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Self-deception affects every individual.The most pitiable thing is that most of the time we are unaware that we are deceiving ourselves.If we analyse and be careful ,we can stop deceiving ourselves.By this we can work better and can give new direction to our thought processes so as to achive success in life.If we are aware of all the pin pricks in our daily thoughts,words and deeds and can deal with them in the best possible manner, then we can over come self-deception.
Age old phenomenon-If we go to the history we can know since ages man is deceiving himself ,which gives him a sad awakening.Man does not utilise his powers in perfect co-ordination and there by suffers from various sorrows,anxieties and griefs.There is fall of a entire nation,examples are many for the tendency of human beings to deceive themselves.Man falls a prey to the other person's cruelty because of this self-deception and the other person takes advantage of it.That is why in history we find bondage and slavery and various othe miseries.So man should analyse and be careful not to deceive himself in order to lead a life of success and choice free of bondage and slavery.
Living in the prsent-We should not regret over the past.We can not bring back ,which has slipped.So we should live in the present moment and try to utilise each moment fruitfully and work harder and better to meet a glorious future.In present there is our past and future and if we take care of the present we can heal everything in our life and can love ourselves better with out feelings of resentment and anger.Taking care of the present moment we can stay focused and work perfectly so as to excel in any field of life.
Self-help and self-worth-These two things should be practised meticulously in our daily lives.There is no greater help in this world than self-help.All help is inside.The outside help is a manifestation of inside help.If we help ourselves lovingly we will get help from others and others will love us.We should understand our self-worth.We should understand that God has created us with a unique purpose and He has given all His powers to us and utilising those inner powers we can achive anything in life and live successfully in every area of life.
Keeping aside wroung feelings-Inimical feelings are detrimental to our path of progress.We should leave aside all inimical feelings.In a day we can find that we are wasting most of our energies in feelings of guilt,miseries,jealousy,incompetence and unworthiness.These feelings will not help us in any way,rather these will erode all positive potential from us slowly.In order to lead a happier,healthier and successful life we should be aware of these wroung feelings and drive them out at the very instance of their occurence.
Working with better spirit-We always think that work tires us. Work never tires us,rather it enlivens each of our nerves.We should know this secret of work.It is only our mind that gives us the feeling of tiredness.We are actually not tired.We are the children of the divine and we can do anything and everything.Keeping this in mind we should work in a better spirit.We should start our day's work with invigorating freshness,courage and enthusiasm so as to enjoy the end of the day in a harmonious way with out feelings of tiredness and worries.This requires a brushing of mind each time we feel anything contrary to our self- growth.
Giving direction to ourselves each time-We are the driver of our vehicle and we should be vigilant about our direction and see that we are always in right direction.This is just like driving a train.We can not sleep until we reach our destination.Each curve ,each bent,each movement and sound of the body and the mind should be judged by our intellect and we should give proper direction to ourselves where ever necessary.Then we can enjoy the fruits of success.
We are right and others are wroung-Most of the human beings think that they are always right and others are wroung.This type of attitude should be driven out.We have to learn even from a street beggar,because each human being has the power to become any thing and every thing if he gets a suitable environment.We should drive all ego from us and try to learn the secret of success from others by sharing our ideas and views with them and listening to them carefully.Even a child's advice can make us great in life.So we should keep harmonious relationship with all and try to judge our selves from their view point and mend ourselves where ever necessary.we should develop astrong will power to change.
Learning and doing-What ever we learn we must do it ourselves.Most of the learning programmes and training programmes go waste,because we do not do it by ourselves.So learning and doing should move side by side.What we learn we should put it in to practice in our daily works and lives.then we will see that day by day we are progressing and leading a successful and glorious life.
From the above it is clear that the most vital aspect of success is to stop deceiving ourselves.We have discussed how best we can stop it and achive success.This requires a deep insight and purposeful thinking to our sight.Applying our body,mind and soul and becoming aware of each situation of life and intelligently dealing with them we can not deceive,but achive greater degree of success and lead a better life.
