Page 72 - Failure to Triumph - Journey of A Student

Our way of thinking changes only when we become a karma-yogi. If
we do not act, then the thoughts that had previously bogged us down
—the hesitations become more powerful with time and we end up

being skeptical about our dreams.

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived,
stop thinking and go in.”– Napoleon Bonaparte.
Whenever we have to do any work, we first think about it before
setting off to do it. It means that our thoughts occur in our mind first
and later convert into actions. Gyana Yoga helps us filter our
thoughts- we pursue the right knowledge which gives us a new

direction. Gyan yoga shows us the right direction, but to travel the
distance and reach our destination we have to become a karma yogi.

Lord Buddha has said, “Your worst enemy cannot hurt you as much
as your own thoughts, when you haven’t mastered them.”

Unguarded thoughts can be self-destructive. We end up wasting a
lot of time when we get swarmed by unnecessary, endless thoughts.

Many a time we think that the competition is just way too much, there
is a huge crowd, and the people against whom we are competing are
trying to pull us down. But think about this: you have sat down to
study, the book is open in front of you, but all you are doing is

thinking about useless things. Now who is stopping you from moving
ahead? Your fight is against yourself, it does not really matter how
many people are fighting against you. “Your only limit is you”
Remember: ‘You are your biggest friend and worst enemy.’
Transcend your limitations.

The biggest problem with overthinking is not knowing where you
have to stop thinking. Where is that dot or finish line where you have
to stop? where you have to think deeply and where you do not have
to? To think deeply is also a very beautiful thing in itself—but you
must think deeply about something only if it is absolutely necessary.
Go for deep thinking only when you know that the thinking is going to
give you what you want. Be like a diver, who never hesitates to go

into the depths of the ocean to discover pearls