Inner truth: Song of Life

Is there a difference between an ambitious attitude and a meditative attitude?
Yes. There is a difference. It is like darkness and light. Ambitions keep us always in a whirlpool of tensions with the hope that we will be happy. It wants us to be like others. Or it wants us to be better than others and in the process one becomes bitter.

Can my house be like that of a rich man? Or can my house be better than that of my neighbour? You are always lost in comparison. But life is simple. Ambitions make it complex. Only if you stop the greedy game of going ahead of others, can you be happy.

A meditative attitude is very different. Meditation awakens your awareness. Once your awareness is of high order, you realise the foolishness of comparison. You would not allow others’ success to define your failure. You would see the beauty of ‘what is’ and not get lost in ‘what should be.’

Swami Sukhabodhananda is the founder Chairman of Prasanna Trust. www.prasannatrust.org.

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