Came across this video, talks about how youngsters are brainwashed forced into doing terrorist acts.

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Almost every middle class father/mother would have told the following statement to his or her child. “Study well, get good marks, get into a good college,get a job and then you can settle and be comfortable in life”. . Rings a bell, i expect most of the readers of the blog to be job seekers, employees of an organization. Just this statement, has dictated the lives of so many millions of people across the world. Statistically there is 1 billionaire for 7 million people.The other way to look at it is 7 million people work to make one person a billionaire.

Now this employee, a middle class person has decided that in his/her life job is of paramount importance, then come terms like job satisfaction. The person dedicates his entire focus on getting a job and work for somebody for the rest of there lives. 16 years is spent of educating oneself, then maybe another 2 more years on an advanced degree (typically an MBA in India) to get a measly salary between  Rs 10000 to say Rs 2 lakhs per month. The extent of brain washing is so much that students are so keen and focussed on getting a 6 digit salary per month. Its even more ironic that the top MBA schools in India (IIMs) advertise based on salaries earned by the graduates and take great pride in it. The number of entrepreneurs churned out( a meagre percentage ) is hardly of pride to them or is hardly mentioned. Its a diff matter that some of them who succeed after many a year of slogging out in corporate world, proudly present the BSchool tag or the popular perception is that they studied in the bschool and hence are entrepreneurs.

A couple of questions for all job seekers, employees …Where are you in the pyramid. Would you like rs 2.4 lakhs or rs 24 lakhs or rs 240 lakhs or 2400 lakhs in your bank account. One of the typical middle class attitude answers i have heard is i need enough to live. Money is not everything ( i perfectly agree to it). If you have chosen 2.4 or 24 or 240 its most likely because you have heard words like filthy rich, money is not everything in life, Too much money spoils you and similar stuff in your younger days. Also the thought process that being rich is taboo, evil and not good.

Let me ask you the same question in another way. If i give you 2.4 lakhs or 24 lakhs or 240 laks or 2400 lakhs which one will you choose. If i give you a hyundai santro, tata indica, Ford fiesta, BMW which one ill you choose. If i give you a 1000 sq ft house, 10000 sqft house, a bungalow with garden with people to take care of the house which one will you choose.

I know your choices will be 2400 lakhs, BMW, and the bungalow. If your choices are that then why are you working all your life for the remaining.     24 crores (2400 lakhs) is really not huge. Recently Mukesh ambani built a 600 crore house. Also the 2400 lakhs, bungalow and the BMW when would you like it. In 2,20,35 or 50 years! Have you ever seen an employee become rich just based on salaries. Those of who are working … are you really comfortable, Break the brain washing patterns which have been instilled in your head…..

I promise you as long as you want to be comfortable in life… your life will be full of problems, and you will worry about the smallest of issues. Step out of it start taking challenges in your life… Life can be great fun, you will derive lot of satisfaction, and you will be amazed at the hidden talents inside you which spring up.

I strongly encourage people to read the foll three books.

a) Rich dad poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki b) Copycat marketing by Burke hedge c) Secrets of Millionaires mind Harv T Eker.

My next post would be on entrepreneurship …. :)

Hi

The following was shared by Swami Pragyapad, during my yesplus ttc. Have become a big fan of mahabharath (earlier, current versions, ramanand sagars krishna) especially the dialogues.

There are profound lessons to be learnt from mahabharath epic. One such lesson :

The pandava princes were born in the royal family yet the injustice meted out to them and kind of pain suffering they went through is unimaginable.

They were kicked out of there own kingdom, they could do nothing when their wife was stripped in front of them, went in hiding for more than a decade and lived in forests,they had to fight kill their guru, uncles, friends whom they had grown up with,they lost all their sons due to treachery of ashvathama and i could go on & on. Yet they won in the end.

If problems galore in your life, to face them and win over them, the following is what you should do.

a) Be like Yudishter – Follow truth, believe in it.

b) Be like Bheem – Like a  stone, firmness

c) Be like Arjun – With Focus and awareness tackle the problem

d) Be like Nakul – Be dispassionate, i.e to focus on your actions on solving the problem without worrying about the result.

e) Be like sahadev – Sahadev means in company of good people.

You could possess all these qualities, yet without Krishna in your side….. you cannot win :). Faith is essential for your success.

One could ask, yudishter always followed the truth, nakul was dispassionate yet krishna chose only arjun for the knowledge of bhagvad gita. Why ?? This is because arjun was focussed. For you to get the highest knowledge it is essential you remain focussed on acquiring it and giving it the highest priority.

Give your sadana, seva, satsang highest priority….:)