Your own Rules and Discipline for your Success

"When you become free from all rules and discipline, your mind feels free. 

Then only you can derive your own rules set, 

but make sure that your rules should not hurt any body in the society"...Hrc

What are rules and discipline of life?

Rules are the statements which we must have to follow for our own and society's welfare. Most of the time we break rules. Discipline is inseparable part of ones life. Disciplines are the statements which one creates for his own and follow them by bottom of heart.

When we become free from all rules and discipline; How mind feels free?

When you want to do something favorite which is not allowed according to rules and discipline of society, you are surrounded by sorrow. When you take decision to break rules and give up discipline, you can do what you want, this results in happy state of mind. When you are happy, your heartbeats are slow and mind becomes broad and feels free.

The post of Money, Decisions, Happiness and Independence may help you to understand nature of good decision. It will help you take decision to break rules and give up discipline.

When you break rules and give up decisions, your mind feels free and now you can have your own rules and discipline for your own success path. Derivation of rules and discipline by own helps you to understand them well and gives inspiration to follow and extends them more for welfare of many.

But very important thing is your rules and discipline of life should not affect society badly, because society is important part of life which will appreciate your success in near future. If setting of new rules and disciplines give success to you but sorrow to society then its of no use for you and society also.

Moral is:"You can make your own rules and discipline for your success but they should not affect society in bad manner, because at last you are also a part of same society."     

Goddess Lakshmi and Saraswati in relation with Money and Knowledge

"Goddess Lakshmi sits on Lotus and Goddess Saraswati sits on rock.

 Lotus indicates instability and rock indicates stability for every moment"...Hrc

You can find details of both according to Indian Vedas on Wikipedia

Goddess Lakshmi   : Lakshmi on Wikipedia 

Goddess Saraswati : Saraswti on Wikipedia 

Goddess Lakshmi 

Lakshmi sits on Lotus. Lotus is flower which is always in river water or lake. Lotus floats on water. If strong air breeze comes, lotus may get disturbed, it may have some movement. Lakshmi sits on lotus and Lakshmi represents money, wealth etc.

Money also have nature like Goddess Lakshmi and lotus.

1) When there comes strong air breeze, lotus have some movement. Same like when you have less or no money with you, situation always disturb you.

2) When there is goddess Lakshmi on lotus, she gives some stability to lotus. Same like, when you have enough money (not excess), that money gives stability to your life. Your life not get distracted by breeze of problems.

3) Lotus is in water. If there is excess weight on lotus, it may be drove into water due to weight. In the same manner, when we store excess money, that money can't help us for a long time, it must have to drove into water one day.

Goddess Saraswati

Saraswati sits on Rock. Rock is on ground, on earth surface. Goddess Saraswati's nature is contradictory to nature of Goddess Lakshmi. Saraswati indicates knowledge, arts etc.

1) When the rock is just on ground, nothing is carved on rock surface, it is useless for society. Same like we are, if we don't carve brain with knowledge, we are useless for this society.

2) Strong air breeze, rain can't affect rock mostly. Same like, if one have knowledge, opposite situations, environment can't affect him/her.

3) We can put lots of weight on rock without affecting its shape and position. In the same manner, acquisition of knowledge; though it is in excess quantity never affects you in negative way. More you acquire knowledge, more you are useful, important for the society; same like carved rock is more valuable than normal one.

Moral is:"Excess saturation of money doesn't help you because excess weight can't be handled by Lotus. More acquisition of knowledge always lighten your personality in society same like carved diamond is more valuable than plain one."  

Thoughts of Past and Present deals with today's Happiness

"Don't waste your time in thinking about things

 which will never happen in future and already happened in past.

 These thoughts output nothing except sorrow"...Hrc

Nature of our mind.

Our mind never wants to stop at one place, on one thought. Mind is always in search of new thoughts. If mind doesn't got anything new, it sticks in old thoughts, but never be at with one thought.

So, when we are in our free time, mind always running with thoughts. Thoughts related to past and future.

Is these thinking of past help us for better result?

We can't change our past. So, thinking about it never output good results, in both cases of good past thoughts and bad past thoughts. Good thoughts makes you happy for same time, but when you realize those days can't come back in present; you get surrounded by sorrow. Bad thoughts of past makes you sad in present moment. So, both good and bad past thoughts can't help you for present moment. 

Can planing of future may result good for you?

The true thing of time is, we can't control time. Time is just a unit for our activities to remember them well as per time. When we plan for future? In both case, when present is good or bad. When present is good, we plan for future to make it same like today. When present is bad, we still plan for future to make it good in rest of life.

When we worry about future, we plan for future and in both case of good or bad present moment; worry surrounds us with sorrow. So, thinking, planning about future is also useless.

Why we think on past and worry for future?

We don't want to repeat bad things of past in future. So, we think for past and plan for future. But as explained above, both thinking surrounds you by sorrow, worry and you become sad in present.

Present time is in our control and we are wasting it in thinking for past and future. This thinking outputs nothing for us.

Moral is:"Always be in present moment. You can't change past events and future is not in our hand. So, stop worrying about future. Invest your time in thinking on present moment. This will result good for you"

Money, Decisions, Happiness and Independence

"When you are able to take decisions on your own,

 then you becomes true independent. 

Not when, when you are able to earn and spend your money on your own"...Hrc

What is true independence?

When you can analyze the results of your decision and can take decisions on your own, then you are true independent. If your decisions results as you wish and don't reduce your current independence status, then only your decision is good for you. Result must satisfy you with what you want.     

Can money give you true independence?
Now a days, earning money or being famous in market is not a big task. So, you can earn money in your younger age. But if you not have intelligence to handle and usage of money, that money will not be with you for long time.
Example= If one gives you a bag full of cash and said-"Spend this money for welfare as you wish", how you will utilize that money?

By purchasing your favorite snakes, food for your hunger of taste?
Until your are Hungry, food will make you happy. When your hunger goes, mind wants new things to be happy and makes you to purchase some other things to spend money. Means purchase of tasty food will not work with a bag full of money.

To spend money from that bag, you can purchase what you want. Can these thing makes you happy and satisfied forever?
No. Absolutely not, with unstable mind you can't be happy with money.

What should we do to be happy and to get true independence?
Example= A mango tree attracts every one when there are yellow mangoes on tree. When mangoes are ripen, tree donates them all to farmer and tree becomes satisfied, happy with this donation. This donation never reduces tree's ability to produce mangoes next year.
Same like, when you are with bag full of money, you can attract many, but when your decision works for welfare of many, makes you satisfied, happy forever then only you can be true independent.

Moral is:"Money can make you happy for a moment. But the ability to take decisions with stable mind and with good predicted results; can make you true independent and happy forever."

Nature of Thing with respective to Mind's states and Time

"Nothing is good or bad, pure or impure. 

Its just our mind's states; which decides nature of thing with respective to time.

 So, control your mind; then you can decide nature of thing"...Hrc

How we decide nature of thing?

The thing which is usable for us is good, which gives us sorrow is bad. The thing which we can see clearly is pure and which is not transparent is impure for us. Is this really like that?

In the post "Waste of someone becomes Treasure for someone else" , thought says nothing is useless in this world.

Example of a Fire.

The fire which gives heat and fire which burn things is same. When we need heat, we can take it from fire, but remember same fire has ability to burn things. Means same fire is good and bad also. Ability to utilize fire makes it good or bad. Our attitude to look at thing makes it good or bad.

Example of a Flower.

The bud gets converted into complete flower in early morning. Flower blossoms well when it is just opened. We worship god with those fresh flowers. After some days, same flower's blossom converted into odor. Morning flower is pure and we can use it for worship. But after some days, same flower becomes impure due to odor. 

But the same flower can be used as pure organic fertilizer in farms. Its the mind's state which decides purity and impurity of thing.

Moral is:"In this universe, every thing made by god is beautiful. Our mind's demand converts thing's nature from good to bad or pure to impure" 

Meditation (Virtual World vs Reality)

"Meditation-connection with supreme soul by controlling mind and body parts"...Hrc

There are many definitions of meditation. Those can help you to understand word "Meditation" and give some hint for process of meditation.

Virtual world vs reality.

Virtual world means which doesn't exist but still it has influence on our mind. If you take virtual world more seriously, this may affect your body.

Reality means which is exist in its true form. Though people try to create world with misery (Artificial satisfaction, comfort), reality never changes. It always come in front of us as we become more and more aware to it.

You close your eyes when you meditate. It creates energy in your body. But when you close your eyes, thoughts start working in your brain and creates virtual world in your mind.

=Example: If you have fear of height; you may see you are at height and going to fall from height. If you have fear for dark; you may see ghosts with closed eyes. These thoughts disturb your mind and you can't concentrate. It results in failure of deep meditation.

How to deal with virtual world?

As mentioned above, virtual world is imagination of our thoughts.When thoughts changes, virtual world also changes. In example of height; you are at height and going to fall from there, this is the imagination of disturbed mind. If you are really at height, why you can't sense gravity then? . In another example of fear darkness; you see ghosts with closed eyes and when you open your eyes, ghost disappears. How to deal with dark? Accept it and think whether ghost have ever touched your body before. No, never. Means ghost is also imaginary object.

You can deal with virtual world by acquiring knowledge of reality and acceptance of thoughts to deal with them.

=Example: In example of fear with height, knowledge is "you can't sense gravity while falling from height" and in case of fear with darkness, knowledge is "ghost never touched you before. Means ghost is in our thoughts,  not in reality".

How to be effortless and go in deep meditation?

When you show complete surrender (same like you do in deep sleep), your body becomes stable and all body parts come in your control. When body is stable, you can focus on your mind. When you have knowledge of reality, virtual world can't disturbs your mind and by practice mind becomes stable. By applying this you can experience deep meditation.

Moral is:"Disturbance of mind can be removed by knowledge of reality which destroys virtual world. When you surrender your body, you mind becomes stable and you can experience love of Divinity"

To know more about mind, refer Mind as River Water and Universe and Its Love for you

Success and Ways to achieve it

"When there are lots of ways to achieve success,

 many people stuck in finding the easiest one.

But when there is only one way, one follows that way and achieves success"...Hrc

When there are many options to achieve success or thing, mind always stuck in finding the easiest one of it. This is human nature. Mind always wants easy and quick ways.Our lots of efforts, time invested in finding easiest way rather than achieve success.  

If we have only one way to achieve success, we follow that path and our time is invested in achievement rather than finding easiest way among all.

If you are at turning point of your carrier, this example is familiar to you.

When we know, there are lots of recruiters are waiting for us with placements, our ego comes up and we try to find easiest one with maximum salary and job comfort. But this attitude wastes our time in finding rather than concentrate on our career path.

If you observer those people who have success, those who are now employers of market, then you will find; these people have no options to make money in their old days. When they got one option, they invested their time, efforts and career interest with that option and achieved success in that sectors.

Moral is:"When you have options, find the one which gives you best results; not the one which is easiest. Don't stuck in finding alternatives, start with what you have today."