A PEACEFUL LIFE

 

“Don’t choose from one suffering to another

Instead, choose between some peace and all the peace.”-mahatria Ra

When I was young, my go to person was my mother. We shared everything with her. Life was pretty peaceful and joyful. Our only distraction was the television. That was also only in the evenings, and not throughout the day. I was more into reading books as a child. I kept reading the same books over and over again, as we did not possess too many books. Nevertheless, childhood brings beautiful memories to me, though our life was simple. Today I find a lot of restlessness in children as well as parents. Tempers fly high in public places. People don’t seem to have control over themselves.

 As an educationist it does concern me because we need to build a beautiful world. I was actually trying to find the cause for a restless society. Social media is full of verbal vomiting. Everybody has an opinion and also form a judgement of the other person. Indulging in blame game, mud-slinging, mouthing unparliamentary words, capturing an accident in the mobile video without saving the life, writing nonsense about people who refuse to compromise, making disparaging remarks about organizations, seeking media coverage to tear them apart, and much more, not realizing that children are watching all the drama and it will have an adverse impact on their thought process. We have the responsibility for setting the right example.

When we have so many issues in our own life, why judge others? Who cares for our opinion? Other than exposing our own self, it is not helping anyone in any way. Should we not take a step forward to be of help to people, rather than hurt the feelings of people, humiliate them or insult them? It shows the frustrations of people. When we get angry, when we cannot accept something, when we cannot have our way, when we get irritated, remember, acid is secreted in our body because of the negative emotions we experience. Buddha said, “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”

 “You will not be punished for your anger.

   You will be punished by your anger.”- Gautama Buddha

Become a good news propagator. So, every time you appear on social media, people will wait for the good news. Write something that will transform the world, about the beautiful relationships you enjoy, the breakthroughs that you achieved, the lesson that you learnt in life, the compassion that you showed, your timely help that turned around someone’s life, one habit that made you an achiever, the discipline with which you live life, how being consistent helped you to achieve your goal, the company of friends that you gave up to be right in life, and many such inspiring information. It will motivate the younger generation. I have insulated myself against people who gossip about me, those who back bite , who betray me, who act against me. I do not let the behavior of others destroy my inner peace. My acceptance level has become high. My guru once said, “The goal of every goal should be peace.” Ever since it has become a premium. When you don’t react to allegations and fabricated stories of people who are jobless or jealous, you experience PEACE.  I live a peaceful life! Decide today to live a peaceful life amidst the chaos around you. Don’t trade it for anything. Work on your area of influence. That alone gives peace. Calm down by sitting in meditation everyday for eleven minutes. You will discover a NEW YOU!

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