Developing Will-Power
Developing Will-Power :
Thoughtless people may ridicule us for sanding apart. Selfish people may torment us for not doing wrong things. Even our friends may regard our behavior as strange. Yet we must follow what we have realized to be true and right. However, we must be extremely cautious, circumspect and also deep-seeing in ascertaining what is right and what is wrong, must not impulsively jump into conclusions and then move ahead in a fanatical manner. That will harm the development of will-power. If, left to ourselves, we are unable to determine what is right and what is wrong, we should take the help of those who know the answer and then act upon what we have learnt.
On the basis of whatever we have thus learnt and determined, we should ourselves plan a simple routine for our daily life. This routine should be planned keeping in view that we are seeking daily self-preservation and self-improvement on all levels, physical, mental and spiritual. It should be so planned that our human relations, recreational needs, ideals and aspirations - everything could be actualized through that routine. No matter what happens, we should then follow that routine. In the preliminary stage this is a very helpful method to get a firm grip on the mind. Our senses will have to obey our decisions made with due circumspection.
Exceptional cases may arise when the routine will have to be set aside - as for instance, when there is serious accident in the house or a friend has died - but as soon as possible we should again return to our routine. At a later stage when we have made up sufficient leeway by succeeding in controlling the vagaries of our mind, we may adjust the routine according to the higher needs of our self-development.
It is extremely important to remember that in developing will-power the greatest help will come from the power of concentration we have already attained. In fact these two always go together. The power of concentration helps the growth and development of will-power and will-power helps the power of concentration.
How can we increase the power of concentration? The simplest way to do it is to pour our whole mind into the work on hand, whether it is cooking, polishing shoes, playing basket ball, watching birds, experimenting in the laboratory or praying in the chapel. In other words, when you are meditating, you must not be seeing the movie!
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