explore the horizons!

Jesus Christ declares in the Bible that "Search and you will find, ask and you will get". The same has been repeated more clearly in the sermons of the Great Swami Vivekananda when he tells that "it is not surprising that how people fail but it is that how people succeed, success never comes by following the set patterns but by exploring the horizons."

It means, we will have to search, ask and explore the horizons of our imagination, we will have to make ourselves believe that there is always a chance of change in the existing set of patterns,we will have to be inquisitive. Then only we will be able to imagine and create some thing which will ensure our entitlement to a bit of all the good things like happiness, hope, confidence, and most cherished riches of the world.

But not every one can identify the possibilities of change and creation in each and every thing but the one who has some interest in a given thing or situation. So we will have to find what interests us more than any thing else in the world and it can't be find by chasing all that glitters but by asking one simple question to ourselves -

"WHAT IS THAT WITHOUT INVOLVING IN WHICH WE CAN'T STAY CALM FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY, GIVEN ALL BASIC NEEDS ARE FULFILLED?" It may take some time to find out the answer because we all are prejudiced due to some allurement or other so we will have to be careful about the answer we get. We will have to be cautious if the "involvement" is due to allurement or due to a compelling urge to involve into without any expectation but satisfaction.

But it is not that easy to identify a fulfilled expectation and satisfaction distinctly. To get out of this sticky situation I found the modus operandi of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhi as a perfect one as it is tested and trusted and based on the Indian knowledge of difference between soul(प्राण) and mind(मन ) and the source of their enrichment. If you go through the life of Mahatma Gandhi during his struggle in South Africa or India you will find that before making any important decision he used to keep a fasting session of 21 days to purge his thoughts of all the allurement. It was not baseless or an eccentric behavior of a maniac. It was based on the fact as stated in one of the Upanishads (philosophical explanation of Vedas) named Chhandogyaupanishad that the food we take makes our mind and the liquid we drink makes our soul so if you don't take food for 1/3rd of a moon month your mind will became dormant and soul will become dominant (as we use to drink only water in these 21 days) and it will make it easy for you to decide what actually you urge for.

                   "Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well."- Mahatama Gandhi