Journey to Enlightenment Part 02

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Nirmala Hanke
Publisher: Create Space

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you honor yourself. Have you told yourself, "I love you"? We take time to analyze what happened yesterday. Discard the thought which makes yesterday alive. When your past becomes alive, it destroys your day. Practice “Namo Arihantanum".
Who gives life? Not God, you give life. Choose not to make the past more and more alive. Think positively, about what you have now. Yesterday is gone, a cancelled check. Even the bank can't accept a check from six months ago. But we bring back the past from 20-30 years ago. You are courageous people here today, because you are here to take charge of your life. Each person has the capacity to be a teacher. When you become awake and aware, you are giving from your life. I was the same as my cousin, who was even more creative than me. But I took a direction when I was 20 to find myself. My cousin took another direction-money and hedonism, and eventually destroyed himself. When he was 61, he was full of disease, and his wife left.
Mahavir says, “It's never too late”. You can make your life from today. This is the best moment in your life. Start with the breath—inhale peace, exhale all the negative. Inhale love and peace.
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