Don't Despair

You feel depressed because of doubts in your future success and unknown fear of the consequences of failure. Your self-confidence is shaken and you feel entrapped by ill omen. Interiority complex and the related negative thoughts have stormed your mind and disturbed your personality. don't let these untoward thoughts sprout in your heart. You should divert your mind by engaging it in lighter, creative, entertaining works…. Unless you give yourself another chance, you won't be able to estimate your strength. Until a person does not believe that he can do it - he won't be able to do anything.
Peep inside; listen to your inner instincts. Whatever your inner voice directs, you must initiate that task with full faith. Don't panic or get scared of anything. Don't let even traces of skepticism or frustration come on your way. Just drag yourself to begin the work. Your mind will also cooperate after sometime. Rest assured, every being can do something at least. You're a human being pitted with so many things! Don't compare yours elf with those who are make successful. Look at those who are deprived of many faculties that you have….!
Your life is like a lamp, whose flame will stand and continue to illumine only if it is filled the "oil" of hopes and optimism. Without which there will nothing but an endless ocean of gloom, dullness and lifelessness or death…. So keep your life full of positive thinking and some dreams of success to enthuse your mind. You can do and win once you vow to….

Building The Future Generations
The little ones in your home are the future citizens, architects of future of the society. God has entrusted the responsibility of raising them and building their character upon your shoulders. You must take due interest in their proper education and cultured refinement.
The ambience of your home, your culture and lifestyle has utmost impact on the mind of your child. Every thing happening around leaves an inscription upon his delicate memory and brain system. His or her habits and tendencies are molded according to those of the other family members. If you are not kind, generous, and tolerant in your day to day interactions, if you don't love and respect your relatives and neighbors, you can't expect your children to be good. If you drink wine, eat meat and other harmful stuff, and then your children will get used to them. How will they observe discipline of healthy nourishment? If you can't leave your habit of using abusive language and uncivilized manners. You have no right to scold your child for doing so. If you watch obscene films, read erotic literature, sub-standard TV programs, you are sowing the seeds of your vulgar lust and untoward tendencies in your children's mind and thus contributing to spoiling their characters.
The mental makeup of the children is like soft soil, which could be molded as per the shape of the mould. Your personality works like a mould that predominantly casts the children's trait. Impressions of what they learn at schools are secondary. You should therefore first model of what you would like your children to be.

Death is Not the End of Life

As you (in the physical body) change the old or torn cloths and wear new ones, the same way you (the soul) change the old or decayed body and are born in new. As the change of clothing has no effect on the body, the same way, the change of body has no effect on the soul. Death is simply a transition point, an opportunity of this change. The physical body and the identity of the person associated with it remains the same eternally. Death should not be a cause of worry or fear for us. The body is made up of perishable substances and is therefore mortal; its death is certain. The life is there because of the presence of soul; it is only the manifestation of the soul as an individual self, which gives the latter its existence. So the reality of one's life is the soul. Then why cry over one's death? After all, it is only the body and not the soul, which dies. Death is only a transition phase, an opportunity of evolved manifestation of the individual self in new life. It is only a pause in the endless journey of the soul and not the end…

Measure of Spirituality
Dignity of a person is not defined in terms of his prosperity or worldly possession. Those who accumulate excessive wealth are usually plunderer in one form or the other, who grab and consume a lot from the world but give it nothing in comparison.
The deeds of service are admirable but these actions alone are not sufficient to justify one's greatness. That way, many birds and animals are ahead of us in prompt service and help in maintaining the cycle of Nature and providing conditions for healthy sustenance of others' lives without asking anything in return. Look at the rats, dogs, pigs, crows, vultures for example! They eat rotten, biodegradable substances, excreta, dirt, or dead bodies, etc and cleanse our surroundings. The swiftness for this natural hygiene found in these creatures is much more than our activities of keeping our own house clean. Thus good actions only can't set a criterion for measuring nobility. It is the inner spirit, the pure sentiment which inspires noble, altruistic actions, ideal conduct, dutifulness, compassion, etc that matters the more. It is the light of spirituality, the nobility of heart (inner sentiments), which excels good actions and makes one a great, revered being. This is why the holy Gita says - a person is what his shraddha is.

Cultivate an Outlook of Admiration
If we start looking at the flaws of ones body or something, we will find everything wrong there; it will appear that this being or thing is full of blemishes, vices, mistakes and what not. But, if we change our attitude and try finding at least something good, we will see that there also are many worthwhile qualities, positive attributes in the same. In fact, this world and every creature, every thing here is constituted of the three basic Gunas (intrinsic tendencies of Nature). Varied proportion of these amounts to good or bad qualities; both are present everywhere, though at different extents and in different forms. It is up to us whether we see and grasp the good things and benefit from them or keep criticizing and worrying about the bad ones around us.
If we cultivate a temperament of seeking and adopting the virtuous and the auspicious, which pervades in this world of combination of good and bad, our lives would be tru ly progressive. The bad or evil is there to teach us, to warn us, and to make us careful and aware that we should keep off from it. We have to fight it and protect ourselves from it by using our inner strength and intelligence. This is how the latter would evolve and elevate.

Crying Is of No Use

God has gifted you with enormous abilities and potentials and sent you to live a graceful life. HE does not want to see that one of his children is honored on a throne and the other suffers a downtrodden, homeless life. All the children are alike and beloved to the father; he cares for everyone' and wants to see everyone happy.
If you are unhappy or tearful, it is not HIS flaw. You are making yourself unhappy, because of your ignorance, vices and infirmities, ruining the opportunities bestowed by HIM. Human life is the best thing God has blessed upon you. Look at the potentials of your body, your mind; these are the tools, by which you can raise, progress from wherever you are. Crying of the scarcities or adversities, screaming for help, cursing your destiny won't do any good to you. You have to recognize your own strength and make best use of it in the given circumstances. You are the architect of your own destiny.
Those who make constructive use of the powers bequeathed by God are always happy. Those who aspire a lot but make no efforts, or do not struggle with the adverse circumstances, do nothing but cry and hope of some help from somewhere, remain unhappy or worried most of their life. Come on! Get up! Realize your self-dignity. There is no trouble, no hardship or misfortune, which can rule over you. You are born to life happily and rise. Know your powers, assemble and make use of them with sincere, thoughtful efforts.

Create Happiness in Life
Rise up with new zest for life. Sow the seeds of livelihood (in you mental field), create an ambience of purity around you. First uproot the hazardous "shrubs" of ego and jealousy. If you tell lies, cheat others, conspire something against someone, you would belittle yourself; decline and darken your own future. If you attempt so, even if you apply all your powers, you may never be able to harm any one, as much as you would harm yourself; this way you would ruin your life completely.
Be sincere and endeavor to progress with honest and just means. You will have to prove yourself before the world if you want to achieve something here. It is the law of Nature that only those who are fit and vigorous to struggle against odds have the privilege of living a progressive life. If you can't prove your independence in resolving your own problems. You can't expect respect from others, if you are always dependent on others, the world will know you as nothing more than a parasite or beggar.
That is why! I am calling you. Get up! Rise! Strive to shape up your life by your diligence and sincere efforts of self-refinement! Struggle to acquire and protect your rights as a human!!! You will find that the struggle of self-evolution is most blissful part of life. Few hours of such a life are better than thousands years of a lethargic, dull, ignorant life which is like a living "corpse".

Conquering The Mind Wins The World

Restraining or disciplining the mind is the biggest battle of human life. The agile mind is the most dreaded and nearest enemy of the individual self. The peculiarity of this battle is that it continues throughout, every moment of one's life till the triumph of the self. One needs to recognize the real self and apply its sublime willpower. But the perennial trouble is that most often, the "self" cannot distinguish itself from the mind and what one regards as willpower is also usually a delusion with that of the dominating tendency of the mind.
The best thing to proceed with is - first control the agility of mind by engaging it constantly in some constructive activities and focused thinking that might interests it. Once it is trained in concentration the level of activity and thoughts could be gradually refined. The true nature of mind, which is driven by the inner inspiration, will then begin to manifest. So the most important thing is to refine your intrinsic desires. But again, the complicacy is that you will need the support of mind till this purification comes into effect. Nevertheless, starting with small steps you should continue your march with firm determination and self-vigilance.
Sensual passions and cravings are most prominent distraction and hindrance is this process of self-disciplining. You should therefore prepare (in your mind) an army of good thoughts and courageous examples to counter these the moment they arise. Just change your position, movement and activity at that time and start recalling the stored treasure of enlightening memories. This simple practice, with strong will, will gradually, though slowly, tune your mind with positive thinking and the inspirations of the real self. Your mind will then become your greatest friend. True! A self-disciplined and illumined mind is like an angel.

Worship True Knowledge
There is nothing more sacred in this world then gyana (pure knowledge). It is also the divine virtue of the soul. God, the Omniscient manifests itself in absolute enlightenment through gyana. Gyana is the source of beatifying success and joy. Its light destroys all the darkness of ignorance and illusions from the mind and liberates the individual self from all thralldoms.
We remain entrapped in sorrows, sufferings, failures and discontent because our knowledge is incomplete, superficial. What we regard and acquire as knowledge, is simply a systematic accumulation of information of the perceivable world and thoughts fixed in a logical framework accepted by contemporary intellectuals.
The joy we hunt in the external things and worldly activities throughout our life is in fact hidden within our own self. We can't experience it, we can't discern between what is truly good and what is not because we don't have true knowledge. The earlier we devote ourselves to attain this gyana the better. Swadhayaya and Sat-sang (self-study and analysis in the light of the thoughts and works of elevated souls; and being in the company of such enlightened people) are the best means to accomplish the quest for gyana. The greater the number of individuals illumined by gyana, the faster and brighter will be the ascent of the society and the world they belong to.

Chiseled Refinement of Life

It's the law of Nature that stress and struggle of particles generate force and motion. Friction and violent movement though appear harsh, but are necessary for sharpened gaze. The yellow metal gets its golden bright glow only after being heated and hammered. An ordinary piece of stone or metal becomes magnificent sculptures or precious idols only after undergoing hard hitting and shrill cutting. The same is true of human life. Glory of life sparkles only after passing through testing times, bearing the tough disciplines, pains and difficulties on the path of ideals. Those who can rise and March against obstructions and opposition alone can reach high goals. You can hardly find any great life or eminent success that was achieved by any one without unflinching efforts and examinations.
Devout endeavors of penance and adoption of ascetic disciplines for self purification and self transformation are described as tapasya (tapa). Chiseled refinement of life is the essence of tapa. This awakens hidden powers and sublime potentials. Vedic history has witnessed how great tapaswis have been able to conquer heavens by the spiritual force of their tapasya. The best devotion of the life- God is tapa. It is the only means of glorious accomplishments. Remember, only those gain importance and reverence in this world, who can smile in hardships and who can enjoy the pains of tapasya for noble aims.

Immeasurable Power of Truth
You should speak truth, think truthfully and make your character, your actions, and your behavior shine with the glow of truth. This will endow you with immense power, which will be stronger than any other force of power of the world. Confucius used to say that "truth contains the force of thousand elephants". Indeed the force of truth is immeasurable. It can't be compared with any other force of the world.
The wisest, strongest, truly dignified, is the one who is honest to the soul, whose conduct is pure as per the guidance of the inner self, who has discarded falsehood, show-off, artificialness in all respects. He won't have any fear, any worries. On the contrary, those who are dishonest, manipulative or cunning, they remain trapped in some hidden fear and suspicion all the time.
Power of wealth, might, power of people's support, power of intellect, many kinds of powers are there in the world, but none stands before the power of truth. A truthful person is so powerful that even the gods of heavens bow before him.
Illuminate Every Home
Those desirous of enlightened transformation at personal, familial and social level must read and contemplate upon the Yug Sahitya and follow it in practice. This literature, written in very lucid and self-explanatory style is focused at resolution of the problems of today and guiding the path to collective enlightenment. Good books, volumes, or words containing the pure knowledge, elevated thoughts and works of saints, sages and altruistic reformers carry the strength of their life-force and thus have the potential to transform ordinary mortal beings into great personalities. It is therefore said the punya (good omen) gained by Seadhyaya (devoted self-study and following) of such a literature is many times more than perhaps what one could get by biggest ever charity like donating the entire globe with all its resources…. If you have faith in me, and the driving optimism and will of ushering into an era of global welfare and peace, then engage your self in the swadhayaya of theYug Sahitya and expand it into every house, every family around you.

Boasting Sounds Raw

The shallowness (triviality, meanness) of ego is expressed in self praise or bragging. It makes you unbearable and laughable before others. People might like to praise someone, but if he starts praising himself then it would certainly reverse the impression. Even you are honestly analyzing yourself in that effort; no one would respect your self-admiration. Forget about friendship or help, people do not even like to meet arrogant, self-boasting or pompous fellows. They may not always express it on your face because of social etiquettes or fear, etc, but in reality, they would like to avoid you as far as possible if you are egotist.
You should compare your qualities and achievements with those of the great men and women renowned in human history. A camel regards himself tallest only until it doesn't stand beneath a mountain. You should meet and know the great persons and eminent talents who are revered by people to know that you are not so high as your arrogance might assume. You will also learn from them that modesty is an essential quality for prestige.
The moment you think yourself as big or heave achieved something significant, your natural quest for ascent will decelerate and might block after sometime. Don't worry and don't hurry your virtues. Your abilities will certainly be known to people via your deeds. You don't have to declare them yourself.

Thoughts are Seeds of Deeds
Narrow-mindedness, selfish boundaries, and misery are certainly not the natural components of the Supreme Creation of the Almighty. These kinds of heinous things are the products of our vices, our wrong ambitions and thoughts. Because of our ignorance and unawareness, they have silently invaded our inner self too and eaten much of our inner strength and sublime powers. This is why? Our progress or wellbeing largely remains confined to the body and physical resources; there is hardly any sigh of mental, intellectual or emotional evolution, spiritual refinement or growth of virtuous prosperity.
There in only one cause of all misery and agony in this world and that is - the misdeeds of humans. And what drives it? Maligned thinking. Thoughts are like seeds which give rise to the trees of karmas (actions): joy, sorrows and sufferings are their fruits.
It is indeed pathetic that despite living in the limitless treasure of joy that Nature barrier of prejudiced convictions and selfish passions. As a result, we get entrapped in the smog of abrupt, fallacious, irrelevant thoughts and often remain fearful, jealous, worried and depressed in one way or the other. All our misery is an outcome of our inner bankruptcy. Its time we realize it and improve ourselves right from the root of our thinking rather than attributing our failures and sorrows to - "ill omen", "lack of resources or support" or "destined life".

Be Your Own Master

You often grasp unnecessary messages from what other say. What others comment about you seem to matter more to you. This way you annoy and worry yourself and complain that people don't let you live in peace. Your own attitude is the major cause of your worries, so you trouble yourself more. Why should you get carried away by others' comment - compliments or criticism? A wise self-confident man does what he determines to do. He is never perturbed by what other say. He is firm and focused to march towards the goal. Socrates was made to drink poison by the mightiest of his time, but no one could change his faith, his views. Banda Bairagi was forced to wear a wolf-skin and roam around in his town while his face was painted dark. But even this torturous insult could not distract him from his chosen path.
Dying for others' praise, following the popular trends, getting disturbed by negative comments or criticism of others - are clear signs of mental weaknesses. You must remember that following the crowd can lead you nowhere. You have to be your own master if you want to ascend in life. Learn to think prudently on your own. Sharpen your decision-making powers. Follow the righteous path of your duties honestly; just ignore what others would say. If you don't have the courage to stand and walk on your own, you don't deserve to be independent.

Triumph Over Vices
The external world as we find it is mostly a reflection of our inner world. Moreover, the intrinsic desires and sentiments of the human self are so strong that they attract and accumulate thoughts of similar nature, trigger one's actions accordingly and thus create corresponding circumstances.
So if you want to clean up the ambience around you, you will have to begin purifying your own sentiments and thoughts first. If you want peace and benevolence around you, you should first conquer your own vices, untoward instincts and wrong thinking. Utter selfishness and egotism are the root causes of all conflicts and clashes, be that at familial, social or communal levels. The narrow tendency of grabbing supremacy at any cost, neglecting even the genuine rights of others and ignoring the ethics of humanity, are behind the religious or political battles and wars the consequences of which are horrifying and devastating
You may care for self-respect and happy progress of your life, but it is not necessary that you should block someone else's ascent for this or snatch it from someone. People might acquire wealth and might by such means, but it hardly gives them any joys and eventually proves to be agonizing. The only and the best way to happiness is that of equality, cooperation, mutual respect and goodwill. This way, we all can contribute to spread happiness collectively and be happier …. The evils of self-centeredness are toxic to the ambience of peace. The delight that emanates from and extends the nectar of collective, widespread happiness is the real joy.