Man, the master of his Destiny... part 8

Then another learning begins. It is like turning life inside out. We are walking on the same earth under the same sun, but we are looking at a different world with different eyes. Life is a different life to us then and the meaning of every word is different.

Those who have realized in themselves the possibility of improving their lives, do improve them. But the one who thinks,
"I cannot help it;
I am what I am;
I get angry,
I cannot help it;
I get annoyed,
I cannot help it;
I cannot understand,
I cannot bear it";
that person comes under his own suggestion and he naturally becomes weaker every day and cannot accomplish things.

But the one who realizes that life begins with spirit, says, "What does it matter; if I fail today I will succeed tomorrow. The present limitation does not discourage me."

It is never too late in life to improve; there is always scope for the man who wants to improve himself. But the man who is content with himself, or so discouraged that he does not want to improve, falls flat. There is no way for him to accomplish anything in life.

 The spirit of those who went to mountain caves or lived in the forests was a meditative one; one might think it was an undesirable life. Yes, perhaps undesirable to follow, but in relation to what they reached the experience they gained was most desirable.

There is much that could be exchanged between East and West. The West has improved and cultivated and invented many things which should go to the East. And the experience of those in the East who went to the forests and sat in meditation under the shade of trees should be taken to the West.

It is this that will bring East and West closer, to the best advantage of the whole of humanity.