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Rays of Dharma
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We have so far spent the time in nourishing the body; now let us start nourishing the soul. It would be okay if the body is frail, but a weakened soul would not do. There have been enlightened persons, whose bodies were frail, but they had very energetic souls. Shrimad Rajchandra was a concrete example thereof.
A man was given two pitchers, one in the left hand contained wealth and the other in the right hand contained peace. He was asked to dissipate the wealth and preserve the peace intact. As such, he started distributing the wealth from the left hand. Meanwhile a thorn pricked in his foot. For removing it he put down both the pitchers. Thereafter he happened to pick up the pitcher of wealth in the right hand and that of peace in the left. Since he did not keep the real objective in mind, he now dissipates peace from the left hand and keeps the wealth intact. The way out is to remember that the goal is to dissipate the wealth, not the peace.
Everyone thus needs to have a goal. A goal-oriented person would undertake every activity while keeping its objective in mind. He does it appropriately like the captain of a ship, who knows where he wants to go and how to reach there. We should also think over the purpose of our life and where we want to reach. If a person has no objective, his condition becomes identical to a sailor, who has no destination.
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