The final analysis of success in life
The desire to attain success is very natural to all human beings. People from all walks of life and as diverse backgrounds you could imagine are all striving for success.
Date: 1st April 2015
The desire to attain success is very natural to all human beings. People from all walks of life and as diverse backgrounds you could imagine are all striving for success. A school student wishes to succeed in his class and the CEO wishes to successfully lead a company. A mother wants to successfully raise her children and the President wants to successfully run the country. There is no exception to the desire for success, although the definition of success differs from person to person.
This intrinsic desire for success comes from our true identity of being the soul. The soul is a part of God who is all-perfect. Hence as the souls we also wish to be perfect and successful like our source – God. Therefore we can see in the world how everyone is naturally chasing success as per their own definitions. To keep the definitions simple, we can divide success into two categories – material and spiritual.
Pursuit for material success is about earning money, owning expensive things, becoming famous, beautiful and skilled. This is usually the parameter of success with which the world judges us. So people are relentlessly engaged day and night in becoming materially successful so that the world can approve of them. Then there is the spiritual pursuit of success. We achieve this success internally and the world can seldom measure our internal success. It is about cleansing our heart and getting rid of the impurities of anger, lust, greed and envy. It is about seeking knowledge of our true relation with God and nurturing love and faith for Him. We may not be materially successful in the eyes of the world, but we will be truly successful in the eyes of God if we can purify ourselves internally.
At the end of our lives all the material success – our wealth, fame, and possessions will be left behind. The only thing that will accompany us into the next life will be the spiritual success we have accumulated. Hence in the final analysis of life, the success that we all strive for will be determined by the extent to which we have achieved purity of heart and love for God. Therefore, if we humans wish to be truly successful, we will have to pursue the right kind of success.
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Radhey Radhey
True knowledge. Thanks.
very simple explaination !! true..
Beautiful explanation by Swami Mukundananda ji.He says-At the end of our lives all the material success will be left behind. Only the grace,faith,love and power of God will uplift us to greater heights. forever.
Really true Divine explanation in simple lucid language
What if the pursuit material success (say earning money) is to serve the poor (to serve the Lord)? If God has blessed someone with intelligence (say business acumen) , should he or she not use it to earn money? What is the harm in this if the money is used to help the needy? How can one differentiate one’s pursuit for material success to serve the Lord from pursuit for material success for own needs?
How simple analysis & life becomes when we get GRACE from the supreme in the form of a GURU
Radhey Radhey forever
I feel extremely graced and fortunate,when I think that I am associated with Swamiji.
I too!
Very true Swamiji! As we become internally wealthy by loving devotion to God, then our external successes also become a means to serve our Lord. Our spiritual connection with God first elevates our thoughts and consciousness, which naturally leads to successful actions and deeds as they are done in the attitude of servitude. Thank you for your wonderful articles!
To keep the definitions simple, we can divide success into two categories – material and spiritual.
The desire to attain success is very natural to all human beings. People from all walks of life and as diverse backgrounds you could imagine are all striving for success.
Pursuit for material success is about earning money, owning expensive things, becoming famous, beautiful and skilled.
We achieve spiritual success internally and the world can seldom measure our internal success.
The soul is a part of God who is all-perfect. Hence the intrinsic desire to succeed is inherent to us.
If we humans wish to be truly successful, we will have to pursue the right kind of success that is spiritual success.
There is no exception to the desire for success, although the definition of success differs from person to person.
We may not be materially successful in the eyes of the world, but we will be truly successful in the eyes of God if we can purify ourselves internally.
Spiritual succes is about seeking knowledge of our true relation with God and nurturing love and faith for Him.
The only thing that will accompany us into the next life will be the spiritual success we have accumulated.
In the final analysis of life, the success that we all strive for will be determined by the extent to which we have achieved purity of heart and love for God.
Spiritual success is about cleansing our heart and getting rid of the impurities of anger, lust, greed and envy.
The only thing that will accompany us into the next life will be the spiritual success we have accumulated. Hence in the final analysis of life, the success that we all strive for will be determined by the extent to which we have achieved purity of heart and love for God
Spiritual success is the true success which will accompany us even after this life
Everyone in the world is chasing success as per their own definition.
Our true identity is that we are souls.
We achieve the spiriyual success internally and the world can not measure it.
If we wish to be truly successful,we will have to pursue the right kind of success.
Usually material success is the parameter with which the world judges us.
The desire to attain success is natural to all.
We all are striving for success.
There is no exceptio to the desire for success.
The definition of success varie from person to person.
The soul is a part of God ,who is all perfect.
We souls wish to be perfect and successful as our source,God.
Spiritual success is about cleansing heart and getting rid of the impurities of anger,lust,greed and envy.
Spiritual success is about seeking knowledge about our true relation with God and nurturing faith and love for Him.
If we purify our mind, we will be successful in the eyes of God.