What
is true victory? Is it about acquiring wealth or conquering the world? Such a victory is not lasting.
Abiding victory comes when we have conquered our own minds. If our mind is the ruler and all the time it controls us then we are living a
life of defeat. For example, if I
decide to get up in the morning at 5 o’ clock the mind says, “Why should you
get up so early? Even birds get up early in the morning, but what do they
achieve? So go to sleep!” If you say okay then you are defeated. One little
thought defeats you. When a person gets addicted to a cigarette or some other
thing that one little object defeats him completely. He becomes weak, that
addiction becomes his weakness. Victory in the true sense is one where a person
gains victory over himself. This kind of victory is abiding, whereas any
external or physical victory is only temporary. It will be here today, gone tomorrow.
Sometimes it doesn’t take more than a fraction of a second to vanish.
A life
of dynamism need not be full of feverish activities. In Nature too, we see how silently
the sun rises; how it illumines, energizes. So much so when we don’t see the
Sun for a few days, we feel depressed. It is so inspiring and in spite of
seeing it everyday we are never bored with it. The secret of the Sun’s charm is
in its dynamism.
Again
when the plant germinates from a seed; does it make a lot of noise or advertise
its arrival? One fine morning we see a few green leaves, then a small flower
blossoming and then the first sweet fruit. Nature works so silently and
efficiently.
A
great vision emerges from silent contemplation. When a noble vision and action
combine in a human being or beings it becomes a blessing to the entire
humanity, absence of such a vision spells doom and destruction, both to a
single soul and the totality at large.
The author is the Head of Chinmaya Mission
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