शमथ। Samatha Do not be in a rush. Rushing is a last-minute exercise pushing behind the last bit of inertia. If it becomes an everyday affair, it is an indication that your life is on track. It means you are constantly running. You may be running towards something, but it also
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Face your monsters
शमथ। Samatha “I just want to live peacefully like everyone else”, a voice of the hopeful or a voice of the disheartened? It is difficult to say as it looks entwined. On one side it looks as though the person is craving for peace, but on the other side, it looks
Direction is not optional
शमथ। Samatha ‘Have a goal’ is something all of you have heard all the time. But doesn’t having a goal limit your potential? You keep hearing that you are infinite, and you keep wondering how can the infinite be limited by something as negligible as a finite goal. Infinity is infinite ways
Life cannot be memorized
शमथ। Samatha ‘Learn from your past’ has been a moral dictum for quite some time now. But is it possible? Simply “no”. Every experience that is placed before you is new and unique and each of them needs unique attention and methods to be addressed. Replicating the past experiences is not the purpose
You are not weak and helpless
शमथ। Samatha Always feeling bad about yourself may be a pastime for your bored mind, but do not forget that it is a worm eating away on your creative spirits right from its core. Once you feel weak, you will feel helpless. Once you feel helpless, you will feel weak. Therefore do
Duty is not the absence of choice
शमथ। Samatha A large number of people like to take up professions or trade which gives them a guarantee of a better paying secure life. There are some other people who take up causes which others find as ridiculous or insignificant or stupid. Why do they do so? The former directs all
All roads lead you somewhere.
शमथ। Samatha Don’t stay at crossroads. It is hazardous. Take any road if you can’t decide. There is one sure constant on any road you take, that is you. If you pay attention to this constant, you will reach your destination safely. Imagine that you want to be a tennis player.
Life does not have a rewind button.
शमथ। Samatha What if life indeed had a button to rewind? You could have picked up from where you think could have made a different turn. You are like a child obsessed with time travel. The only difference is that the child wants to do it for the fun of it while
Discipline yourself to be relaxed.
Discipline yourself to be relaxed. शमथ। Samatha “I have so much to do that I don’t know what to do”, familiar with that feeling? Have you asked yourself “Why”? Is it true that somebody is out there to get you by stressing you out? And have you unwittingly fallen into their sick
Keep ‘you’ out of the conversation.
Keep ‘you’ out of the conversation. शमथ। Samatha “I think so” Are you someone who add this disclaimer to your answers? Have you ever given a thought to why it slips into your conversations? Do you look back to see whether the usage was unconscious or conscious? If you are a frequent
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