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THE WAY OF LIFE
scriptural studies, spiritual exercises and the intimacy with nature will free you from all your mental tensions and worries. The great English poet, Wordsworth says:
"......Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy; for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty; and so feed with lofty thoughts, that neither eyil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life Shall ever prevail against us or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings”.
So, nature can elevate us to a lofty level at which we do not feel agitated by worries and tensions. Moreover, you must strengthen your faith in the Paramatma. All our tensions, worries, problems and difficulties will disappear if we have firm faith in the Paramatma. Our faith in the Paramatma does not grow weak if we seek the company of noble men and stay in their company. If you carry out scriptural studies under the inspiring guidance of noble spiritual heads; and if you perform yogabhyas, you will attain physical and mental serenity, wholesomeness and felicity. These things will impel your life to bloom into bliss.
Man should organize his daily activities in such a manner that worries and tensions do not at all arise in his mind.
DO NOT ALLOW THE WORLDLY CONCERNS TO AGITATE YOUR MIND
From the Audience : The concerns relating to our family life, social life and our business bring about tensions and worries in us; is that not so ?
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