SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 5 OCTOBER STRIVE

Strive. Strive to realise God. This is the purpose of human birth.
The perfection of the realisation of absolute knowledge, supreme
bliss and immortality is the one and only goal in human life. Release
from the round of births and life in eternity is the goal of man.

Till self-realisation is attained, man is subject to the law of karma
and rebirth. Finish your task - God­-realisation in this life itself;
do not postpone it. Just as food is necessary for the body so also
daily meditation and prayer are necessary for the soul.

O man! Wake up from this slumber of ignorance. Why do you waste your
life building castles in the air? Turn your gaze within. Stop all
this hurry and worry. Sit down and relax. Dive deep within. Discover
the pearl of atman. You will be freed from birth and death here and
now.

Remember the goal every moment of this life. Strive incessantly to
realise it by living a life of detachment, dispassion, devotion, deep
meditation and samadhi (self-knowledge)

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O man! Nothing is permanent. All things change. All things pass away.
Seek the permanent, changeless, immortal atman and be free. He is
truly wise who lives in the eternal and who is endowed with
discrimination and dispassion.

Life is a transforming process by which attachment, fear, anger,
hatred and lust are transformed by steady and rigorous discipline and
meditation into joy, bliss, peace and love.

In simplicity is the secret of real beauty. Simplify your life. Be
humble, pure, straightforward and true to yourself and others. Be
good and do good so that each tomorrow will find you farther than
today. Be humble, be meek, be pure, be holy, be godly and peaceful.
Be charitable. Be moral. Be humble. Be courageous. Be pure. Meditate.
Become wise. Whoever does anything with enthusiasm, patience and
perseverance, never fails to achieve his object. Annihilate desires.

Seek the company of saints and devotees. Control the mind. Control
anger. Be charitable. Help the needy. Kill the ego. Be grateful.
Respect the great. Be truthful. Indulge not in gossip. You will
attain the supreme blessedness.