Balance your Life with commitment and Love

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Balance your Life with commitment and Love

 

Commitment is the language of the wise; complaint is that of fools.

Commitment is a responsibility and it includes accountability.

 

Our weaknesses result in disappointment. To overcome disappointment,

boost your strengths. The greatest strength comes from the energy of

commitment that brings 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.

 

To be committed is not being `stuck'; it is an integration of

one's being. If you are committed to honour your word, the base self

in you will discourage you. If your energies are low, you will succumb.

 

If you follow the higher self, the lower self will serve you, slowly

getting integrated with the higher. In such a state there will be

integrity. Without integrity life is shallow.

 

You are both actor and thinker. Every time you lie, the thinker warns

you that you are lying and the actor asks you to shut up and continue

telling lies. It is like riding a chariot with two horses going in two

different directions. With commitment, however, you are a person of

integrity, and excellence is attainable.

 

Like an eagle, can we test before we trust?

 

Eagles lay eggs on a cliff or high peak in nest of grass and thorns.

When the eggs hatch, the weight of the eaglets exerts pressure and the

thorns start pricking the newborns. Then the female pushes the eaglets

out of the nest. As the eaglets nearly fall, the male picks them and

places them back in the nest. Meanwhile, the female removes the upper

layer of grass, so that the eaglets rest directly on the thorns that

prick them. The eaglets are yet to test their wings. Now the male pushes the

eaglets out of the nest. This process continues till such time that the eaglets

are able to foresee the danger in falling and start using their wings. Slowly

they realise their ability to use their wings and start flying.

 

Observe the commitment of an eagle reflected in the way it executes

family responsibilities and the way it conducts itself while parenting.

 

Bring similar commitment to all walks of life; be it in the family, at

work, in society or in your spiritual life. Excellence happens when

there is love that helps you to grow and contribute.

 

Commitment also involves dropping illusions. We do not see the world as it is;

we see it projected through our verbose minds. Our minds are

filled with thoughts and words. Words represent experiences. Words are

also influenced by memory. From the past, we see the present. Hence we

create illusions created by words, but we must filter them wisely.

 

The mind creates dreams. The aware self in you sees reality. Awareness

without the `I' is the higher self. The mind with its illusions

is the lower self. Have the commitment to operate from the higher self.

 

Through commitment, balance all walks of your life... family, work,

social and spiritual. Creativity is to balance all walks of life.

Creativity is just not creating something new always. Creativity brings

excellence in one's life. It is a state of well-being. Well-being creates

completion. When one is complete, one is alive and vibrant in all walks of life.

 

(Swami Sukhabodhananda)