February 28 FEAR Fear is the characteristic of the embodied ones. It increases along with physical evolution. The human born fears the most. A sudden outburst of sound like the report of a gun creates fear. Loneliness and darkness evoke fe…

February 27 YOGA-III That man who frets and fumes over a given duty does very little work. Whereas a man who calmly applies himself to work achieves much. The tiger is a powerful animal. But it cannot be yoked to any useful work because it…

February 26 SELF-POISE When the equilibrium is disturbed, oscillation takes place for a while. This is true of the living beings too. All activities are meant to regain the lost poise. The calm sea becomes boisterous when the gale blows. T…

February 25 RIGHT UNDERSTANDING Perverted knowledge is worse than ignorance. It does havoc all through and creates misery. All beings are constituted alike. What creates pain to one creates pain to all. What alleviates the suffering in one…

February 24 DEATH Death is a daily occurrence. There is no age limit to it. The early-born may at any moment be snatched away. Still the wonder is, man thinks he will live through eternally. A hundred years ago we were not. A hundred years…

February 23 THE GOOD Vs. THE PLEASANT Man takes a long time and makes a series of experiments to discover that the pleasant is seldom good. Beings have evolved to the human level attracted by the pleasant. Now the pleasant has to give plac…

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February 22 TAINT Contact with unwanted thing creates taint. The removal of a taint is harder than the restraint of it. There is no harm in things getting tainted. They can be redressed as a matter of course. But the character of man shoul…

February 21 ATTACHMENT Attachment to things worldly is a virtue within certain bounds. It becomes a vice when one becomes incapable of detachment. The mother needs be attached to her child. But if the child grows into an incorrigible rake …

February 20 RELIGION Whosoever that practices religion is endowed with more merits and less demerits. Practice of religion is advocated by the great ones. Mere formalism is not religion. Sectarianism is the negation of religion. True relig…

February 19 POVERTY Poverty is not an extraneous factor. It is subjective. It is a defect in the mind. Contentment and greed are opposed to each other. A man given to the former feels he is well provided. The available little amenities are…

February 18 THE SPIRITUAL EYE Perception varies with beings. A man is viewed as food by the tiger, as a friend or foe in the battlefield and as father by the son at home. The cousins Yudhishthira and Duryodhana belonged to the same royal f…

February 17 THE WILL-POWER The innate urge to assert one’s individuality is called the will-power. It varies in degree from man to man. Strengthening the will-power is a virtue. By willing to abstain from sense-indulgence man grows in stam…

February 16 SACRED STUDY Man should not turn into an intellectual dust bin. His tendency is to go through any and every book he comes by. The selection of books is as important as the selection of friends. Wholesome food is procured by the…

February 15 MAN’S EMINENCE The growth of the body has its limit. It cannot exceed a certain stature, try however much man may. But the case of the mind is different. Its growth and possibilities are unlimited. The age of an individual can …

February 14 EGOISM The baby is loved by all because there is no egoism in it. But with the development of egoism its love gets circumscribed. The highly evolved man outgrows egoism. It is egoism when the self gets identified with the non-s…

February 13 EQUILIBRIUM A perfect balance maintains its equilibrium. A perfect mind is it that maintains its equilibrium under all circumstances. The world is constituted of both happiness and misery. Obtaining the former to the exclusion …

February 12 THE IDEAL Man should not drift aimlessly. He ought to have a definite ideal in life. After fixing it his sole duty is to apply himself to it. A man with an ideal in his life has less chance of faltering than a man with no ideal…

February 11 YOGA II The difference between man and man is in his capacity to translate understanding into action. Among the automobiles the best made car is the one that runs the longest distance for the given fuel. This applies to man als…

February 10 THE CREMATION GROUND The whole world is either a cremation ground or a graveyard. All beings are either cremated or buried. There is no escape. Go alone occasionally to a graveyard and spend some time reflecting on life. There …

February 9 RESPONSIBILITY If anything goes wrong anywhere man blames someone for it. He tries to extricate himself from the affair. That is weakness. A selfish man avoids responsibility. That attitude pulls himself down. It is only fulfill…

February 8 DISTRESS To be distressed at heart is the way of the world. Among the distresses that for self-perfection is the best. Want precedes distress. To the extent want becomes acute distress assumes intensity. Some are distressed for …

February 7 AUSTERITY It is tapas or austerity when an aspirant resorts to recast himself in a spiritual mould. It is the sure means by which man regenerates. It is tapas when thought, word and deed are through exalted. Elevating ideas are …

February 6 THE INSTRUMENT The cosmic plan functions precisely. And that is the evidence of the existence of the Cosmic Ruler. Fortunate is the man who chooses to be an instrument of that Ruler. The man who is the instrument of the Divine r…

February 5 CHARITY It is charity to adjust to the ways of the neighbour. To be charitable to the needy is a divine gift. Charity should not be born of ostentation and superiority complex. It should be the outcome of fellow feeling and humi…

February 4 ANGER When man becomes a prey to anger he loses all refinement. He turns into a lunatic for the time being. Spoilt ambrosia becomes poison. A sound mind is ambrosia. But when it is tainted with anger it turns into poison. An ang…

February 3 SPIRITUAL MAGNITUDE Man can become many times greater than what he is now. He is only to resolve and act accordingly. He has to assert his original state. Man can become great or small according to the use he makes of life. He w…

February 2 SUBSTANCE AND SHADOW A shadow is cast by a substance. As such it is impossible to have a shadow without a substance. But a substance can be without shadow. Two birds are perched on a tree. The one above is majestic and self-comp…

February 1 THE BODY-SHEATH The self or atman is sheathed just as a sword is. Among the five sheaths assumed by atman the grossest is the physical body. The worth of a fruit is initially judged by the appearance of its skin. Even so the fit…