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Leading A Spiritual Life

take shocks in a positive manner. If an individual takes
the ‘shock treatment’ negatively and becomes dejected,
he will develop a negative mindset and will go on living
in a state of total frustration or will ultimately die by his
own hand.
On the contrary, one who proves to be courageous
enough to face the shock of unpleasant situations and
takes them as challenges will find that his mind is
activated by the experience and this will certainly unfold
his potential. His sense of shock will give rise to a new
kind of motivation to deal effectively with the situation,
and, in the process, this will lead to the development of
a creative personality.

One who gives this kind of positive response to
shocks, will be enabled to initiate a new, great struggle
in his life. If, in the pre-shock period he was just a
man, then in the post-shock period he will become a
superman. Shock treatment is obviously an unwanted
occurrence, but it is this very shock treatment that leads
to the kind of superlative creativity which can be of
immense benefit to humanity at large.

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