Self Analysis for Happy & Successful Life

Despite the material comforts produced by scientific advancement, there is a lack of health, peace and harmony in the society. Man's utter selfishness has poisoned all relationships and now even people in the same family look at each other with suspicion and distrust. The intimate and generous human relationships as well as the feeling of mutual trust are gradually vanishing. Criminal offences have grown up with an alarming momentum. Instead of extending mutual help people are after each other's blood. The tendency of duplicity and deceit has rapidly grown. It is evident that something is basically wrong somewhere. If this is not identified and corrected, misfortunes and calamities will increase in the same proportion as will the material advancement. Progress of an individual and the society depends on its right thinking and right way of working. In modern times attention has been entirely focused on material growth and the means thus acquired have been utilized in increasing the material comforts. The result is an insatiable greed, gross self-indulgence, an inflated ego, deceit and gross self-centeredness. Abundance of material comforts alone doesn't bring happiness; it also needs refined emotions and clear vision. For the overall development of the society simultaneous expansion of material and spiritual aspects is indispensable for the integrated life of man. 

An average person feels happy in response to happy events and miserable in the face of sad events. Such a person is tossed by the tides of the external world, and happiness becomes purely accidental. To attain tranquility, you must learn not to be influenced by external circumstances. That is the only way to find the state of stillness within. Once you know how to remain still, you can study both the external and the internal worlds. In man both lower and higher natures are present. Lower nature expresses itself through wrong thinking, lethargy, disease, jealousy, hatred, anger, selfishness, doubts, fear and anxiety. Higher nature expresses itself through love, kindness, contentment, compassion, appreciation for others, courage, forgiveness, benevolence, aspiration, truth and freedom. In a simple way we can say that negative thoughts leave a deep impact on the health of body and mind. On the other hand positive thoughts build a healthy environment around us. For perfect health and happiness transformation from lower to upper nature is required. Few points related to this transformation are given below (for details refer to the blog http://vishwamitra-spiritualtransformation.blogspot.in/):

1.         Follow the Righteous Path

Always follow the righteous path, and obey the rules so that you could be fearless and controller of your destiny. A guilty person always feels restless even with the greatest of comforts and wealth. Fear exhausts life energy; it is one of the greatest enemies of dynamic will power. Fear causes the life force that ordinarily flows steadily through the nerves to be squeezed out, and the nerves themselves to become as though paralyzed; the vitality of the whole body is lowered. Fear doesn't help you to get away from the object of fear; it only weakens your will power. Fear causes the brain to send an inhibiting message to all bodily organs. It constricts the heart, checks the digestive functions, and causes many other physical disturbances. When the consciousness is kept on God, you will have no fears; every obstacle will then be overcome by courage and faith.

When there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character;

When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home;

When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation;

When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

2.         Surrender to God

            Surrender yourself to God and you will find that your life has become a beautiful melody. If you try to do everything in the consciousness of God, you will see with joy that every day. He is choosing certain duties for you to perform. It has been emphasized by spiritual teachers that without faith in God and without the spirit of sacrifice, it is not possible for a person to enjoy peace of mind and harmony in life. You should sit in silence before deciding about any important matter, asking the Father for his blessings. Then behind your power is God's power; behind your mind, His mind; behind your will, His will. When God is working with you, you cannot fail; every faculty you possess will increase in power. When you do your work with the thought of serving God, you receive His blessings. Pray with a sincere heart: God, let me remember You constantly throughout the day. Be with me in every moment. Let my every thought, word and deed bring me closer to You. Let me not hurt anyone in thought, word or deed. Lord, my hands and feet are working for you. You have given me a certain part to play in this world and everything I am doing in this world is for You.

3.         Overcome your difficulties

            The successful person may have had more serious difficulties to content with than one who has failed but the former trains himself to reject the thought of failure at all times. You should transfer your attention from failure to success, from worry to calmness, from mental wanderings to concentration, from restlessness to peace, and from peace to the divine bless within. A negative thinker sees a difficulty in every opportunity, while a positive thinker sees an opportunity in every difficulty. There is a good proverb that "Problems and difficulties are like big cotton bags they look huge for those who see it but they look lighter for those who handle it"!