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What we make of Life
Everything that we do is in some way contributing
to someone’s life. If we see how to make this a conscious process of
contributing to everyone’s life through our work, then our life will be very
different. Contributing does not mean that we will not make money in our
business profession or occupation. If we constantly see how to give our
best to everyone around us, then profit will happen – we do not have to worry
about it.
Contributing is not about money or material – it
is the basic volition of our life. If we make our life into a contribution,
then our life will become truly meaningful and worthwhile because we are
creating something that we care for, then it will be a joy to go to work every
day. With this, we will never die of stress - we may die of exhaustion, but we
will not die of stress. That is a very good thing.
The moment we see how to contribute, the moment
there is a certain pleasantness of experience within us, our body and mind will
function at their best. There is substantial scientific and medical evidence to
prove this. If our body and mind are not functioning at their best, do we
believe that we will become successful? Success is a consequence of harnessing
all that we have to the best possible result. If this has to happen, we must be
in a pleasant state of experience. Then, the more we do, the better we
should feel. This will only happen to us if we are always looking at how to
make a contribution to everything around us.
The only thing that matters is what we make out of
the life within us. When we are life-oriented, we will find that neither desire
nor attachments are of any consequence. We will know there is no time for anger
or hatred. Once we realise the precious nature of our existence, to be
pleasant, to be loving, to be joyful, will be a natural outcome.
Unfortunately, most human beings struggle to
experience even a little bit of peace or joy in their lives. There are
basically two contributing factors to how we experience something. One is the
nature of the stimulus. Another is how we are at this point of time, which in
turn depends on the impressions that we have taken in until now, or in other
words, it depends on our samskara or karmic substance.
If at this moment, our karma is frustration, someone could do whatever pleasant
things they want for us; we would anyway shun them. If external stimuli and karmic
substance cooperate, pleasantness happens.
It is absolutely in our hands to make our life
meaningful. Meditation helps us in finding our inner core, connecting with it
and then remaining in a continuous state of pleasantness and joy – once this
happens we have found meaning in our life.
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