Swami Sivananda Vani

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Wisdom of Life

 

Improper action, thoughtless action without discrimination gives rise

to all miseries. To get freedom from misery, the noble path of

virtue, Sadhachara is the royal way. Let purity pervade your inner

motives and outer conduct. Be loving and charitable in your opinion

of men and things and also in all your dealings with others.

 

Meaning of the Absolute in Actual Life

 

The indivisible, absolute and conscious nature of the Reality

signifies that life on earth should be lived according to the rigid

laws of dispassion towards external existence and active awareness of

the Self as the unlimited being. It also shows that all forms of

physical and even intellectual indulgence are deviations from the

eternal truth and that every desire for objectivation of

consciousness is suicidal in the real sense. The good life which is

in conformity with the nature of Truth should be, therefore, free

from the oppressions of hatred, lust, greed and falsehood in all

their forms of manifestation. The righteous life should be lived with

mental peace, self-restraint, absence of agitative activity,

fortitude, faith in Truth and concentration of mental consciousness.