Self Oblivion

 “ Be good Do good ” – There is not even a single child who hasn’t heard this piece of advice from parents from their childhood. What does it actually mean? How can we do good even if someone is imparting bad to us? Even if we manage to do good in such instances, why does it further lead to self- disapproval and weakness? All great teachers have taught that non-resistance / non violence is the highest moral ideal . But we all know that, even if a certain number of us attempted to put that maxim fully into practice, the whole social fabric would fall to pieces; the wicked would take possession of our properties and our lives, and would do whatever they liked with us Men generally practice non-resistance to evil, because they are weak, lazy and cannot resist evil ; not because they will not . Say, if a man knows that he can strike an irresistible blow or crush the enemies to ground in no time and yet he chooses not to strike, but blesses his enemies, then he is doing a grand act of l...

Author : Swami Vivekananda Read Time : 5 minutes The goal of mankind is knowledge . The cause of all the miseries we have in the world is that men foolishly think pleasure to be the ideal to strive for. Both pleasure and pain are great teachers. We learn as much from evil as from good. If you take the character of any man, you will find that misery and happiness are equal factors in the formation of that character. Good and evil have an equal share in moulding character and in some instances, misery is a greater teacher than happiness. In studying great characters the world has produced, I dare say, in the vast majority of cases, it would be found that it was misery that taught more than happiness, it was poverty that taught more than wealth, it was blows that brought out their inner fire more than praise. Now, this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside; it is all inside. What we say a man "knows", he "discovers", by taking the cover off his ...