Narayanasramam

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The Source of all Goodness & Joy lies Within by Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

 

Normally people can do no more than eat, sleep, marry, make merry and

reproduce. Humanness therefore will commence only from the time the mind begins

to think of subjecting these needs and urges to some specific disciplines and

ideals. Ideals are first to be properly conceived of and then to be accepted.

Thereupon, you have to work hard to practice and realize them. Every time the

practitioner will have to use his viveka and pourusha, the self-derived power

called WILL. He may take to the thought of the Almighty, if he is one who

believes in God, and the reliance on HIS supreme Power and Grace, in bringing

the power called `will'. Even the thought of Almighty is a thought of man, and

so its power and benignness will depend upon the sincerity and reliance with

which you are able to culture it.

 

Think of the devotion to God and its place in man's life. If you accept God and

His all-powerfulness, then can there be anything which cannot be averted or

remedied with His Grace? You, a human, may be limited and hence may fail in some

of your ventures. But will God? Is His Grace reserved or rationed? How can He

then be regarded as Goodness and Gracious? One who thinks in this way and moulds

his mind and actions accordingly, will bring out from within him the best of his

own inlying goodness and powers.

 

`Will' is a trait and virtue to be cultured and enhanced as is any other habit

or virtue. Devotion or bhakti is also another lofty virtue, to be cultured, from

which man can have immense benefits.

 

Do not be just a human, living a life with no basic thought and lofty

ambitions. Let your life be one of the mind, of the heart, of the

budhdhi, not just one of the flesh. Make the inner faculties manifest

the best of purity, virtues and wisdom in ample measure. Grow always

after worthy ideals and values. Love and serve the others. But your

service can better be to improve their hearts and brains, not merely the bodies

of flesh and bones. As for your gains in the process, they are too invaluable

and numerous.

 

The source of all goodness, beauty and joys lies nowhere but within your own

body. If you can get entry into that within, nothing more and outer will you

need to rejoice and fulfill your life.

 

Blessed are those who realize this truth well early in their life and

act upon it with their full hearts and minds.