TO THE MIND -- 11

રખે  દોરવાઇ  જતું  લાગણીથી,
સદા  ચિત્ત  પ્રોવું  વિવેકે નિહાળી,
વળી  સર્વ  બાજુથી  તોળી  વિચારી,
તુલા  રાખજો  સ્થિર તું  બાપ  !  તારી.   ---------  ૮૮.

પૂજ્ય  શ્રી  મોટા
મનને.

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Lest be led by emotions
observe always with discretion and attention
comprehend from all sides with thoughtfulness
Oh!  My fatherly mind, keep your balance always.

Pujya Shree Mota
To the mind
Stanza -- 88.

SENSE OF DISCRETION ------ (3)

It is up to us to develop this sense of discretion, a very beneficial and pleasurable good quality in our lives. Like any other skill it increases with its usage. We should use it not only to solve big problems but create a habit of using it to solve minor and insignificant problems in our daily lives. When this happens we undergo divine transformation. Our life is not confined individually but spreads in its entirety. Eventually this energy turns into divine inspiration. At this time truth can be discerned in the blink of an eye. Essence of every thing stands in front of our inner eye. In the end it becomes our unfailing guiding energy.

We will have to fight any thought, emotion or tendency no matter how powerful, insisting or controlling it is, by using our discretion and intelligence (વિવેક-બુધ્ધિ).

Pujya Shree Mota
Life and works
Edition 1; page 295 - 296.

SENSE OF DISCRETION ------ (2)

Lots of difficult and delicate questions arise in our life's journey. Some times we get confused regarding the solutions of these problems. We get pulled in all directions due to the forces of opinions, emotions and elements of prana. Sense of discretion is the energy that keeps our balance in these circumstances. This energy is powerful and determination is its characteristic. It is not some natural tendency that keeps us bound in the whirls of doubt. Only logic creates doubt or day dreaming, only intelligence dazzles us and only emotions sweeps us far and away. At this time sense of discretion comes to our aid and creates the appropriate harmony amongst these three energies. This results in finding the solution of difficult problems and helps us to behave appropriately.

Discretion is our vision that always sees properly, our heart that always carries appropriate bhava and our intelligence that directs us towards appropriate work.

Pujya Shree Mota
Life and works
Edition 1; pages 293 - 294.

SENSE OF DISCRETION ( વિવેકશક્તિ ) ----- ( 1 )

Man may be intelligent and skillful but may not be wise. Discretion is a principle characteristic of true knowledge. True knowledge is not possible without the sense of discretion. Some people are very emotional and have very little sense of discretion. The result can be very damaging. When life is managed by unbalanced or exclusive use of emotions or intelligence, it (life) is incomplete due to lack of discretion. When certain thought, natural tendency, emotion, bhava or propriety of certain behavior springs up in the mind and creates the disturbances, sense of discretion comes to the rescue. It (sense of discretion) thinks of all sides of the problem and evaluates elements for and against in solving the problem. In the end it declares its decision with equanimity as if it is somebody else and is not connected or concerned with the puzzling problem. When a person makes the decision with equanimity he stops or returns from the way forbidden by God. Without the sense of discretion there is no purpose, aim or reason for the life. It is because of this energy of discretion that we have bhavna, good qualities and happiness. There is a lot more possibility to fall and stumble in life if there is a lack of this energy of discretion.

Pujya Shree Mota
Life and works
Edition 1; pages 290 - 291.