4th and 5th dimensions of personality

Recently, on 9th of April this year, I have attended a workshop that was conducted in our college campus by Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari. The session has been so influencing that all the people who were there in the workshop have been magnetized by the words of the swamiji who presided the session. They did not expect even a single penny from our side for conducting workshop, what they expected from us was, to spread the message that has been given to us to the masses! When we have been blessed with such a great wisdom, it is our duty to be gratifying for them.
Personality can be divided into 5 types, they say.

1. Mental 
2. Physical
3. Intellectual
4. Emotional
5. Spiritual

Those 4th and 5th named ones are what I am talking about.. We have been taught well right from the inception of our education, or even before the first three dimensions, by our parents,teachers and maybe,friends. But, we stopped the pursuit of achieving good personality as soon as we feel that we have those three things. Contradicting our usual perceptions, those two remaining divide the subtle lines between failure and success, happiness and sorrowfulness, fulfillment and achievement. And regretfully we don't know how to learn them. Here are what swamiji said in small snippets...

Swami Vivekananda

• Pray regularly(daily). This keeps our inner self calm and contained, which helps us to stay focused on the task at hand. We, Indians always had it! Unfortunately, this tradition is disappearing slowly, even before you notice. "A scientist from UK or USA(I don't know) said to have done some research on influence of prayer on materials and human beings, what he observed was marvelous. He took some chemical crystals which realigns into random shapes once it has been kept in some chemical 'X',what he has done was, he dropped some crystals in the solution and started praying with a positive mind and observed the shapes it assumed. Amazing!! They took perfectly regular, symmetrical, aesthetic shapes you only expect out of an artist. " Such is the power of prayer. So pray everyday.
• Vivekananda, when he was young, and when he was the disciple of Sri Ramakrishna paramahamsa, lost his father and his family is facing a lot of problems. He then rushed to his guru and asked for help. His guru directed him to Kali matha temple and asked him to pray her. Swamiji as soon as entering the temple did not want to pray for money, wealth and happiness. He only prayed for knowledge. Such is the wisdom one should have. Pray for knowledge, pray for wisdom.    

  

  Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Swamiji

• Be strong,physically. Most of the youth these days seem less confident of what they are doing.Much of this can be attributed to not having a strong personality. There is no point going after spiritual and emotional excellence without the base of the other three,which includes physical personality.Swamiji once said,"You will get nearer to heaven, by playing football rather than reading Bhagavadgita". This implies the importance of youth being strong, as backbone to the nation.
• Show empathy towards the poor.Show compassion.This makes you feel good. And feeling good,is good for everyone, is it not? You can visit ted talks website and type the key words 'compassion' and watch the popped up videos.
• As some famous personality said,"Be the change you want to see", you change your way of living, and for that you change your perceptions and for that you change the way you think. Everyone should come forward to take this nation to new heights.
• Be patriotic. Many of us show patriotism in different ways, much of it was decided by our surroundings and the way we live. Some show by planting trees, some show by doing their duty with devotion, some show by helping poor, some by charity and all. Many Indians show their patriotism by painting their body with Indian flag, waving flag in the cricket stadium, praying for cine-stars for the success of their movies and many such things. While it is not objectionable for being like that, it is also expected for them to be patriotic in a more useful way. Check my previous blog for my view on patriotism.
• Cultivate healthy food habits. Most of us don't like when I say this, but it is very important to say that. Consume only those foods which have prana, an element they say will be there when the food item is still farm fresh. Avoid fried and baked foods.
• Avoid multi-tasking as it really hampers the ability of the brain to think and respond in its own way. Before throwing this idea away, please check this month's reader's digest magazine which enumerates the same idea. Lage bet?

We have discussed enough. I think, I have only completed 50% of what I have been entrusted. Well guys! I will talk more about personality,as Swami Vivekananda said. I would like to  finish this with an exercise that proves the existence of an unknown energy flowing in our body.

Close your eyes slowly!! Take deep breaths. Fill your lungs with air. Slowly inhale a lot of air and slowly exhale. Observe the breathing patterns while you do that. Do all this by sitting in a comfortable position. Now, our exercise is, you have to get your hands close enough that they would touch each other if moved further even a single mm. They should not touch each other. All this you have to do keeping your eyes closed.Now,if you do it as instructed you should have felt something,you never thought possible.

I don't want to spoil the thrill by revealing what I felt. If you want to know more, you can mail me your experience with that and I will try to respond in time.
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