Namaste all.
In Tamil there was one great poet Kaniyan Poongundran said,
Nandrum Theedhum Pirar thara vaara
Swami Vivekananda says:
The ideal of faith in ourselves is of the greatest help to us….
We have to accept that we are responsible for our current situation.
What we are today, is only because of us.
We have to accept that we are responsible for our current level of capability.
We have to accept that we are responsible for our responses and choices.
We have to help ourselves.
We have to take decisions and find solutions for our problems.
We have to be strong enough that is have grit to struggle through any problem.
We have to be strong enough and should not give up.
we have to develop faith in ourselves to help ourselves rather than wanting and waiting for others to help.
Swami Vivekananda says:
The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves. That faith calls our the divinity within.
If you have faith in all the three hundred and thirty millions of your mythological Gods, and in all the Gods which foreigners have now and again introduced into your midst, and still have no faith in yourselves, there is no salvation for you. Have faith in yourselves and stand up on that faith and be strong. that is what we need.
Have the faith, each one you, in yourself – that eternal power is lodged in every soul – and you will receive the whole of India.
Do not say we are weak; we can do anything and everything. What can we not do? Everything can be done by us; we all have the same glorious soul, let us believe in it.
Have faith, as Nachiketa. At the time of his father’s sacrifice, faith came unto Nachiketa; ah, I wish that faith would come to each one of you would stand up a giant, a world-mover with a gigantic intellect – an infinite God in every respect. That is what I want you to become.
…. yes Swamiji… I am saying I am not weak; we are not weak. I am strong I am grit. we are strong.
I can do anything and we can do everything. I have the same amount, why much more than that faith Nachiketa had.. I will become fearless and faithful. Swamiji..
— to be continued—
Prof. V.Meenakshi Jayakumar.