HOW TO KEEP OUR THOUGHTS, WORDS, AND DEEDS IN HARMONY IN THIS CHANGING WORLD?

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HOW TO KEEP OUR THOUGHTS, WORDS, AND DEEDS IN HARMONY IN THIS CHANGING WORLD? There are three expressions of inner energy: thought is energy, word is energy, and action is energy. Therefore, our inner energy expresses in these three forms. But it has to be born in mind that one has to discriminate about thought, which itself is energy. One has to examine, evaluate and assess each thought, as and when it arises.

If the thought is bad—that is, if something is motivated by selfishness—it will naturally be affecting things for the worse, and the words that arise from such a thought will translate as well into an action that would put a man into greater difficulty. For example, usually in society, particularly in the field of politics, what politicians think is different from what they say, and sometimes it is totally opposite to their actions. That is political and hypocritical.

Well, such people seem to be successful in life, as we view them from a distance. But truly speaking, if you live with them and observe them in close quarters, you will certainly conclude that they have no sense of satisfaction and no mental peace. They are deprived of happiness and bliss, and are full of anxiety, worry, and tension.

These are the features of those people who have disharmony or disunity in their thoughts, words and deeds. Whereas in contrast, those who maintain this harmony of thought, word and deed, live in peace and in a state of bliss. Therefore, one is only torturing himself by this disharmony. Remember, success in life is not due to money, position, cadre, or even ability; nor is it reflected by the amount of dignity, status, or respect one is given outwardly. All that is not success! True success means to maintain a balance in life. True success is to be peaceful, and true success is to be blissful. Therefore, if we maintain harmony, we will be peaceful and blissful in our life.

In this challenging world, you may be tempted to be disharmonious in thought, word and deed, and you may try to win others in the community. You may try to work for your own success. But with this disharmony, you lose your individuality; you lose your innate dignity, your happy personality, your credibility, and even your accountability. In short, nobody will believe you. In such a situation, people may say, “Hello, hello, hello,†to your face, but these words feel hollow inside.

A fellow with disharmony will never be respected, and is, in fact, undependable. People may shake his hand, but they will try to avoid him because they know, in their heart of hearts, that what he does, what he says, and what he thinks are at variance with each other.

Therefore, in order to maintain our self-respect, in order to have our own self-esteem and self-confidence, it is absolutely necessary to maintain the harmony of our thoughts, words and deeds. Thus we can live in peace and enjoy a blissful life.

We need to establish our individuality so as to maintain our own personality in the community. By and large, the harmony of thought, word and deed is much more important than anything else.