अहंता का नियंत्रण
अहंकार के कारण भी अपनी मानसिक शक्तियाँ बर्बाद होती रहती हैं। अपने बारे में औरों की राय जानने की इच्छा, चर्चित होने की आकांक्षा, दूसरों से प्रशंसा सुनने और करवाने की अपेक्षा आदि कितने ही रूपों में अहंता व्यक्ति के मन मस्तिष्क में उठती-उमगती रहती है। इस तरह की इच्छा और अपेक्षा के मूल में अहंता ही मूल कारण है।
दूसरों से प्रशंसा सुनने या उनकी राय जानने का एक ही उद्देश्य है अपने को महत्वपूर्ण अनुभव करना। अपने को महत्वपूर्ण अनुभव करने या व्यक्त करने के लिए मनुष्य का मस्तिष्क ऐसी उधेड़बुन में उलझ जाता है कि फिर वह अपनी सारी विचार-शक्ति को उसी ताने-बाने में उलझा देता है। महत्वकांक्षा कोई बुरी बात नहीं है पर जब वह अहंकार का पोषण करने के लिए ही की जाती हो तो मस्तिष्क फिर उसी दिशा में सोचने के लिए व्यस्त हो जाता है। उस दशा में रचनात्मक चिंतन की दिशा ही नहीं सूझती।
-पं. श्रीराम शर्मा आचार्य
जीवन देवता की साधना-आराधना (२) – ४.१०
Keep ego under proper control
…Ego is also one of the factors that drain our mental capabilities. Ego springs up in our mind in many different forms, for example, a desire to know what other people think of us; a craving for being well-known; a longing for hearing our praises, and making other people say good things about us; and so on. Ego is the root cause of all such expectations and desires. Hearing other people praising us, or knowing their good opinions only serves to make us feel important.
Individual’s mind becomes so much engrossed in his/her yearning to feel important or to be seen as an important person that he/she will engage all the mental capabilities to see it materialise in one way or another. Having an ambition isn’t actually a bad idea. However, any ambition that only serves to satisfy one’s ego will make person’s mind, thoughts and attention completely preoccupied with the efforts to fulfil it. In such a situation the mind cannot think in a constructive or meaningful way.
-Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya
Translated from – Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya’s work
Jeevan Devta ki Sadhna – Aradhana, Page 4.10
At what age / stage EGO starts or one can start living with EGOS. I personally feel one must have faith in GOD and that’s it. Start your day engaged your self with the name of GOD as the day starts and feel the difference.
Awesome question and an awesome answer !
There are few people who irritate/hurt you so much, for a prolonged period of time, that you wind up yourself from everyone. It seems to be ego to others. How to address that? – M
Well there r many ways to look at this and u can choose the one which is closest to your heart.
There is a story of snake who gives up biting and even hissing at the people who attack him. A sage advises the snake to atleast hiss when attacked. This saves his life. Righteous anger ad display of small amount of tamas while dealing with certain elements is quite advisable. Even the Vedas say – manyurasi manyumai dehi. Manyu can be called as righteous anger, display of outward and inward symptoms which are heated by the resistance to injustice tempered by Vivek or discriminatory wisdom.
Vedic culture really does not tell one to be just good, that’s one sided approach, but it tells one to be a God. If you are displaying or reacting to situations which are unpleasant to you are better off than just suffering through them. Because both oppressing and suffering are bad. But the one who does not react to the situation and suffers accumulates more bad karma.
We cannot really control what others think, but can control how we think. Each person Vivekananda, Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Shankaracharya was hurt and irritated for a prolonged time by many. I would say pickup any of their biographies or books and see how they dealt with problems and overcame them. After all all of them were born human to teach us all this.
I sincerely hope this helps.
I Fully agree with you. The above mentioned example itself is a answer to anybody. As mentioned We cannot really control what others think, but we can control how we think. People hurt and irritate you, but one must learn how to dealt and overcame out of the situation. You rightly mentioned after all of them were born human to teach us all this. Thanks for your Highlight.
Sir, thank you for sending me this timely message.
Dear Sir,
Thanks for the mail which u send me regularly. It really enrich my
mental balance and my conviction and commitment for the good deeds. Pl
do continue with the same tempos
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Manney
adhyatam raahon par jis margdarshan ki adhiktam zaroorat hai vah Gayti Chinan se mil jaata hai.
shubkamanon sahit
devi Nangrani
१. रज़ा में राज़ी
भरोसा एक ऐसी नोक है जिसपर आदमी बिना तैरे पानी के इस पार पहुँच सकता है. मन से माँगी हुई मुराद फरियाद बन कर उस खुदा की दरबार तक आवाज ले जाती है, वही एक है जो सुन सकता है और अनकही को भी फरियाद मानकर वह सब कुछ देता है जो दुनियाँ की कोई भी ताकत हमसे नहीं छीन सकती. उस खुदा की दी हुई हर बख्शीश पर हमारा हक बन जाता है और कोई भी कारण उस को हम से दूर नहीं कर सकता, ना ही नाश कर सकता है. बाकी जो सर्वनाश हो जाता है वो हमारा था ही नहीं, यही विश्वास लेकर जिँदगी में आगे बढना ही उसकी रजा में राजी रहना है. इसके बाद हम जब भी मुसीबतों से घिरे
हुए रहते हैं और उसे आवाज देते हैं तो हम को इसका भली भाँति अहसास होता है कि हमें उसकी मदद मिल रही है, वर्ना यह आग का दरिया जिँदगी रूपी कश्ती में बैठ कर हम कभी पार नहीं कर पाते.यही विश्वास रज़ा का एक अँग है.
देवी नागरानी
॰॰
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sadar
DN
SO NICE OF YOU FOR SENDING THESE WONDERFUL THOUGHTS
REGARDS
r k sinha