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Leading A Spiritual Life

are enough to make one a great person. According to
his situation, the mature individual can do worthwhile
things, like founding an NGO, writing his memoirs,
opening a counselling centre, etc. An aged person is
better placed to give his society or humanity the kind of
precious gift that it was not possible for him to give in
his youth. One must recognize this opportunity given
by nature, and try to utilize it in whatever form suitable
to one.
For people, old age all too frequently becomes a
liability for themselves and others. The old person
tends to think that he is no longer of any use. This
phenomenon is not due to ageing. It is due rather to
people becoming negative in their old age and failing to
turn negative into positive thinking. It is an intellectual
problem rather than a physical one. I know many aged
people who are capable of performing useful tasks but,
because of their negative thinking, they have failed to
avail of this opportunity.

I am a writer, now in my nineties. Those who read
my articles say that the articles that I write now are
clearer and more profound than my earlier writings.
According to my assessment, the only reason is that I
always try to live as a tension-free person. I face all those
same problems in life that make people negative, but I
have learnt the art of negativity management. This is
the only reason I am living with a totally positive mind,
even in this old age.
In my experience, most problems are imaginary rather
than real. If you are able to differentiate between what is
real and what is imaginary, you will soon discover that

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