Myself to My Soul Part 01

Author(s): Namramuni
Publisher: Parasdham Mumbai

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Purifying Your Thoughts
yourself in the society.
It is very significant to know that 50% of the life that you live is an outcome of your efforts to please someone, to show that you are better than others, to satiate your ego. You are constantly in a competitive mode trying to prove your superiority over others.
There may be a few who would be taken over by a similar attitude and think their discourses should be different from others, a shravak might think that his sadhana should be different from others, an entrepreneur would think that his strategy should be different from others.
Does everyone want to project himself being better than others or be more truthful and honest?
The truth is- Everyone is more concerned to be better than others rather than being more truthful.
However, Parmatma says that if one does not purify his thoughts, he is unable to purify his conduct whilst following the path of dharma.
Is it easier to wear a muhapatti (a cloth covering the mouth) or to stop lying? What does your experience say about this? Just taking a piece of cloth, folding it 8 times successively and tying a thread around sounds easy or is it easier to stop lying? Shouldn't one think that, “My Parmatma Mahavir has never lied, and so, I too shall