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continuously broods over the bitter event. Similarly, common people continuously worry
about some adverse events that they may face in future, or worry about the future of

their wives and children. In case of some people, the habit of inauspicious thinking is
slightly different. These people indulge in craving for those things which they do not

possess, but forget those things they possess. For example, if a lady has a gold necklace
but does not possess a necklace of pearls or diamonds, she will conveniently forget her

gold necklace but will feel unhappy about the lack of the other two types of necklaces.
Similarly, if a couple having six healthy children unfortunately face the death of one of

their children, the parents become totally grieved and distressed to such an extent, that
they lose their mental balance. They become careless about their health, evade various

other duties and also neglect their other children. Consequently, their circumstances
further deteriorate and aggravate. As a matter of fact, it is quite natural for them to be

grieved about the loss of their child, but there has to be a limit to one's sorrow. In such
circumstances instead of grieving and brooding about their dead child, the right course of

action for the parents is to seek peace of mind by remembering God, recollecting happy
and joyful events in their lives, bringing up their other children in the best possible

manner by paying full attention to their health, education and welfare, as also by
engrossing their mind in their daily duties and rendering full justice to the work in hand.

Briefly, people seldom think of what they have but they always think of what they lack.
This is the type of negative thinking, that the majority of people habitually indulge in, as

a result of which they become miserable in their worldly life. JEEVANVIDYA therefore
emphasises that this attitude is totally wrong and undesirable, because such negative

thinking is a definite invitation to adversities, difficulties, calamities and diseases.
However people being unaware of this truth, unknowingly indulge in such negative and

destructive thinking and severely ruin their lives, ultimately blaming God or fate for their
deteriorated condition. JEEVANVIDYA therefore emphasises that, Man must give up the

habit of evil and harmful thinking and intentionally develop the habit of healthy and
harmonious thinking, because the type of thoughts that Man entertains in his mind

creates corresponding potions in his body. This potion can either be like a nectar or it can
be poison. Positive thinking, auspicious contemplation, awareness of God, contemplation

on the divinity within create a potion that is like a nectar to the human life. On the
contrary, negative thinking, worry, anxiety, envy, hatred, anger create a potion that is a

poison to the human life. Hence, in his own interest, Man must make genuine efforts to
acquire the habit of healty positive thinking. Such a process of 'thinking blissfully'

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