Positive Thinking

POSITIVE THINKING

Title: Language of the wise; Positive Thinking

Source: DNA (Daily News & Analysis). (July 7, 2011):

Document Type: Article

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Byline: Swami Sukhabodhananda

Commitment is the language of the wise; complaint is the language of the fool. Commitment is a responsibility and also includes accountability. In life, one should be responsible as well as accountable. Generally one takes responsibility without accountability; this weakens one's being.

Our weaknesses result in disappointment. People derive a sadistic pleasure from disappointment. This is a primitive pleasure, like a grown-up boy sucking his thumb. To cremate disappointment, one should strengthen one's strengths. The greatest strength comes from the energy of commitment and brings in excellence in all walks of life. Few people traverse the road of success without a puncture or two but it is commitment to excellence that takes them through.

Commitment is not being 'stuck,' but it is an integration of one's being. For example, if you are committed to honour your word, then the 'lower self' in you will discourage you to justify the failure in not keeping up your promise. If your energies are low, you will be sucked into its logic and reasoning. But if you follow the 'higher self,' the 'lower self' will be like a servant serving the master. Slowly the 'lower self' will be integrated with the higher. In such a state there will be integrity. Without integrity life is shallow.

We have both - an actor and a thinker in us. Every time we lie, the thinker warns us that we are lying and the actor asks us to shut. In such a state, there is a split in our being - between the actor and the thinker. Commitment creates integrity. In this state, it is easier to bring forth the excellence in our lives.

Observe nature and see how other beings are committed....