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remember that "contentment is the greatest form of wealth." Contentment and acceptance of the situation should never be confused with complacence and indifference. Cultivating contentment means learning to appreciate what is given rather than focusing on what may be missing. "I am satisfied" is not the same as "I do not mind even if I do not have." The commandments 5 and 7 of the Master requires us to develop the attitude of 'radical acceptance' which implies unconditional Maitri (friendliness) where openness and love are such as that we are prepared always to receive with gratitude all that happens to us. Such a life of contentment has no barriers to the being and any and every one finds a place in our heart even if we do not like what they may think or do. Contentment really means that we have the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, having the courage to change the things that can be changed and the wisdom to know the difference between these two’.
(Bodhyanti Parasparam – Volume IV, Page-15)
Master also mentions that we should try to be happy even in unhappy life. So we are not away from situations which can make us unhappy. I also would like to quote the following paragraphs, which will give us some ideas as how to make our self be happy when we face miseries and discouragements.
Pujya Sir says, ‘When we are beset with discouragements in our daily life it is a good practice to remember the Master not as some one who is far off but close to our heart, nay in our heart. We should always try to feel from the day we were introduced into PAM, where our connection to the Master is established by the trainer that there is Master around us who does not
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