In our day to day worldly life, generally, we
all have to bear the consequences of mistakes committed by us earlier. While we
all struggle to control the damages caused by the troubles faced by us and try
to come out of our troubles, most among us rarely try to analyze the causes
that made us commit the errors in the past. A few, who are able to identify the
causes, often try to blame the circumstances existing in the past that
compelled us to commit the mistakes. Only a very few among us have enough
courage to identify and accept their own shortcomings and weaknesses, and try to
get rid of such shortcomings with dedication.
The
sources that make us commit the same or similar errors remain hidden within us,
at times, even becoming more malignant, more knotty and more permanent
overshadowing the influence of the right qualities we possess, which may enable
us to lead a more harmonious life.
Often,
our day to day worldly lives are good indicators of our shortcomings if we
leave the habit of remaining complacent with our worldly gains disregarding the
matters of heart. The intensity of impact of unfavourable circumstances depends
primarily on how much one feels about them. There are two ways to lessen the
pain. The first is that one learns to accept pain and pleasure without being much
affected by them; the second is that one ensures that unpleasant circumstances
are avoided to the best possible extent. The former is possible if one has
advanced a little further in being detached with the world’s affairs. The
latter can be realized by making lesser errors in one’s life by continually
rectifying the errors we make. The first method of detaching ourselves with the
world’s ways is difficult to master, therefore, to live a quality life we have
to make some use of the former method and full use of the latter.
We
make errors because we become captive of our desires, faulty intellectual
process or inappropriate conduct prompted by, once again, our insatiable wants,
greed and illusions. The first step one must take when he encounters unfavorable circumstances is to identify the errors of the past that have caused them and to ensure that they do not recur. Sometimes we make a series of
errors and continue making them for a long time. When that happens, we are forced
to suffer for long. There are no shortcuts to resolve this crisis. We have to
bear the consequences of the errors of the past and to make continued and
rigorous efforts to get rid of all thoughts, desires and conducts, one by one,
which made us commit errors. Those who learn to react to their unfavorable circumstances by, first of all, making efforts to ensure that the errors do not
recur, are likely to carve out a correct path for them, as well as, to transform
themselves into travelers who can bear the pain whenever the path becomes difficult and thorny from time to time.
But,
what happens to those who decide to and insist on winning over their adverse
circumstance by committing graver mistakes, and, they ultimately succeed? They
are doomed and cause much damage to their surroundings? They lose the right to
their free will a human being, who errs, but has the ability to rectify his
errors, has. Only the God can take care of them.
Being
human is an honorable status. We all are born with a body of a human being, but
we have to learn to become a human being by learning to identify our errors and
rectifying them as early as possible.
PROMOD KUMAR SHARMA
[The writer of this blog is also the author of “Mahatma A
Scientist of the Intuitively Obvious” and “In Search of Our Wonderful Words”.]
Thank you!
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