Category: General

We need to distinguish between passion and compassion. Passion is associated with body-mind, while compassion is associated with the mindless inner self. A passionate person is full of desires and hence gripped by unawareness. A compassionate person is rooted in desirelessness and awareness.

Have you ever pondered why some individuals are successful and excel in various spheres of life? Why do most individuals live an ordinary life without much credit or recognition? Is success or excellence a mere act of luck or a random event touching some people? When viewed from the spirituo-scientific way, it may seem that the so-called chance is merely an act of past good karma. Mundane, ordinary life may seem then as an act of no-good karma. However, karmas are our actions of the past or the present.

I had been an early riser from early childhood as I was born into a family of early risers as a rule or discipline. This habit continued into my adulthood, and as a rule, I had to wake up before sunrise. In the early part of my life, being in a village background, my family members used to rise early, take a bath and start their chores and rituals, may it be household activities or religious practices. I could see that all men around me never let the Sun catch them in bed. They never did dilly dally in bed and used to spring into action.

What is ‘Real Life’? We need to understand it objectively. What we call Life is essentially a perpetual struggle from womb to tomb.

When talking of life, we can say that ‘life is all about moment and decisiveness’. We witness that life goes from moment to moment, and the future moves into the past, or we can say the future becomes the past. And we end up not doing many things because of our indecisiveness.

With the approach of 1st of January, rich and poor, young and old and men and women all get ready with joy and jubilation to welcome the New Year. To convey New Year wishes banners and posters are put up at various places. Decorations of sorts like colour motifs on the floor, colourful lights and floral garlands etc. adorn streets and houses. By keeping awake, both young and old savour the last moments of the passing year and welcome the New Year by fireworks, band, orchestra, music, dancing and by rejoicing in gay abandon.