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Svadhyaya
for May 24, 2014
What is True Success
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Worshipful
homage to the Supreme, Universal transcendental Being. It is called
transcendental because it is beyond the reach of human thought and reasoning to
grasp it or comprehend it. The most amazing fact is the one revealed by
Shankaracharya, a great illumined being: “Jivo Brahmaiva Naparah - jiva
is no other than Brahman.” It is still more difficult to understand this
incredible, ungraspable, incomprehensible truth. But it is said with such
vehemence, conviction and assurance that it compels, rivets and demands our
attention, because it has behind it the strength and power of personal Realization.
Therein comes its compelling force.
“Tat
Tvam Asi - Thou art That.” [Chan. Up. 6.4.7] This declaration of our
identity, our oneness with That, is the greatest discovery and declaration that
has ever been made by mankind. It is the highest pinnacle of human experience.
It at once shows how high the human consciousness has been able to reach and at
the same time, that each one also has within us the potential to reach this
great height. It calls upon us to put forth this potential and make use of this
life to attain success.
What
is true success? Is it the Attainment that we may call true success? There is a
saying that the true thrill and joy of a journey is the journey itself, and not
so much reaching the destination. Once you reach the destination, the daily
thrill and joy and the sense of adventure, the daily new vistas before your
eyes ends. There is something in this way of viewing things which provides us
the scope and the possibility of thrill and joy in the undertaking itself – not
so much the accomplishing, but the undertaking. The accomplishment may have its
own kind of satisfaction, but it cannot be compared to the daily, continuous
experience of joy in the effort made in order to accomplish some end.
Success
is the ability to give oneself totally and to dedicate one’s life for that
great attainment. That in itself constitutes success. If you can enter into
this path of perfection and liberation and keep on with it with all the powers
of your being and thus give the totality of yourself and your life until the
very end, you have gloriously succeeded. There is no doubt about it. The
celestials rejoice, and God looks upon you with great joy, love (and) with
great satisfaction. “Worthy is the child of Mine. Worthy has it used the gift
of life given to it. Worthy is it of being regarded as My own.”
Thus
should your life be. May the great Spirit bless us all the way! May the
choicest benedictions of beloved Holy Master enable us to make our life such a
life!
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God Bless You All!
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Swami
Chidananda
Additional Reading
Material:
Secret of Success By Swami Sivananda
Tat Tvam Asi By Swami Sivananda
Success in Life – A Young Person’s Guide By Swami Chidananda
Discrimination of The Mahavakyas By Swami Krishnananda
Mahavakya Viveka - Panchadasi By Swami Krishnananda
Sure Ways of Success in Life By Swami Krishnananda
True Success By Swami Atmaswarupananda
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