Acharya Tulsi
There are two ways before man-—— one is to expand the desire and the other is to minimize the desire. Life of the people who expand their desire and who have restricted their necessities and wills are before us. When two types of life are before us, it is needless to say that what should be the process to live. He should knock his conscience and decide the correct way to live his life delightfully and obviate his tension. This fact cannot be preached, but it is to be felt.
Aspirations of man are lofty, his dreams are glaring. These are possibly not adverse to welfare. But when aspirations and dreams are related with material gains only, the conscience of the person becomes dormant. This fact can be expressed in another way— when the conscience of the person is dormant his entire attention is concentrated on material gains. But we should not forget the fact that success—whether in material life or in spiritual life——is achieved only by those persons whose personal life is restrained and regulated.
It we study the life-style of the scientists of the world we come to know that the life-style of famous scientists was strictly regulated. Those, who do not have sound habituation to the value of labour and self-restraint, cannot be successful in their mission Success always embraces those people who not only realize the importance of self, but also translate this quality into their life. If the soldier, on the war front is not restraint and does not control himself cannot even think of the victory. If a person, engaged in business, does not follow the ways to control himself, he cannot be a successful businessman. If the player, playing game in the field, does not have self-control with dedication, cannot achieve his goal. If the student is not self-controlled, he cannot touch the milestone in the field of knowledge.
Self-restraint is an eternal truth. This truth cannot be altered in the context of person, time and situation. Those who have faith in this truth cannot allow their desires to float freely. The ambitious strategies of such persons—who rotate around self-control. I fully trust that self-control is the key to success, door-step of peace and happiness and the solution of various problems.
