Total Thoughts (February 8, 2009) - Is the motive more important than the means?

Is the Motive More Important than the Means?

• There tends to be a positive approach to all critical situations - taking the time to go through the mental exercise of reflection allows allows us to realize this option
• We should study our choices more carefully -  by challenging ourselves we may come to understand that the end result may not be as important as the means
• Education is an agent of change - we should strive to learn more and more about ourselves for only then will we learn how we have to and can change
• Gauging what is good and bad is difficult even in respects to the law -  we should question what was the intended purpose of what is deemed right and wrong in our society and think about why
• We need to understand what motivates us - society can be guided through education (spirituality) or governance (politics) and we should reflect on which is more effective for the individual and total 
• We should forever seek inspiration - this is the only way to survive the journey of discovering the Self
• If we are self inspired we are unstoppable for what or who could take this away - sadly we have always been taught to depend on outside sources for inspiration

This Sunday we will not meet as this is the Family Day Weekend.  We will meet again on Sunday, February 22nd.  And the following day Monday, February 23rd make it a point to participate in our Mahashivaratri Puja at Chinmaya Sivalaya (Toronto) or Chinmaya Dhara (Niagara Falls).  Mahashivaratri is the most sattvik of all Hindu festivals and so the most important within the Chinmaya Mission and should be to all seekers.  Please go to www.chinmayatoronto.org and www.chinmayaniagara.org for more details. 
 

And for those who missed the DVD Presentation we watched on Sunday please click on the below link and watch the same.  Remember, you can now Register, so do so and spread the word while you are at it!

 

16th Chinmaya Mahasamadhi Family Camp 2009

 

'To live rightly is itself an art: to give love to others and thus, to enrich life around you, by your own right living, is the subtlest of all known arts in the world.' --- Swami Chinmayananda

 

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