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Leading A Spiritual Life

This principle is applicable to every walk of life. When
you face a crisis, do not let your mind get disturbed, but
instead try to find some alternative. This will guarantee
you success.
If you are working in a company and feel that you are
not being promoted, you plan to register a complaint.
But if your complaint goes unheard, you should adopt
the ‘wait and see’ alternative. Where the first formula
failed, you will see that the second formula will work.

You may feel that your income is less and your
expenditure is more. You want to increase your income
but cannot find a way. Then do not despair, because
here too you have an alternative. Instead of aiming
to increase your income, you should reduce your
expenditure. You will find that where the first formula
didn’t work, the second formula will easily work.
If you are in the habit of becoming angry in unpleasant
situations, which leads to tension, then here also you
have an alternative. That is, change your attitude by
adopting the simple formula of taking things easy. You
will see that soon your mind has become peaceful.

People frequently allow their lives to be governed by
obsessions. It is because of this that they are unable to
discover alternatives to the course they are following.
You must come out of being obsessive and then you will
see that the world is full of alternatives.

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