There is a glimmer of hope even in despair. They say, “as long as we breathe, till then there is hope.” Many of us believe that there is life even after death as the soul never dies till we attain liberation. Our life is purely sustained with hope and positive attitude. We plan our future in the hope of leading comfortable life and accumulate wealth even for our distant future but know not as to what is there in store for us in the near future. Each moment of life is lived in hope only. Achievements can not be made merely in the hope based on illusion or myth but a path to resolutions on firm footings. While aspiring for hope, our body, mind and heart should work in unison. No good can be achieved without hope, firm belief, sacrifice and hard work. Every day medical and scientific marvels take place and other success stories unfold due to this reason. In case hope leads to lust, ill-will and greed it ends in complete disappointment, destruction and disharmony. Anyone bereft of hope is a sick person, neither having faith in himself/ herself nor in others.
Such a person can not overcome the vicissitudes of life including stress. In the current dark era we are, unfortunately, living with estranged neighbours. We should be careful and tactful while dealing with them hoping for the good and welfare of all. Everything is going haywire and disarray causing unrest and violence in the nations, all in the name of religion or holy war. Many innocent people are being massacred which is a foul act and must be boldly condemned and curbed by all. If some enlightened persons/ think-tanks of sensible voices sit together, hopefully, they can bring the ugly situation under control. Only sincere will is required.
We plant trees in the hope of enjoying their fruits and bear children to provide us some succour in the hours of our need but, sometimes, it happens otherwise according to the will of God. The reason why we say, “There is many a slip between the cup and lips.” It is also said, “A drowning man catches at a straw,”-all in the hope of saving one’s life. Here straw is a means of hope when we are in distress.
Hope for success should be integrated with sincere endeavour. Being hopeful and confident helps to develop the surge and tide over the ups and downs of life. Such persons always sift the positivities out of negativities and carve niches for themselves in this world and the hopeless and distraught dig graves for their own burial during their life time itself. They are fully aware that when one door of dark house closes, God opens another bright house for our welfare. Change is the law of the nature. Our freedom fighters, due to sincere wish and hope, achieved great heights with sacrifices to get us independence and freedom from the shackles of foreign powers. They succeeded in their cause.
Optimistics are decisive and confident and can not be easily bogged down. They convert dreams into reality. With sincere efforts and hope one can overcome many debacles of life. The hopefuls rise from rags to riches. They recover early even from worst dreadful diseases, their will-power upbeats and thus their life expectancy enhances and becomes stable, colourful like a rain-bow. The hopefuls become ambitious and resolute to venture into new and daring projects, are assertive, take every opportunity as a challenge and accomplish any thing. When successful they are exuberant, perky and bouncy and set shining examples for others to follow. We can not remain without mentioning the recent difficult and successful feat of 41 years old highly spirited astronaut, Sunita William, who remained in space shuttle, Atlantis, for a lengthy period of 194 days-18 hours-58 minutes and landed on earth on June 23, 2007 at 1:18:47 hours (IST) in USA. She achieved this goal with radiant outlook due to God’s grace.
On the contrary, people in despair lead shattered, solitary, and puzzled life with many behavioural deficiencies and loss of sleep and peace. This attitude only results in tearing their life apart.
The hopefuls see and enjoy the grace of God and remain cheerful while the hopeless see this world full of misery. Lord may not appear in physical form for the rescue of His devotees but He appears in transcendental form for the same purpose. When we completely lose hope and everyone starts kicking and booting us and blaming us without application of mind our only hope is Lord Supreme who always shows His strength and presence through miracles. The enlightened do good to others as one lamp lights others in firm faith and hope that Lord will descend in some form for the help and rescue of innocent victims. In hope only we are inching towards godly acts day-by-day. Those who are connected with Him due to their sterling activities receive His grace without asking and their faults and sins committed unknowingly are singed. Everything is uncertain in our life. It is only hope that keeps us going. Everybody knows that one day he will perish and he is quite unaware about the day and time of such an event taking place but he is still living in hope and is trying to earn name, fame, wealth and materials. This is totally a false hope. Whether the Egyptians and the other rulers/ opulents could avail the benefits of materials they got buried with them at the time of their death in pyramids? In hope we search solace in the places of worship. An arch devotee leaves fate in the hands of God unconditionally. Even if he/ she fails to get reward/ justice of his/ her pray he/ she will not blame God but say, “I accept Your dispensation.”
When hope is lost, everything is lost. Nothing remains in our kitty. Only hopefuls nurse the ambition of rising to the top rung of society. Life should not be dull, drab and drag but full of hope, verve and joy and each rising day is full of hope, trials and tribulations for us. It is left to us to pick-up diligently the virtues and avoid vices, all in firm faith in God to bless us peace and happiness. If we use perverted minds, it will create war and turbulences amongst us. To hope and desire of hankering for materialism and wealth beyond limits and needs is nothing but greed which makes a person corrupt, lethargic, weak and fearful. Contentment results in supreme happiness. Unmindful hopes cause downfall and destruction. So, if you aspire for success light the spark of hope, nothing but hope. One who has hope, has everything. The bird, Chatak, does everything in utter hope and patience, to let the first drop of rain water fall in its bill to quench its year long thirst.
Such a person can not overcome the vicissitudes of life including stress. In the current dark era we are, unfortunately, living with estranged neighbours. We should be careful and tactful while dealing with them hoping for the good and welfare of all. Everything is going haywire and disarray causing unrest and violence in the nations, all in the name of religion or holy war. Many innocent people are being massacred which is a foul act and must be boldly condemned and curbed by all. If some enlightened persons/ think-tanks of sensible voices sit together, hopefully, they can bring the ugly situation under control. Only sincere will is required.
We plant trees in the hope of enjoying their fruits and bear children to provide us some succour in the hours of our need but, sometimes, it happens otherwise according to the will of God. The reason why we say, “There is many a slip between the cup and lips.” It is also said, “A drowning man catches at a straw,”-all in the hope of saving one’s life. Here straw is a means of hope when we are in distress.
Hope for success should be integrated with sincere endeavour. Being hopeful and confident helps to develop the surge and tide over the ups and downs of life. Such persons always sift the positivities out of negativities and carve niches for themselves in this world and the hopeless and distraught dig graves for their own burial during their life time itself. They are fully aware that when one door of dark house closes, God opens another bright house for our welfare. Change is the law of the nature. Our freedom fighters, due to sincere wish and hope, achieved great heights with sacrifices to get us independence and freedom from the shackles of foreign powers. They succeeded in their cause.
Optimistics are decisive and confident and can not be easily bogged down. They convert dreams into reality. With sincere efforts and hope one can overcome many debacles of life. The hopefuls rise from rags to riches. They recover early even from worst dreadful diseases, their will-power upbeats and thus their life expectancy enhances and becomes stable, colourful like a rain-bow. The hopefuls become ambitious and resolute to venture into new and daring projects, are assertive, take every opportunity as a challenge and accomplish any thing. When successful they are exuberant, perky and bouncy and set shining examples for others to follow. We can not remain without mentioning the recent difficult and successful feat of 41 years old highly spirited astronaut, Sunita William, who remained in space shuttle, Atlantis, for a lengthy period of 194 days-18 hours-58 minutes and landed on earth on June 23, 2007 at 1:18:47 hours (IST) in USA. She achieved this goal with radiant outlook due to God’s grace.
On the contrary, people in despair lead shattered, solitary, and puzzled life with many behavioural deficiencies and loss of sleep and peace. This attitude only results in tearing their life apart.
The hopefuls see and enjoy the grace of God and remain cheerful while the hopeless see this world full of misery. Lord may not appear in physical form for the rescue of His devotees but He appears in transcendental form for the same purpose. When we completely lose hope and everyone starts kicking and booting us and blaming us without application of mind our only hope is Lord Supreme who always shows His strength and presence through miracles. The enlightened do good to others as one lamp lights others in firm faith and hope that Lord will descend in some form for the help and rescue of innocent victims. In hope only we are inching towards godly acts day-by-day. Those who are connected with Him due to their sterling activities receive His grace without asking and their faults and sins committed unknowingly are singed. Everything is uncertain in our life. It is only hope that keeps us going. Everybody knows that one day he will perish and he is quite unaware about the day and time of such an event taking place but he is still living in hope and is trying to earn name, fame, wealth and materials. This is totally a false hope. Whether the Egyptians and the other rulers/ opulents could avail the benefits of materials they got buried with them at the time of their death in pyramids? In hope we search solace in the places of worship. An arch devotee leaves fate in the hands of God unconditionally. Even if he/ she fails to get reward/ justice of his/ her pray he/ she will not blame God but say, “I accept Your dispensation.”
When hope is lost, everything is lost. Nothing remains in our kitty. Only hopefuls nurse the ambition of rising to the top rung of society. Life should not be dull, drab and drag but full of hope, verve and joy and each rising day is full of hope, trials and tribulations for us. It is left to us to pick-up diligently the virtues and avoid vices, all in firm faith in God to bless us peace and happiness. If we use perverted minds, it will create war and turbulences amongst us. To hope and desire of hankering for materialism and wealth beyond limits and needs is nothing but greed which makes a person corrupt, lethargic, weak and fearful. Contentment results in supreme happiness. Unmindful hopes cause downfall and destruction. So, if you aspire for success light the spark of hope, nothing but hope. One who has hope, has everything. The bird, Chatak, does everything in utter hope and patience, to let the first drop of rain water fall in its bill to quench its year long thirst.
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Sir, I like the way you write these articles. I am asking you a very clear question, it might be a tough one...How do you define "Spirituality without Religion" to an ATHEIST. I have read many articles about Spirituality, where Religion is implicitly defined through Spirituality. Good. But, my question put to you in other way is how can you construct a kind of relationship between Spirituality and Atheism? Thank You.
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