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Surrender to God

When stress and anxiety reach its peak, we have to surrender with all our devotion to God. When we enter the chaos, the only light that can save us from falling prey to our own negative personality is God's light. Depression is not a disease, it is a symptom that something is acting as a barrier between our happiness and bliss. The term depression is itself a very negative term, we can instead instruct ourselves that it's not depression which is weighing me down, but my own criticism and lack of self-love which is blocking the pathway to fully enjoy the life I'm destined to live. To live is to create something with the help of someone. Society will dictate and label you as insignificant or it will slowly turn you towards a negative path which will gradually deprecate your mental well-being. When you are experiencing extreme stress, consciously turn your attention to something productive, it could be a hobby or an unfulfilled task. In this busy world, we humans have forgotten to take a step back and just let the waves of calmness fill our souls with soothing sounds of nature, we can expand our awareness which is unlimited and filled with unwavering attention. We forget to set boundaries, and are forcefully clinging to beings and things which no longer serve a purpose. In order to create happiness, we have to struggle with our own self-criticism. Self-criticism is the killer of dreams. Desires are not bad, neither is spending time with yourself. When you pay attention to your own debilitating and raunchy thoughts, you'll notice that you are not meant to stay in that state forever. Your natural state is already peaceful and filled with unlimited happiness. No amount of stress can ever break a person's inner strength. When you give attention to negativity, your awareness focuses on the negative outcomes. When we try and fail, it surely makes us incapacitated, and degrades our mental state. It depletes our happiness, and we fall into the loop of constant struggle with more stressful situations. Sometimes, we have to absorb all the pain along with suffering in order to understand that it too is a part of life, and no individual is exempt from it. All humans struggle in one way or the other, seeking help in such situations can boost our self-confidence. Tasks like journaling and organizing our thoughts into categories of different emotions, is helpful to keep track of our mental health. Struggle is a natural response to life's unending problems, but giving up too early is the real barrier that stops us from extracting the sweetness and nectar that life has to offer. We struggle in order to achieve greatness because we have connected achievements with real life success. When we enable us to look beyond our own suffering and connect it with the suffering of the world, we can at least ensure that we are not alone. Success is incomplete without the hammer of struggle. Let's make a motto and say I am enough, I am complete, I am capable, and I am incessantly trying to make my life stress free from all the reasons fed into my mind from birth by the so-called society. Bliss isn't a state, it is a task that we must work upon, it doesn't come instantly. We think in duality, and as long as mind focuses on good and bad simultaneously, how can it achieve peace? At last I'll give you a serenity prayer designed to lower the amount of stress and anxiety which you experience. It goes like this : Dear God, please take all my actions, and fruits of those actions. I feel safe in your abode, and I expereience your presence all around me. I seek strength to face life's struggles, and in return I offer you my arrogance, anger, agony, pain, stress, anxiety, envy, lust, greed, delusion and attachment, so that I can feel free. 🕉️ imagecredit : Photo by Matthew DeVries: https://www.pexels.com/photo/waterfalls-2526028/

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Minimal Change

The human brain is a prediction machine. Not in the sense that it can predict the future moments, but it uses visualization and past experiences in order to decide our actions. Steps taken today might not prove effective in the moment, but slowly and gradually they will become the building blocks of future generations. The way we prepare our mind today, the way AI is trying to control and hijack the human intelligence. It is greatly affecting our relationships, we are more attached to our devices than real bonding. We humans weren't designed to fully rely on devices for each and every action. We have stopped feeling emotions like we used to. We do not lament over someone's death anymore. We are so engrossed in our lives, that we have forgotten there is nature which needs healing. Nature is slowly depleting due to overpopulation, deforestation, lack of water conservation and the gap between rich, and poor is increasing day by day. As we are progressing we are slowly forgetting our roots. We are no more flesh eaters or hunter gatherers. We used to roam in this nature, and now we are captured inside our four walls. We are constricted not by mind, but by choice. A student studying in 5th grade is relying on calculator for calculation, although we were taught to understand, and calculate in our minds. Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Instagram have locked us Indians in the popular trends like increasing followers. Economy of India is not boosting, it is still under few people who are becoming Kings, and they think that they can make Indians slaves. We have stopped purchasing from our local markets, and brands of US and UK are trending. This is not boosting Indian economy, but rather making the rich richer. It is not the task of a single human being, but together as a society we must learn to intermingle, and push our economy in the forward direction. A book seller at the road side is dependent on your initiative to buy books. But we rather prefer malls and pay more when we can actually buy the same thing at a much lower price. We argue with road side vendors for 10 rupees and instead pay thousands in gym memberships, expensive cafes, expensive rooms. It is not about affordability, but rather a choice. India was known as the golden sparrow, and it is slowly being looted by the countries like China, USA, UK and Russia. We are manufacturing less, government businesses are turning into private corporations. We need to buy our food from local markets, the same quality is present there. Premium products are marketed in such a way that they lure us with flashy packets. Those packets are creating pollution at the global level. I take the pledge to carry a handbag with me every time I go to the market and use plastic bags as less as possible. Pollution is not only being created by vehicles, it is our duty as citizens of India to burn less fuel, use public transportation, local cabs. Their livelihood depends on this. Most of the payments we do in apps like UBER, go to wealthy businessmen, and that creates scams. India is still slave to another countries due to its inability to support local businesses. I request you all to pay attention, wherever you go. We are all an army and our senses are mostly engaged in sensual pleasures. A 7 year old ice-cream vendor is dependent on you for his/her livelihood. A small help provides money to his/her family. You must awake and rise in order to make this country which it once was - the INDIA we all love and respect, is in trouble. I request you to share this article with your friends and family members to spread awareness. Thanks A Lot. - MAYANK SHARMA