Arrogance or overbearing pride is usually regarded as something bad.
I had a mathematics professor who used to say that pride is an essential quality in mathematicians, and he was right.
In a competitive cutthroat world one has to be proud enough to be able to defend one's position in society and vie for better ones. Pride is essential for survival. But acting proud or arrogant towards people inferior to you is lamentable.
Be proud when you have to fight. Be the bigger person and humble, when you don't.
Tuesday
Who is God?
People have been fighting over this question for so long, its foolish.
God is a manifestation of everything good, pure and noble within us. When we pray to God we are praying to the noblest of our impulses for strength, not to anything external. Belief is God is akin to belief is good over evil, truth over dishonesty, service over sloth.
People enlightened over the ages (who realized this and so much more - like the oneness of mankind) like Buddha, Jesus, Krishna, Mohammad and among the living gurus Sri Ravi Shankar, Osho etc have created & propounded religion as a means to help followers remain moral and good.
People arguing over superiority of religion is not only stupid, its childish. People fighting over faith is even more ignorant.
Being good, truthful, honest and keeping good of the society in mind, is what every religion teaches.
God is a manifestation of everything good, pure and noble within us. When we pray to God we are praying to the noblest of our impulses for strength, not to anything external. Belief is God is akin to belief is good over evil, truth over dishonesty, service over sloth.
People enlightened over the ages (who realized this and so much more - like the oneness of mankind) like Buddha, Jesus, Krishna, Mohammad and among the living gurus Sri Ravi Shankar, Osho etc have created & propounded religion as a means to help followers remain moral and good.
People arguing over superiority of religion is not only stupid, its childish. People fighting over faith is even more ignorant.
Being good, truthful, honest and keeping good of the society in mind, is what every religion teaches.
Monday
Give up regret!
Regret is nothing but a waste;
Therefore, do not regret.
See the light, feel the light, become the light
Of today's dawn
And try not, cry not
To see yesterday's stars, moon and sun.
They are gone.
They should be buried in oblivion-night.
Therefore, do not regret.
See the light, feel the light, become the light
Of today's dawn
And try not, cry not
To see yesterday's stars, moon and sun.
They are gone.
They should be buried in oblivion-night.
- Sri Chinmoy
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