We have
a habit to brag our personal credentials
in terms of experience, resume,
presentation and performance. Supposed,
you are due to appear for an interview and you prepare your resume so polished
that by going through, one will be simply thinking you as a brilliant candidate
and suitable for their requirement. But
you are not selected. Why? Because, you
have not only indicated your good things in the resume, but you have also mentioned
various personal details exaggeratedly, of course, leaving the basic
parameters. In the same way, we
exaggerate our expertise to a sky rocket level, when we do some business
presentation to grab a precious and prestigious order. We don’t leave anything
to impress upon would-be customers. When employers or any probable customers
peruse either the resume or the presentation, they feel that the particular person
or the company is the best available one, whom they must employ or give the
order. No doubt, it happens, but in most of the cases, the opposite
happens. In all our mundane and worldly
affairs, we can present our details or
achievements in a silver paper wrapped boxes or in a costly and aesthetic files
to woo the other persons or group of people, but when it comes to the matter of
spirituality, you cannot hide anything from the spiritual power existing in all
of us. Only thing, we fail to recognize the same. In the case of the divinity,
one can neither take the shelter of bragging nor can change an atheist to a God
lover. Because, you can increase anything of any value, but you cannot increase
the grace of God. Even you try to do so;
you will be utterly failed, because the spiritual progress is always
proportional to your sincere efforts and devotion. You can delude and create an
illusion to human beings and their mind, but you cannot play hide and seek with
God and spirituality. It is extremely
impossible to exaggerate any spiritual growth, because it is not visible, it is felt and realized. It
is not of any kind of tangible gain. You cannot resemble the same as your
application for a loan, generally, people submit to the bank. You may highlight
all your good credits and credentials and secure the loan. After sometimes, you
become defaulter for reasons beyond your control, but in the case of spiritual
feeling, you cannot put even scribble a single word unless your mind is
consciously seeking for God’s grace. You
can improve spirituality by taking an honest look at your regular activities,
ponder about the same, introspect whether those activities performed by you are
right or wrong and then think the areas, where you need improvement. The improvement is needed in three different
ways. First, by doing self study, second, by following the advices of parents,
guardians, teachers and third, by mixing with like minded people to observe
their day to day activities and then introspecting deeply what you have
learned. Instead of doing this, if you only search the shortcuts for your
successes, manage to achieve the same, become complacent and start bragging,
then you cannot ever change. Your this outlook will not yield any meaningful
result. As against, if you put efforts to change by following the above three
procedures, you will reach a stage, where you will find that your shortcomings
are almost negligible. Once reaching the above stage; you find that you still
need improvement, then read the various autobiographies of great luminaries,
you read the writings and preachings of various saints, you hear the devotional
songs, religious messages and hymns. In
this method, you can learn a lot, which can filter your mind, which will make
you more attached to the spiritual atmosphere. You can apply this philosophy to
overcome your shortcomings. You then assess your improvement. You will find
there is a significant change.
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If
you regularly go through the writings of
various saints, you will be able to identify the various reasons of your
failures. These readings will guide you to take the correct path to lead your
life. When your shortcomings will derail
you, this preaching will provide you a power to examine the said reasons of
your failures. By taking the advices of these books and preachings, you can
make your subsequent periods of your life more meaningful and successful.
If
you have any disliking for a particular food because of health hazard and if
you continue to eat the same food, you will invite your health problem. In that
case, is it advisable to consume the said food?
You must avoid this food.
Similarly, if your any action or behavior or particular responsibility creates
your mind distracted from your spiritual growth, would it be feasible for you
to engage in the said acts or actions? You must avoid such type of behavior.
You
have to analyze various facts which are responsible for your less growth
spiritually. You must take the corrective actions, so that you can increase
your hunch for your spiritual growth. The beauty of spirituality is that it
emanates from the divinity and it glows your consciousness and provides you
purity. Divinity is the law of
compassion and grace of God. When you really put your honest efforts to
eliminate your wrong doings, shortcomings, old imperfect habits and behaviors
to embrace upon the spiritual growth, your sincerity is noticed. The divine
blessings will be showered on you with enough compassion and grace. By your
efforts and divine grace, you will achieve spiritual growth and you will be
able to connect with the Creator. You
will notice a rapid spiritual progress in your life.
Finally,
you can brag and manage any situation in your favor, but if you are not a
spiritual at all and you claim to be so, you are not going to be showered with
His blessings when you need the same desperately.
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