Book Title: Mind Your Mind
Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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________________ so that when my customers haggle for lower prices, I do not lose the sweetness of my tongue and the peace of my mind". The equipments of yesteryears were clumsy and not so convenient. But they taught you how to get your work done, when you were stuck with complexity. Such learning helped to maintain harmony and concord in the family. As the new equipments function instantly, they naturally test a person's patience and tolerance. Today if someone takes more time in the calculation of account given, our mind becomes restless. The reason is that we are used to instant : service of the calculator and hence not able to maintain our patience. Today, why the mind gets excited when someone is asked for an address or phone number and you get to hear a reply - as "can't remember?" The computer has left negative impact not only on man's memory but also has taken away his tolerance power. Today a man's tolerance limit is less than even a second . The contribution of advanced technology for this state of affairs is significant. Science can give hi-tech equipments. Through these equipments, it can give conveniences. But science does not have the power to give peace. Man is a curious creature ! He loves pleasures. He accumulates/collects material things and then produces miseries for himself. Due to this, peace and wealth have become adversaries. MIND YOUR mind : 100

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