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  • May 10, 2016 at 5:37 am #104119
    Prasanna Seshadri
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    Namaste Anita,
    Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself in Tiny Buddha forum. We are all here for self improvement or our personality development so that we evolve to our optimum capacity or optimal potentials in this life. I am a south Indian and that too a Tamilian from Chennai. I have had my rough and tough times in life and have gained good experience in life. I have a spiritual or philosophical orientation from my early days of life and have pursued that interest by doing a diploma course in Vedanta philosophy under Swami. Parthasarathy. This spiritual knowledge has helped me a lot during my tough times and has eventually helped me to maintain positive attitude towards life even in times of depression. That is why I am still interested in the study and research of spirituality and philosophy. The spiritual knowledge gives me right, incisive insights about life and is making life more enjoyable and interesting. I would like to gain more knowledge participating in spiritual forums by listening to the experiences of other fellow brothers and sisters from around the world. tiny Buddha is one such beneficial opportunity which can help us in our evolution. Life is very much about the subtler attitudes that control our grosser thoughts, emotions and actions. what do you think? I wish to be receptive and listening so that I can make positive contributions. Thank you. all the best. May God’s grace be with you.
    Pranam
    Conscious seeker (Prasanna)

    May 10, 2016 at 4:45 am #104115
    Prasanna Seshadri
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    Dear Josh, Nothing to worry in life. If God closes one door, he opens many other doors for his people. It is for us to keep our eyes open and get to the open doors. The other thing in life is that if an arrow is pulled back in the bow, it means it is being prepared to get launched towards its aim. Similarly, when God makes you face troubles in life, it is just like pulling the arrow back, he has greater plans for you. Bhagavad Gita says that we are our own creators of our destiny. We can make ourselves through virtuous living or we can mar ourselves with indiscriminate, selfish, desire ridden and egoistic ways of living. We cannot blame anybody for our miseries and we must be ready to accept our sole responsibility of our present condition. I can see emotional abuse in your life, but a man is born to smash all the problems that he faces with the weapon called wisdom of life. As Anita has told in a scientific perspective, it may be a little hard to change our ways in life due to neural networks that have developed over the ages. I am certain that with the right perspective, with a right change in attitude and approach towards life, you can easily overcome those problems and lead an exuberant life of service, sacrifice, duty consciousness, universal love, kindness, compassion, forgiveness, self control, self sufficiency, humility, fearlessness, bliss, contentment and above everything a life of dedication to a higher cause like self Realization which is above selfishness, egoism and egocentric desires of the Mind which are the prime causes for the problems we humans face in life. You need to gradually take to methods that help in your own evolution or self unfoldment of the personality. This may not be very attractive to begin with, but I am certain this can help you out of your problem. Arthhur Schopenhauer, a German philosopher with interest in Vedanta philosophy says that

    “It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else”.

    The right method in life is to find out the real cause of our problem and then finding a solution. I have told you what generally is the problem for every one of us, human beings and the solution to get over the problem. The onus is on you to take it or leave it. Never lose hope, for there is nothing called perfection in life and even the richest and wealthiest people who seem to be enjoying the luxuries and comforts of life, do not have a clue about their true purpose of life. Most of them go through experiences which we think are pleasurable, but in reality they do not get lasting happiness or eternal bliss that we all humans seek in life. The simple reason is that they have no clue about the right attitude or right approach towards life. With proper sense of values along with appropriate sense of proportion, you can rise above your problems and even achieve perfection in life. Again the Bhagavad Gita says that “One has to elevate himself by his own higher/supreme Self within; let him not destroy himself. For, One’s own self is the friend of his own higher/supreme Self and one’s own self is the foe of his own higher/supreme Self”. My Swamiji (spiritual master) says that one must have the yearning, a burning desire within oneself to evolve to higher states of living, to better ways of living in peace, contentment and true happiness. Nobody else can help, but one has to do it himself. Right efforts shall bring the right results. As we sow, so we reap is the law of life.

    May 9, 2016 at 7:07 am #104021
    Prasanna Seshadri
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    Hi Exoid, Life is extremely turbulent or harsh for most of us. First of all, I would like to know whether you are seeking spiritual advice or just want to get rid of your present problems. If you are seeking spiritual advice, I am there to share whatever is known to me. I think medication is one of the best remedies that need to be continued till we get over our problems. You cannot quit medication without proper guidance. Well, coming to the point of other aids to help you out of your present condition, spirituality is certainly a good option. Spirituality is self disciplining and gaining awareness of the truth and Realities of life. It is simply making use of the right techniques based on well proven laws of causation, to change our life from misery to supreme undivided bliss. Service orientation, sacrifice, non egoism, non possessiveness, self control or control of the senses, self sufficiency or self reliance, forgiveness, humility, Non hatred towards all the beings, being undisturbed by the world and remaining without disturbing the world, etc. are all some of the spiritual virtues one needs to consciously cultivate or inculcate in one’s own personality to lead a dynamic and peaceful life combined with dexterity. The choice in life is either live a life of ignorance with misery and destruction of the personality as the result or living a virtuous life of self discipline where in you work your way towards your ultimate self development or self realization by gaining the wisdom of life. One is the path of the pleasant, where you ignorantly chase illusory and unrealistic instant pleasures of life, get enslaved by selfish egoism and desire ridden Mind and end up in unrecoverable troubles and problems in life. The latter is the recommended one called

      the path of the good

    , wherein the individual leads a self disciplined life of purpose and meaning by living in harmony with the designs and laws of Mother Nature. the first step in life to take up the truly evolutionary

      path of the good

    is to set a higher selfless ideal like Self realization and pursue it with dedication, sincerity, devotion, perseverance, consistency of purpose till the ideal is achieved. The general caution is to avoid developing result orientation and complacency in the chosen path.

      One may have to wake up in the early morning between 4.00 A.M and 6.00 A.M to study, reflect and contemplate on spiritual subjects or Vedanta philosophy, meditate optimally within one’s present capacity and practice introspection for not more than 5 to 10 Minutes before going to sleep.

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