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GURUDEVA SMRITI GRANTHA
works of literature and blooms in the joy of creation even amidst the grim circum. stances of life Nothing detracts him, nothing dejects him, his appreciation and depreciation are the gusts of the same wind coming from different directions He cares little for material possessions but opportunity for creative work he certainly prefers to every other thing. The ignorant world, for the time being, may neglect him considering him miserable, whimsical, crazy, or even mad at times but in reality he is the wisest man who understands the follies and foibles of all and overlooks them with a spiteless smile on his genial face People think him to be weak and coward as he tolerates placidly the injuries done to him by the world. People think him foolish because he does not care for the thing most coveted for by ordipary men. People regard him conservative because he is not swayed by every new change for the sake of mere change or for ostentation He is, in truth, like a deep ocean which remains unaffected in its magnitudes even when many rivers fall into it. He knows what is permanent in man, he perceives the intrinsic worth of everything, so that the externals, the shining foam or pearly bubbles tempt him not The dazzling sights of the world fail to blind him to the virtues of life
The modern world 18 in lamentable want of the artists of life. It is on account of the dearth of such persons that the world is full of restless rivalry, jealousy, rıfe and strife, setting individuals against individuals, communities against communities, nations nations Indulged in the mad pursuit for material power and pelf, man is going down everyday from the plane of humanity Being gove ned by the wrong notions and wrong conceptions of life, of culture, of beauty he is getting devoid of all the virtues that distingurth man from animal, and which beautify and glorify man's life Man is superior to animal only on account of his capacity to reflect and sclect, to be self-conscious, to be conscious of his feelings, ideas, desires and purposes It is man alone who goes beyond self-consciousness towards cosmic consciousness , who looks up into the vastness of real life, perceiving things in the light of eternity Now the question is how a man can rise to such real heights and make his life artistic
Onc who aspires to learn the art of living or one who aspires to grow an artist of life should be physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy. He must cxercise his "spiritual power" to the fullest capaisity of all his faculties, round that principle of life which is the highest in man, the Atman, the spiritual principle, the image of the God in man The first requisite of an artist of life is 'Goo health', A harmonious development of all the three faculties of body, mind and spirit goes to make one truly healthy A man may be robust but if he is idle, Ac 15 mantally unhealthy A man may be skilled in his work. but if he is unable to
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| SR No. | 010772 |
| Book Title | Ratnamuni Smruti Granth |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Vijaymuni Shastri, Harishankar Sharma |
| Publisher | Gurudev Smruti Granth Samiti |
| Publication Year | 1964 |
| Total Pages | 687 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 21 MB |