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Thought Power for an Ideal Life

Entertain loftiest thoughts. Your character will be exalted. Your life will be noble and
ideal.
But, different people have different mental backgrounds. People vary in their capacities,
mental and intellectual, and in physical and mental strength to do things. Therefore each of you
should have an ideal which is suited to your temperament, your capacity, and realize it with great
enthusiasm and dynamic action.
The ideal of one person will not suit another. If one keeps an ideal that he cannot realize,
an ideal that is beyond his reach and capacity, he will get disappointment. He will give up his
effort and become Tamasic.
You should have your own ideal. You may realize it this moment or after ten years with
faltering steps. It does not matter much. Everyone should endeavour his or her level best to live
upto this ideal. Your whole energy, nerve-force and will must be put in the realization of the
ideal.
You can chalk out your own ideal yourself according to your own standard. If you are
unable to do this, have your guide and he will select for you the ideal that is suitable to your
capacity and standard.
One should not treat a man, who has a low ideal, with contempt. He may be a baby-soul,
who is just crawling now in his moral or spiritual path. Your duty is to help him in all possible
ways in the realization or accomplishment of his ideal. You should give him all sorts of
encouragement in his sincere endeavour to live up to his own highest ideal.
It is highly deplorable to note that the vast majority of persons have no ideal at all. Even
educated persons do not cherish any ideal. They lead an aimless life and therefore are drifted
hither and thither like a piece of straw.
They make no progress in life. Is this not a very sad plight? Highly lamentable indeed! It
is very difficult to get a human birth and yet people do not realize the importance of keeping up
an ideal and living up to the ideal.
The idea of “Eat, drink and be merry,” is adopted by the Epicureans, the gluttons and rich
people. This school of thoughts has countless followers and the number is increasing by leaps
and bounds daily.
This is the ideal of Virochana. This is the ideal of Asuras and Rakshasas. This ideal will
lead a man to the dark region of misery and sorrow.

Blessed is the man who elevates his thoughts, keeps up an ideal and struggles hard to live
up to his own ideal, for he will soon attain God-consciousness