Fasting
Submitted by admin1 on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 15:45Fasting is performed in order to reduce man’s materialism and increase his spirituality, so that he may be able to lead a truly spiritual life in this world.
Fasting is performed in order to reduce man’s materialism and increase his spirituality, so that he may be able to lead a truly spiritual life in this world.
First and foremost, there has to be the will to perform action. There has to be the will to stop wallowing in self-pity and to get up and take action.
As per the scheme of nature, peace is the only secret of smooth functioning in human society as well as in the rest of the universe. Peace is such a basic requirement of man. Without peace there can be neither development nor progress. Regardless of how unfavorable circumstances might be, an environment of peace is indispensable. We must maintain peace unilaterally, for nothing that we desire can be achieved without it.
Generally, people think of patience as a negative type of passivity, but it is not. Patience is a positive attitude. In fact, it is the very foundation of all positive actions. Without patience, one cannot achieve anything worthwhile in life.
Experience has shown that complacency and a sense of comfort can be even greater vitiating factors in man’s progress through life than devastation and despair. This does not mean that adversity by itself is beneficial. It is simply the spark which ignites the fuel of man’s soul and drives him on to greater things. In the face of adversity his hidden capacities come to the fore and it is possible for him to reach undreamt of heights.
When facing unpleasant experience, opting for the way of patience and tolerance does not mean treading the path of defeat or retreat. It is, in fact, a future-oriented plan. Even after losing something, one has always to remember that one is still in possession of many other things by utilizing which one can build anew.
In times of grim affliction, provided one has the will, all one’s hidden potential and latent faculties are brought into play. One can think better, plan more successfully and make great efforts needed to bring one’s plans to fruition. One who lacks the will to improve his life is just like an idling motor which is going nowhere.
Peace is the result of planned action, while violence is purely an aggressive response to any kind of provocation. The peace-loving person first thinks and then acts. The violent person first acts and then thinks.
In man’s life the most important thing is the will to act. If one succumbs to a sense of loss and frustration and fritters his energies away in futile political protest, he is doomed to ruination.
The only condition of success is continuous effort, that is, to make such unflagging efforts, as are essential to achieve the desired objectives in the world of God according to the law of God. By following the same principle, we can achieve success in this world; it is the same principle which will bring us success in the next world.