Can practice earn you excellence?

Practice is the pathway for excellence. An anecdote extracted from Mahabharatha "the great epic of India" substantiates it. This anecdote is pertaining to the period of Gurukulavasam - residential schooling of Pandavas in their childhood.

Arjuna, the third one of Pandavas got up one fine midnight and found that Bhima ( one of his elder brothers - the second one of Pandavas ) was missing. He searched for Bhima and finally found him enjoying sweets in the darkness with out a single lamp. Arjuna was astonished see him eating ecstatically in darkness. He asked him how could he eat in darkness without proper sight. Bhima's answer was 'PRACTICE'.

Arjuna pondered on this incident. He thought, if it's possible for his brother to eat in darkness by practice, then why can't he shoot his arrows in darkness. So Arjuna started practicing his skills in archery in nights- darkness too. This enabled him evolve into one of the stupendous archers. Besides this, his practice in darkness earned him an more great thing.

During one of his practice sessions in nights, his Acharya - teacher Dhrona woke up hearing the noise of his bow and arrows. He found Arjuna passionately practising the skills taught by him in the darkness. He was flabbergasted by the accuracy of Arjuna even in darkness. He realized the passion and flair that Arjuna had for archery. Then he interrupted Arjuna and asked how he could practice archery impeccably even in darkness. Arjuna's answer was "PRACTICE". This earned Arjuna the HEART of his GURU- ACHARYA. Since then, Arjuna was the most favourite disciple of Dhronacharya up til his end.

So PRACTICE made Arjuna not only a Shreshta Dhanurdhari - an excellent archer but also ensconce the lotus heart of his acharya - teacher. So Practice definitely earns us excellence.

Want to be successful in your career?

Hi all!
To be successful in your career, you not only need good expertise in your profession and diligence, but also good presence of mind and creativity keep doing some activity besides your profession . Either play sports, dance, sing, play music, do aerobics or do some absorbing physical activity. You can even hop, climb stairs, walk, run , jog but do it with complete involvement.

This not only keeps you fit, healthy and happy but also induces the activation of right side of your brain. Right side of one's brain is responsible for his/her creativity. So the right side of a creative person's brain is always active. In other words a person with active right  brain is pretty creative he/she thinks differently and is an achiever. Great poets, great inventors and great achievers were/are with active right brains.

Now, do you understand what you need to be creative, have good presence of mind, and succeed in life?

 It is nothing but some absorbing activity that consumes your energy . Don't be a listener, start singing , don't be a spectator, start playing. Don't be in the receiving end. Be a performer. Do it even if you are not good at it. Do it to your satisfaction. For e.g. Suppose you are an architect, if you like to dance , do it even if you are not good at it.  It activates your right brain, keeps you cool, pleasant and helps you to be a  successful architect though not as a successful professional dancer. Do it as an activity at least if not as an art or a craft. This is  the success formula.
Start practicing some art form or sports or some physical activity with utmost zest, you are sure to succeed in life.
Wish you good luck.

Key for sucess!!!

" A sensible approach towards the past, present and future of one's life is the real key for his or her success".

The way we deal with the past, present and the future of life attributes to our success.

First let us deal with 'The Past'.

Past has gone. It'll never come back. There's nothing to dwell upon it. With these words, I definitely don't advocate ingratitude. One needs to be grateful to people who had helped him or her. But for this, the practical use of the past memory is - it helps us find out the blunders we committed. When we are aware of our mistakes, we believe that we don't repeat them. So, the past memory could aide us in preventing the errors. After all we learn from our mistakes.

But is this how people actually deal with the past?

Either the people live in their past glories or they cling to the anguish, pang, dismay,agony,sorrow, misery and all sort of pains that they had in their past.
They take pleasure in plunging into masochism, yearn the sympathy and empathy of others.
They turn pessimistic and search for people to blame for their failures and miseries.

The emotional aspect of past memory is a slow poison. It's a bauble, not be cogitated and re- cogitated.

Then, how can you deal with the past?

Regarding your loved ones who are no more, it is wise to imbibe their virtues and inculcate their great qualities in you and practise them in your present life.
Pondering on their loss, groaning and yelling will reap you no fruit. Instead, it vitiates you and your ambiance.

Merely extract the sense values from the past memories and shun the past forever.
After all a human mind is not a garbage bin. It's invaluable, stupendous, more efficacious and
efficient than super computers. It's precious.

The Mind is mighty and it's where the almighty resides.

Throw away the distress of the past, the mind then turns fresh and pure. It blossoms like an enchanting flower. It realizes the sheer bliss.

Now let us see how to deal with the future.

One's future dreams stress him/her. He/she is worried and anxious about the future. Hence the individual errs in the present, end up in failure and searches for a scape goat for his/her faults.

Instead , How can you deal with the future?

Just be prepared for the future. Don't exert your self worrying about the future. Get rid of fears and night mares. live the present life merrily. Do your present work with utmost involvement. Do it passionately for the sake doing it and not for the sake of future. For e.g. suppose you are a student, study enthusiastically for the sake of knowledge and not for the sake of examination.
"Why to fear tomorrow's exam,when you joyfully and wholehearted study today?"

Enjoy your present endeavours rather than worrying about the goal. Anxiety about tomorrow baffles today's work. As Osho said, 'Tomorrow never comes as tomorrow but comes as today'.

Cross the bridge when it comes. Don't do the present work grizzling about the future because,
present is truth, present is reality. Past is memory, future is dream but present is life - reality.

Be blithe and proceed with your pursuits cheerfully. But you can't do justice to a work unless you covet it, unless you aspire for it. As D.H.Lawrence said in his poem 'WORK',

There is no point in work
unless it absorbs you
like an absorbing game.

Choose the work for which you have a flair. Take your cup of tea - find out your true interest.

When you are ebulliently striving for fulfillment in your present days work, success and happiness craves to be with you. Success and eternal bliss reaches you successfully.

Doing one's work with genuine zest and involvement with out bothering about it's result is
KARMA YOGA.

KARMA YOGA is the ultimate message of Srimad Bhagavat Geetha the holy words believed to be uttered by the almighty him self.

KARMA YOGA, 'the vivacious, conscious and truthful execution of the duty enables one to realize POORANATHVA the wholesomeness '.

There's a belief in India that 'WORK is GOD'.

"Live every moment with absolute consciousness, carry out your duty meticulously with genuine passion, you'll realize the true ecstasy" . What else can be the true key for SUCCESS!