HOW TO OVERCOME TENSIONS AND HAVE PEACE OF MIND - 4

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HOW TO OVERCOME TENSIONS AND HAVE PEACE OF MIND - 4

 

A number of physical illnesses are caused by tension. They range from anxiety

headaches to ulcers. Dr. Guirdham has written a book bearing the title, -

Obsession. In this book, he tells us that tension is the cause of several

diseases, including asthma, duodenal ulcers, migraine, malfunctioning of the

colon and certain forms of epilepsy. And tension always leads to insomnia or

sleeplessness. So it is that the demand for sleeping tablets keeps on growing

from more to more. Sleep is a natural restorative process. After a day’s work,

a person should be able to sleep peacefully. But, today, in many of our cities,

the people have lost the art of sleeping. There was a time, whenever I spoke,

some amongst the audience would go off to sleep. Some of them would even snore

merrily. But, today, the people are so tensed and highly strung that it is

impossible to put them thus to

sleep.

 

What is the way of life that we should adopt so that we may not be victims of

tension? So let me pass on to you a few practical suggestions:

 

The very first suggestion is, adopting a positive attitude towards life. This

you cannot do in a day’s time. It is a process, but you must start right now.

The one teaching which has been given by us by all the great ones of humanity

is that man is his own friend and his own foe. You are your own friend and you

are your own enemy. No one outside of you can do any harm. It is very easy, in

difficult and trying circumstances, to throw the blame on others. It is very

easy to say that if such and such a thing had not occurred; my condition would

have been different. It is not so! No one outside of you can do you harm. It is

you who are your own foe: it is you who can be your own friend. If you would be

your friend, adopt a positive attitude towards life.

 

What is it to have the positive attitude? It is not that the man of positive

attitude refuses to recognize the negative side of life. Life has a negative

side, a dark side. Life is full of difficulties and dangers. But the man with

the positive attitude refuses to dwell on the negative side of life. He looks

for the best results from the worst conditions. Surrounded by trials and

tribulations, he looks for some place to stand on. Conditions may be very

adverse, yet he continues to expect good things. It is an inviolable law of

life, that when you expect good, good will comes to you.

 

Dr. Vincent Peale, in one of his illuminating books, speaks of a Sales Manager

of a large manufacturing company, who found that in certain territories, the

sales of his product had declined. He called the sales representatives of those

territories to the head office, at a conference. The conference was a short and

simple one. He tacked a large piece of white paper on the wall and, at the

centre of the paper, placed a black dot. He called the representatives, one by

one, and asked them: “What do you see on the paper in front of you?” Every one

of the salesmen said: “A black dot.” When he had gone the round, he called upon

them again and asked them: “Is there anything besides the black dot that you see

on the paper in front of you?” They all answered, “No. We can only see the black

dot.” Then it is that he said to them: “This

is your great tragedy. You only see the black dot: you don’t see the white

expansive space that surrounds the black dot. Now go back to your territories

and stop seeing the black dots. Look out for opportunities instead of

difficulties, and you will find that the sales of our products will go up!”

 

This it is to adopt a positive attitude towards life. Many of us see only the

black dots in our life: we do not see the white spaces surrounding the black

dots. So we easily become depressed.

 

-to be continued

(Author: Sri J P Vaswani)

 

TAMASO MA JYOTIRGAMAYA….

 

The past is a cancelled cheque; the future is a promissory note. The present is

the only cash in hand. Use it wisely and well.

 

What the world needs today, more than anything else, is love-in-action –

sympathy, service and sacrifice.

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This is a very nice article about having positive attitude..And so true too, U r

ur own friend and ur own enemy.Saibhakt,

Deepa H

n sivanandam <vasuki_mahal > wrote:

HOW TO OVERCOME TENSIONS AND HAVE PEACE OF MIND - 4

 

A number of physical illnesses are caused by tension. They range from anxiety

headaches to ulcers. Dr. Guirdham has written a book bearing the title, -

Obsession. In this book, he tells us that tension is the cause of several

diseases, including asthma, duodenal ulcers, migraine, malfunctioning of the

colon and certain forms of epilepsy. And tension always leads to insomnia or

sleeplessness. So it is that the demand for sleeping tablets keeps on growing

from more to more. Sleep is a natural restorative process. After a day’s work,

a person should be able to sleep peacefully. But, today, in many of our cities,

the people have lost the art of sleeping. There was a time, whenever I spoke,

some amongst the audience would go off to sleep. Some of them would even snore

merrily. But, today, the people are so tensed and highly strung that it is

impossible to put them thus to

sleep.

 

What is the way of life that we should adopt so that we may not be victims of

tension? So let me pass on to you a few practical suggestions:

 

The very first suggestion is, adopting a positive attitude towards life. This

you cannot do in a day’s time. It is a process, but you must start right now.

The one teaching which has been given by us by all the great ones of humanity

is that man is his own friend and his own foe. You are your own friend and you

are your own enemy. No one outside of you can do any harm. It is very easy, in

difficult and trying circumstances, to throw the blame on others. It is very

easy to say that if such and such a thing had not occurred; my condition would

have been different. It is not so! No one outside of you can do you harm. It is

you who are your own foe: it is you who can be your own friend. If you would be

your friend, adopt a positive attitude towards life.

 

What is it to have the positive attitude? It is not that the man of positive

attitude refuses to recognize the negative side of life. Life has a negative

side, a dark side. Life is full of difficulties and dangers. But the man with

the positive attitude refuses to dwell on the negative side of life. He looks

for the best results from the worst conditions. Surrounded by trials and

tribulations, he looks for some place to stand on. Conditions may be very

adverse, yet he continues to expect good things. It is an inviolable law of

life, that when you expect good, good will comes to you.

 

Dr. Vincent Peale, in one of his illuminating books, speaks of a Sales Manager

of a large manufacturing company, who found that in certain territories, the

sales of his product had declined. He called the sales representatives of those

territories to the head office, at a conference. The conference was a short and

simple one. He tacked a large piece of white paper on the wall and, at the

centre of the paper, placed a black dot. He called the representatives, one by

one, and asked them: “What do you see on the paper in front of you?” Every one

of the salesmen said: “A black dot.” When he had gone the round, he called upon

them again and asked them: “Is there anything besides the black dot that you see

on the paper in front of you?” They all answered, “No. We can only see the black

dot.” Then it is that he said to them: “This

is your great tragedy. You only see the black dot: you don’t see the white

expansive space that surrounds the black dot. Now go back to your territories

and stop seeing the black dots. Look out for opportunities instead of

difficulties, and you will find that the sales of our products will go up!”

 

This it is to adopt a positive attitude towards life. Many of us see only the

black dots in our life: we do not see the white spaces surrounding the black

dots. So we easily become depressed.

 

-to be continued

(Author: Sri J P Vaswani)

 

TAMASO MA JYOTIRGAMAYA….

 

The past is a cancelled cheque; the future is a promissory note. The present is

the only cash in hand. Use it wisely and well.

 

What the world needs today, more than anything else, is love-in-action –

sympathy, service and sacrifice.

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