Samyam – niyam (self-restraint) encompass many displines, prominent amongst which are purity of food, civility of behavior, goodwill, delligence, financial prudence, clearness, cooperation and amenability to regulations.

Samyam – niyam (self-restraint) encompass many displines, prominent amongst which are purity of food, civility of behavior, goodwill, delligence, financial prudence, clearness, cooperation and amenability to regulations. Opposed to these virtues are many vices like indiscpline, undue indulgence in savour, indolence, procrastination, cruelty  irressponsilbility, wastage of resources and addictions which block the progress of a person.  All these evil traits which are apparently not interrelatecd are not in fact off-shoots of narrow selfishness and rackless irresponsible behavior only. The job of handling each of these evils independently and taking corrective measures is like making an attempt to weigh frog one by one. Just as a single dose of multispectrum drug is able to take care of a variety of ailments, broadening of outlook makes one clear about ones real identity, objectives and responsibilities as a human being with this enlightment all problems arising out of the evils vanish. As a matter of fact because of lack of wisdom man is possessed by base instincts which by themselves are too weak and disappear on enlightment like ghosts, which are capable of terrorising during darkness only.

Without curtailing the high ambitious of the material world arising out of desires of self satiation, one cannot save sufficient time, energy and resources to do something worthwhile for uplifting of oneself or the humanity as a whole.

Without curtailing the high ambitious of the material world arising out of desires of self satiation, one cannot save sufficient time, energy and resources to do something worthwhile for uplifting of oneself or the humanity as a whole. The sadhus (ascetics) and “Brahmans” have been regarded as “bhusurs” (angels on this earth) or “devtas” (divine persons on this earth) they had earned this distinction since they had chosen to follow the path of strict continence, self- denial and contentment in life. The more a person becomes conscious of this status in society, the greater one would feel short of time and deprived of necessities. Such a person is always found complaining about the multiplicity of problems to solve. All difficulties can be easily surmounted with a little practical, sense and understanding in fact, factually, issue are trivial. Because of erroneous concepts they are made to appear large or burdensome.

God has specially created this angel-like human being who alone amongst the living creatures of the world is capable of achieving human level of excellence.

There are many affluent and resourcesful persons in this world, but rarely does one comes  accross one who is inspired by ideals in spite of being affluent. There are very few who think of becoming dignified by adopting excellence in life. Excellence and spirituality are interrelated phenomena. Most of the people in this world remain more or less deprived of the advantages of the spirituality and benefits of philanthropy. God has specially created  this angel-like human being who alone amongst the living creatures  of the world is capable of achieving  human level of excellence. An individual who totally disregards  the special status by the creator to man lowers oneself  down to the  status of the lowly beings like worms and insects, irrespective of being recognized  in society by virtue of status, personal position, affluence, expertise or talents. These worldly attributes and conveniences are merely means of physical comforts, decorations and egoistic exhibitionism. Augmentation of these attributes neither provides lasting contentment nor bliss to the ‘chetna’ of the inner self, i.e. heart  felt serenity. This is the basic deprivation of life because of which a person always feels worried and restless.

The innerself of man is an inexhaustive reprository of seeds of talents. Unfortunately they are not allowed sprout and grow because of the self-imposed overburden of the evils traits lying over the inner-self

The innerself of man is an inexhaustive reprository of seeds of talents. Unfortunately they are not allowed sprout and grow because of the self-imposed overburden of the evils traits lying over the inner-self. It is the natural quality of a piece of wood to float on water. But when it is attached with a heavy block of rock, this natural quality of floating is supressed. Likwise, a human being, inspite of being naturally talented, is unable to make use of them because of the heavy load of baseness which is willingly carries on his soldiers.

In order to create a suitable environment for the activation of the dorment talents within the self, a double shield of protectionis required. The inner-self which is governed by the contemplatory process must be defended against the evil influences of the world by taking resources to high thinking. On the other hand the external self i.e. the body, should be safeguarded  by  avoiding evil deeds. It would become possible only after freeying oneself from the shac

keles of undesirable traits of harbouring high ambitions. A common combition of man is to become wealthy so that large resources of luxury could be acquired and an exhibition of one’s affluence could be made in the community of “have nots”. After confining one’s self in such a narrow closet of selfish interest, one can hardly think of those high noble deeds which enhance one’s status of human dignity. Is it possible to row a boat forward with the help of oars when it is anchored? When a person confines his interests to narrow selfish aspirations, he can neither accept idealism nor perform any such actions which could be called commendable. Does not an ugly prostitute wear a heavy make up to make herself appear as a beautiful angel?

Unless one is willing to surrender this much(i.e. lust and desire) how would it be possible to achieve satisfactorily the high objective of development of one’s talents which is intimaterly related to excellence in life.

There is no need to look for means for developing one’s talents in the world without. Talents are made to grow from within. However, it necessarily requires removal of those obstacles which offer formidable resistance to one attempting to achieve excellence. In this context it should always be remembered that the minimum requirement is acceptance of living standard of an average citizen of the country. Unless this is done satiation of the desires of want and lust would not permit the person to perform even the minimum philanthropic activities necessary for developing talents which one is otherwise capable of. The ravins of desire and lust are so deep that even after filling them with maximum resources, labour and expertise in the small span of life, man cannot hope to level them. Unless one is willing to surrender this much(i.e. lust and desire) how would it be possible to achieve satisfactorily the high objective of development of one’s talents which is intimaterly related to excellence in life.