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CONFLICT RESOLUTION When desires are limited, needs also get limited; when needs get limited, then conflicts, tensions and contradictions in the journey of life also begin to reduce. Moving beyond conflicts leads to peace, hap
piness and joy.
The root of all adversities lies in unrestrained and
unharnessed desires. Desires give rise to the tendency of possessiveness which in turn entangles man in the web of passions. He is now helpless, and all the wisdom and logic of life disappears into thin air. Therefore, the primary aim of an aspirant is to exercise control and conquer desires.
The path prescribed for such an endeavour is the icchā parimāņa vrata or the vow of limiting desires.
Great thinkers have compared the human mind to the sea. Just as innumerable waves rise and fall tirelessly, their rhythmic sound an affirmation of their ceaseless activity, so also thoughts and emotions splash against the shores of the mind making it a hub of activity. Currents of resolve and conflict clash endlessly here, creating gushing whirlpools of joy and sorrow.
Just as the sea is infinite, so also is the mind. There is no
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