What To Do When You Don’t Get What You Want

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You cannot separate failure from success. Life is not about success; it is about learning from your failures. Do not reduce your mind. Because if you don’t try something new, you are not going to grow. When you do your work, you must not be afraid of failure. Failure is part of growth. Look, when you are trying to get things done, when you are trying to learn something new, or trying to become the true you, you are not going to get it right the first time. Whether you get it right or wrong, do not let the fear of failure stop you from living your life. When you fail, celebrate it, learn from it. Do not worry about failure, worry about not doing anything to change your situation. You matter. Your situation matters. Your life matters. Do not delegate your life. Do not be too hard on yourself when you fail. It is not your fault. You are just trying to change yourself. But you must be brave to conquer your fears. Be brave when you fail. It is going to happen. You cannot stop it. The only way you can stop yourself from failing is to stop living. If you don’t get it right the first time, do it again. When it comes to failure, you can always do it again. But don’t make it a habit. Because failure is not your name.

6 Life Lessons From Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Lesson #1. “Be fully aware of your own being and you will be in bliss consciously. Because you take your mind off yourself and make it dwell on what you are not, you lose your sense of well-being, of being well.”- Nisargadatta Maharaj

Lesson #2. “All you need is to get rid of the tendency to define yourself.”- Nisargadatta Maharaj

Lesson #3. “Only what liberates you from desire and fear and wrong ideas is good. As long as you worry about sin and virtue you will have no peace.”- Nisargadatta Maharaj

Lesson #4. “The right use of mind is in the service of love, of life, of truth, of beauty.”- Nisargadatta Maharaj

Lesson #5.When all names and forms have been given up, the real is with you. You need not seek it. Plurality and diversity are the play of the mind only. Reality is one.”- Nisargadatta Maharaj

Lesson #6. “Instead of seeing things as imagined, learn to see them as they are. When you can see everything as it is, you will also see yourself as you are.”- Nisargadatta Maharaj

Lesson #6. “You can give what you don’t have and you don’t have what you are not. You can only give what you are – and of that you can give limitlessly.”- Nisargadatta Maharaj