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saves you by enabling you to remain in a blissful state and maintain your equanimity, during the critical moments of your life.
We have a tradition of keeping maun i.e. silent or speechless. Along with exercising restraint on our sense of speech, why can't we consider it as a training to remain steadfast amidst the crisis, when suddenly our speech fails us and we become dumb?
We have a tradition of meditating and in meditation we have a tradition of keeping our eyes shut. Behind this is the main purpose of remaining inwardly focused. Yet, why can't we consider this as a preparedness to maintain our composure, if suddenly we become blind?
We have a tradition of chanting and doing kayotsarg i.e. meditating on a mantra. While we perform this ritual which tests our patience, why can't we consider this as a divine plan to enable the mind also to stay quiet along with the body, when suddenly you become bed-ridden ?
We have a tradition of fasting. There is a far-sighted divine plan entwined in this act of fasting, along with the aim of helping you to work out your karmas. Can you not consider this as a preparedness to enable you to remain happy, when suddenly you have to stop taking food on account of poor health? .
We have a tradition of simplicity and self-restraint. The reason behind this is abandonment of unwanted extravagance. But along with this why can't we consider it as a training for managing with less?
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