Amar Vani

Author(s): Amarmuni
Publisher: Sanmati Gyan Pith Agra

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benefit from them, like the ordinary mirror. But if you have love and faith, you can derive much benefit from them like the concave mirror,
Constancy of Aim
Before you can do anything, you must fix up your aim or ideal. You should know where you have to go and where you have not to go, what you have to do and what you have not to do, what you want to become and what you do not 'want to become. Unless you have a clear picture of this, you will not be able to do anything or to become anything. A painter, before he takes up his brush and colours to paint a picture, makes a clear impression in his mind what kind of picture he is going to paint. In the same way, a sculptor, before he takes up his hammer, chisel and stone in the hand, makes a clear image of the statue that he is going to make. Even the illiterate potter of the village knows before-hand what kind of pot he is going to make out of the clay in his hand. Life is a great art. Therefore you must have a clear idea what kind of life you are going to make for yourself, You must have a target before you shoot the arrow. If you go on shooting the arrow without any aim or target, you can never become a successful archer.
Faith and Reason
The devotee must clearly demarcate the proper line between faith and reason. Irrational faith is a dark bottomless pit. And reason bereft of faith will leave you stumbling among the socks of scepticism and agnosticism. Therefore faith and reason are inter-dependent and complementary to each other.