality time with my kids and to excel in my profession. However, there are three core or major or basic aims in my life. These are not very special or out-of-the-box aims. These are very common aims. However, these aims give me power to do extremely well in all areas of my life such as professional, personal, financial and, of course, spiritual. These aims are as follows: To add value in the lives of those who look for substantial thoughts, which help them excel in their lives To make my parents feel proud of me To set good example in front of young generation in my family and, of course, in society For more than ten years now, these aims have navigated my life. As I mentioned in one of my previous bloposts [ Mahatma Gandhi, as I Appreciate the Man ] about my preparation for the prestigious civil services examination, I thought that I would achie...