To my family (my parents, my in-laws, brother's family, in-laws' family), and of course, to Priyanka and Pranav Dhaundiyal :
The entire credit for this post goes to my son, Pranav - who wants me to write about God and The Devil.
I have often wondered, what defines a good human being.
We keep listening, reading, learning about becoming good, doing good, etc.
But what exactly does all this mean?
What constitutes the definition of a good person when we have both God and Devil, all within us?
There have been so many occasions when I have been rude to my family members. There have been so many occasions when I have hurt others.
There have been times when I have felt, appreciated, and given love. There have also been times when I have been happy about my conduct my heart, and my belief system.
Yes, quite simply, a good person is someone who, while conquering his inner demons, devils and weaknesses, also champions every effort channelizing on his positive, selfless, love-filled side.
True, life is full of challenges and temptations presented by the devils.
However, opportunities to be selfless and loving, abound aplenty too.
It is up to us to make the decision.
It is up to us to choose.
Every moment we spend, every decision we take, every action we make: let's ask ourselves:
In doing or not doing anything, are we siding with our inner God or our inner Devil?
If we can decide and act in consonance with this question as our guiding principle, I am sure, eventually, we would be happy with the way we led our lives :)
And no reason to worry about making this a tall order. Let's just climb one step at a time.
One day at a time, one act at a time, one decision at a time.
Hopefully, every such effort will be an exercise in making us a better person, a closer-to-God-than-to-Devil person every single day!
It will be a loooong and tiring journey of questioning ourselves everyday, but surely, this is one query which will be worth all the effort!
It is our life, and therefore, our own responsibility to do all we can, to make our inner God stronger every day, and vanquish any vestiges of anything negative or devilish from within.
The entire credit for this post goes to my son, Pranav - who wants me to write about God and The Devil.
I have often wondered, what defines a good human being.
We keep listening, reading, learning about becoming good, doing good, etc.
But what exactly does all this mean?
What constitutes the definition of a good person when we have both God and Devil, all within us?
There have been so many occasions when I have been rude to my family members. There have been so many occasions when I have hurt others.
There have been times when I have felt, appreciated, and given love. There have also been times when I have been happy about my conduct my heart, and my belief system.
Yes, quite simply, a good person is someone who, while conquering his inner demons, devils and weaknesses, also champions every effort channelizing on his positive, selfless, love-filled side.
True, life is full of challenges and temptations presented by the devils.
However, opportunities to be selfless and loving, abound aplenty too.
It is up to us to make the decision.
It is up to us to choose.
Every moment we spend, every decision we take, every action we make: let's ask ourselves:
In doing or not doing anything, are we siding with our inner God or our inner Devil?
If we can decide and act in consonance with this question as our guiding principle, I am sure, eventually, we would be happy with the way we led our lives :)
And no reason to worry about making this a tall order. Let's just climb one step at a time.
One day at a time, one act at a time, one decision at a time.
Hopefully, every such effort will be an exercise in making us a better person, a closer-to-God-than-to-Devil person every single day!
It will be a loooong and tiring journey of questioning ourselves everyday, but surely, this is one query which will be worth all the effort!
It is our life, and therefore, our own responsibility to do all we can, to make our inner God stronger every day, and vanquish any vestiges of anything negative or devilish from within.
