March 21, 1953.
If we have decided firmly regarding certain definite goal in life and to behave in certain ways, it is worth understanding that it is not proper to have hard feelings or feel dejected if we need to reject certain negative attitude within us or from someone else.
There should be immense pleasure in our heart if we encounter an incident where we get a chance to be free from the effects of attachments and infatuations, since we do not want to go towards that path and want to be free from such things. Whatever we want to do need to be done with firmness, heartfelt determination and honest intention. Our honesty and faithfulness should be transparent. The ideal that we want to follow with certainty requires the constant flow of bhava from the heart resulting in appropriate behavior and life style. If we feel difficulty or uncertainty of the mind, then we should know that there is still some kind of hesitation or lack of conviction. We have not gotten rid of human attachments completely or there is still lack of deep understanding and aspiration. Oh, Soul! Why this difficulty and hard feelings? If we find a scorpion on our body we try to remove it at once and get rid of it. We do not let it be there even for a second. We should never entertain the negative forces of the human soul. All these need to be done with complete understanding. Know for sure that heartfelt honesty between the two, devotion, purity, unity and love are not expressed in its true sense and in appropriate manner wherever there is conflict, disquiet, lack of understanding and confusion.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Pokar
Edition 4; page 7 - 8
If we have decided firmly regarding certain definite goal in life and to behave in certain ways, it is worth understanding that it is not proper to have hard feelings or feel dejected if we need to reject certain negative attitude within us or from someone else.
There should be immense pleasure in our heart if we encounter an incident where we get a chance to be free from the effects of attachments and infatuations, since we do not want to go towards that path and want to be free from such things. Whatever we want to do need to be done with firmness, heartfelt determination and honest intention. Our honesty and faithfulness should be transparent. The ideal that we want to follow with certainty requires the constant flow of bhava from the heart resulting in appropriate behavior and life style. If we feel difficulty or uncertainty of the mind, then we should know that there is still some kind of hesitation or lack of conviction. We have not gotten rid of human attachments completely or there is still lack of deep understanding and aspiration. Oh, Soul! Why this difficulty and hard feelings? If we find a scorpion on our body we try to remove it at once and get rid of it. We do not let it be there even for a second. We should never entertain the negative forces of the human soul. All these need to be done with complete understanding. Know for sure that heartfelt honesty between the two, devotion, purity, unity and love are not expressed in its true sense and in appropriate manner wherever there is conflict, disquiet, lack of understanding and confusion.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Pokar
Edition 4; page 7 - 8
