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Spirituality
Translated by:
Shivi Chandra, Anil Dadheech,
Shikha Saxena
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Personal Spirituality
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Shri vedmata Gayatri Trust,
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Contents
Why Spirituality?
Health
Mind
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Finance
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Family
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Soul
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Why
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Spirituality?
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Man was placed upon the earth to
earn a great deal. Every problem is
like a red light to make him aware
that he is doing something wrong.
If he lives his life with dignity, he
will not spend it struggling with
problems, and there will only be
one goal in front of him: to
achieve his full potential.
Let us examine the various
problems that occur in day-to-day
life, why they occur, and how a
permanent remedy can be
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Health
an is plagued by
physical weakness
and disease. Why is
this such a problem for him?
Countless animals are born and
die without a hint of this plight;
only domesticated creatures suffer
from such problems.
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said, "Man digs his own untimely
grave with his tongue." Indeed,
man burns his own source of
power, as easily as melting ice.
People who will continue their
bad habits such as indiscipline and
laziness cannot escape nature's
punishment. They must endure
the consequent ailments.
Such ailments cannot be
cured by the magic of medicine. If
it were possible to be healthy even
after leading such an indisciplined
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but self-restraint and selfdiscipline. If this is done with
judgment and foresight, one will
never be weak and sick. Whenever
man seeks a solution for a healthy
lifewhether now or in a
thousand yearsthis is the only
one which will present itself. He
will always have to conclude that
in order to stay healthy his daily
routine should follow this physical
spirituality, and the treasure of his
corporeal self should be used with
discipine. The day he realizes this
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Mind
ental restlessness is
another problem in
human life. Most
people are restless, pessimistic,
worried, disappointed, fearful,
cowardly, or dissatisfied. There are
very few who are peaceful or
balanced. To some extent, the
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For most, dissatisfaction with
circumstances indicates a problem
with the thought process. If one
compares himself with rich
people, he will feel poor, and the
pain will continue. But if he
compares himself with the poor,
he will feel that his situation is
better than that of hundreds of
people. Wealth and poverty are
relative. With the right
perspective, one can escape from
the dissatisfaction these labels
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sacrifices in history. If situations
had such power, they would affect
everyone the same way. But one
can see that in the same situation
one person may be frustrated, and
another continue without any
effect. This is because of individual
people's different levels of mental
balance.
A spiritual perspective
requires one to adopt mental
balance. It is impossible to achieve
happiness in life by creating
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Finance
an is plagued by
financial problems.
There are very few
people who consider themselves
satisfied from a financial
standpoint. Money never seems to
conform to one's needs and
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wealth must change, or this
dissatisfaction will continue. If not
today, then tomorrowbut
eventually the spiritual principle
behind economics will prevail.
Wealth will only be gained as a
result of hard work. If one desires
more wealth and conveniences,
one should simply work harder,
increasing the capabilities of his
body and mind. The more he puts
forth effort in this, the wealthier he
will become. It is unfortunate that
man shies away from hard work
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Many people ignore this and
strongly believe that they can
become wealthy by inheritance,
lotteries, prayers, and other
matters of luck. They believe that
they can remain lazy and money
will shower upon them anyway.
This mindset is the opposite of
spirituality, and remains the root
cause of most financial problems
today.
A spiritual outlook shows
one the only reliable and
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tendencies. This is the motivation
behind crimes such as cheating,
dishonesty, theft, bribery,
swindling, tax evasion, and
smuggling. The stronger the man
is by nature, the worse crimes he
will commit. It is the same in the
grand-scale thief as it is in the
petty swindler; the only difference
is in its magnitude. This tendency
eventually leads to the destruction
of human character. Man's dignity
and status loses its authenticity.
Even if he becomes rich through
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financial problems in accordance
with spiritual principles. In most
houses, it is traditional that one
person earns, and the others reap
the fruits of that labor. To avoid
this philosophy, families can even
progress by using their spare time
to operate small businesses from
home. A habit of taking loans
should also be considered a minor
crime. However, in some
situations it is appropriate to take
loans in capital, for business and
other ventures. But to raise one's
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to waste large amounts of money.
In such cases, one should not pay
attention to what others think, and
stand against them! Unwise
people always want to earn money
through unfair shortcuts, but this
cannot go on forever, as these lazy
and dishonest people can never
progress to their full potential. A
person can only be genuine by
following the path of honesty. He
can only reach his full worth and
earn respect by working hard and
employing honesty.
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like poison to financial stability.
When a great amount of money is
earned, an equal amount of money
must also be given back to society.
This is another tenet of
spirituality. Satisfaction is actually
harmful when in it, a person loses
the will to be productive and work
hard. A person should work to
advance the fortunes of others as
well as his own. As the saying goes,
one who earns for himself and eats
it all himself is nothing but a
crook. This type of spiritual
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Family
he fourth problem is
family-related. People
are often restless as a
result of family quarrels. There are
very few households in which one
can observe peace, love, and
cooperation, and in which the
environment is a happy one. No
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which if the environment is a
conducive one people can emerge
as gems. Such individuals will not
only be a credit to themselves, but
will add to the glory of their
society. After all, society is nothing
but a group of families. Schooling
can increase one's knowledge, but
a strong character can only be
developed in the school of the
home. Personality is also molded
through practice in the home.
Families that do not recognize this
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whose needs are merely physical
ones. If this were true, all of this
would be sufficient. But man is not
a machine; he also has life and
consciousness. The potential
inside him is like the mythical tree
which provides whatever one
desires, but it can only flourish
when nourished with positive
emotions and habits. With these,
even a family in poverty can
produce upstanding citizens and
people of excellent character.
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and responsibilities, will also make
efforts to uplift their entire family.
Such people are never satisfied
with merely birthing children, but
will consider both their
responsibilities towards other
family members, and their
resources (of both money and
time) before increasing their
family size.
In many families there is an
atmosphere of ill-will, conflict,
hurriedness, and ugliness. People
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outlook, will result in positive
emotions and traditions, and the
members of the family will feel
blessed to be a part of it. If a
marriage is made for reasons of
lust, infatuation, desire for
children, greed, or societal status,
then the environment in the home
will be hellish, and each member
of the family will become twisted.
This superficial mindset eats away
at the foundation of the family
ideal. Couples also may become
uncertain and distrustful.
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Soul
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The science of spirituality is
based on the principle of selfbetterment. Most spiritual
practices are also based on
uplifting the self. There is only one
way to become great: by leaving
bad tendencies behind, and
soaring into the field of spiritual
excellence. In a dirty mirror or
dirty water, a person cannot see
himself clearly. In the same way,
the paramatma cannot see the true
atma. The chains of greed, lust,
superficial attachment, and
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There are certain types of
people who both took care of
themselves and also ferried
countless others across the
threshold to a better life. If one
studies their lives, he will find only
one guiding principlethat they
left their negative qualities behind
and fully embraced greatness. It is
such people who can truly be said
to shine with divine light, and their
powers are such that they possess
their own type of golden touch.
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Emerson once said that if he
was sent to hell, he would make it
into heaven. His statement was
not incorrect. For a person who
has accepted excellence, the worst
of situations can be transformed
into peaceful, pleasant, heavenly
ones, and it is very easily done. If
he fully integrates spiritual
thinking into every aspect of his
life, then he is truly capable of
surmounting any problem, any
obstacle.
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About
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the Author
Shriram Sharma was a scholar,
philosopher and a visionary. He
believed that the problems of the
world stemmed from our lack of
spiritual outlook, and that all of
them could be solved by changing
our individual mindset. To this
end, he authored many books
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