Self Confidence - The Basis for Faith in God - Prerequisite to Achievement 01

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The early explorers, who left Europe to sail west in search of new

lands, were filled with confidence. They had faith that they would

not fall off the " edge " of the world. They were confident of their

destination and of their ability to reach that destination. As a

result, they discovered a new world of wonder and wealth.

 

Self confidence is also an indispensable attribute of the successful

spiritual explorer. Little, if anything, is accomplished without

confidence in oneself. We must have confidence that we will

accomplish the task, that we will travel the path to our destination.

Without hope for a successful conclusion, there can be little

enthusiasm for the journey. We must be convinced of our own innate

divinity. There is no place for self condemnation, which causes us to

question our worthiness to succeed.

 

" Without self confidence, no achievement is possible. If you have

confidence in your strength and skill, you can draw upon the inner

springs of courage and raise yourselves to a higher level of joy and

peace. For confidence in yourselves arises through the atma, which is

your inner reality. The atma is peace, it is joy, it is strength, it

is wisdom. So it is from the atma that you draw all these equipments

for spiritual progress " Baba

 

Without self confidence, we are tossed on the stormy seas of

confusion and doubt. Without that deep faith in yourselves, we are

driven from port to port, never finding the rest we seek. The

fulfillment of our search in the world is found within ourselves.

Whatever satisfaction we find around us is a reflection of our inner

contentment.

 

" The fisrt thing you have to do is develop self confidence. It is

people who have no confidence in their own self who begin to wander

about and to waver and to take to various different paths " Baba

 

Even material progress is based on faith in ourselves, in our own

ability to accomplish a task. We achieve little if we are swayed by

the criticisms of the crowd. We must chart a course and then hold to

it, undisturbed by the inevitable ups and downs along the way. Like

the early explorers, we may not find exactly what we expect, but we

are sure to expand our horizons. We must value our own inner vision

and our ability to manifest that vision in our lives.

 

" Don't deny the validity of your own experience. Stand on your

strength, be unmoved either by adulation or denigration. Follow my

lead; I am unaffected by either, I march on alone, undeterred and my

own accord. I am my own guide and witness; have full faith in this "

Baba

 

Continued..Self Confidence - The Basis for Faith in God -

Faith in Self, Faith in God Part 02