MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1146

 MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1146

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Radhe krishna,

Have a blessed day,

DIFFIDENCE Swami Sivananda Many people are always diffident. They have no self-confidence. They have energy, capacity and faculty. But they have no confidence in their own powers and faculties, and in getting success. This is a kind of weakness that brings failures in all attempts. A man appears on the pulpit to deliver a lecture. He is well-read. But he is diffident. He thinks foolishly that he would not be able to make an impressive speech. The moment this kind of negative thought comes to his mind, he becomes nervous, he staggers and gets down the platform. You may have a little capacity and yet you must have full confidence that you will succeed in your venture. There are people who have very little material and capacity for public speaking, and yet they can thrill the audience by sheer self-confidence. Confidence is a kind of power. It develops will. Confidence is half success. A man of confidence is always successful. “Feel all along that the body is a moving temple of God, your office or business-house a big temple or Vrindavana, and every activity such as walking, eating, breathing, seeing, hearing, reading, etc., are offerings unto the Lord.” This is the second mental action. You can first have Sattvic imagination, Kalpana, and secondly you can cultivate Sattvic Bhava. Bhavana and Kalpana are the two things which you have to culture, and once Kalpana through constant repetition becomes a settled Bhavana, then you will find that your whole Sadhana will move along without a hitch Swami Chidananda. Stilling the mind does not mean allowing the mind to sleep. It is making the mind more active than it would be ordinarily when it is in contact with objects. - Swami Krishnananda Chant  the Maha Mantra. Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare BE HAPPY. https://sekhar789.blogspot.com/2019/08/sevapremdhyan-and-saksatkar-path-of_19.html