Short stories: Goals, ambitions, and dreams, are not as important as our spiritual mission, and purpose, are in our life
@innertalks (21927)
Australia
March 18, 2023 1:26am CST
The spiritual master, Sri Arton Zerploski, was giving a talk to his students about whether we should have worldly goals, ambitions, or dreams, for our own lives, or not.
He said that we should never waste our time and energy pursuing these alone.
Here is some more of what he had to say that night:
"Instead of having goals and dreams for our life, we should just live it, for God, without any such desires embellishing it, in any way, at all. "
"A life lived for God, needs nothing else, as God supplies you with all of your needs, and so, therefore, any ambitions, goals, or purposes, are all secondary to your living a life of love for God, and the rest is mere description only."
"Such description should come after our life is completed, and perhaps could be made by other people about our lived life, but, we need none of this, whilst we are living."
"Our spiritual mission for God should be our only concern, and we should devote our lives to carrying it out for God."
"Everything created has its purpose for being created, and its mission to fulfil in its life here."
"We are no different than this, and each of us also has a divinely inspired individualised purpose of our own to fulfil in our own life."
"The inner wakefulness, which is our soul, tries to keep our mind involved in working for, and on, this purpose."
And with that last sentence, the master sat down. His talk was ended for that night.
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We should not allow our body, mind, or ego selves, to elephantise our lives for us.
We are the soul driver of our lives.
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@elmer0421 (432)
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18 Mar 23
But it seems currently religions divide people and even families....
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@innertalks (21927)
• Australia
19 Mar 23
I am not talking about religions, which are mostly about organisations, and institutions.
I am talking here about the value of spirituality in our life.
When we love life, our fellow man, and God, the real spirit of God lives within us, and so we live a spiritually active life, as a result of that.
When we try to live our life without any spirit in it, we live a rather weak life, with no real direction, power, or purpose in it, except for our making good a few earthly goals instead.
To my mind, to live just an earthly life, based on trying to achieve business, life, or sporting goals alone, we miss out on living half of our life, which should involve us living from the deeper spiritual part of ourselves, instead of just from our more earthy baser surface emotions, thoughts, and ideas, instead.
God connects one to another through love, but any other lesser emotion than love, always divides people, and causes friction, brought about by competition, rather than cooperation.
Religion on its own does nothing, and it needs the spirit of love to empower it into being real, for anyone who is in that religion.
@Shiva49 (26686)
• Singapore
19 Mar 23
The Hindu path is to do our duty without looking at the material rewards.
In a way, not to count the chickens before they are hatched.
We will then get rewards that are perennial and not just worldly.
That will happen when our life is soul-driven.
I can say I followed this approach though I had some worldly duties and responsibilities.
However, I was not concerned with the material rewards which came more in the form of contentment and peace of mind.
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@innertalks (21927)
• Australia
20 Mar 23
Yes, we should never compromise, and go against our own soul's values, and goals for our lives, by performing tasks that border on the edge of the law, and could be described as just shady at their best.
Even at work, we should put our own work ethics first, as you always did, even at the expense of being fired from our job.
At the same time, we should not sharpen our own ideals, and work ethics, so that they become barbs for others too.
We should quietly assert our principles, without bashing anyone over the head with them, just for the sake of a principle.
We should be strong, but without being pushy.
Our stand, regarding principles, should strengthen the company core, not cause divisions in it.
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@innertalks (21927)
• Australia
20 Mar 23
@Shiva49 If we live a good principled life, with the sun of love shining forth from us, others around us, will naturally be affected by this, but it is best not to stoke up our fires and try to burn people with our fervour, as the fire and brimstone preachers used to do.
Your father and you were well balanced in approach to living from your principles, not too overbearing, but with enough oomph, for it to still be noticed and felt by others too.
Many people talk tongue in cheek, with a forked tongue, like your CEO did, as they do not believe that someone could really be a straight-laced gentleman like that.
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@Shiva49 (26686)
• Singapore
20 Mar 23
@innertalks My father set a good example by living a principled life but did not try to influence others through words and that included his own children.
I too followed his example by living a life true to the ideals of fairness and compassion. I too did not try to impose my way on anyone including my son.
At the workplace too, I took care and once it did rub my CEO the wrong way as he might have thought I was faking it! He made a remark I was trying to pass off as a gentleman meaning I was not one!!! That made me quit the job and when he asked me whether I had a job in hand I told him I did not but would prefer to starve than work for him any longer. However, I told him I will continue till he found a replacement. He thought I might change my mind and when I insisted, he tried to persuade me to continue. Then I had to find a replacement in the end as it happened later on in another place too!
I used to laugh at myself quoting this remark made about me to others.
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