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Purifying Your Thoughts
want to explain you with plankic to get rid of your old thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and patterns.
Before I begin to put forward new thoughts, it's very important for you to discard your previous beliefs. As I said, the bottle needs to be cleaned properly before pouring in anything new. Similarly, you need to rinse your old thought process to allow new thoughts and ideas to flow in. There will be no place to absorb and digest the new, if the old is not discarded.
Big ideas and philosophies will just go above our heads if we're stuck with old patterns, however, even the simplest of new ideas can have remarkable results if we have clarity and focus. Our thought patterns are not only from this lifetime, but we have inherited them from our previous births too, and they will continue to go forward many more lifetimes. We need to break away from this cycle!
We are extremely fortunate to be born and brought up under the influence of Lord Mahavir's principles. It's a blessing for us to be Jains and hence, it's of utmost importance to make this birth fruitful enough to achieve the final destination Moksha' (Emancipation). But just being born as a Jain does not suffice, we need to make efforts in that direction.
You might be indulging in strong penance, chanting mantras and other spiritual practices. But all of this is in vain if you do not get its benefit in the present.
