Human Progress is
Dependent on the Quality of Aspirations
=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya
Although consciousness is the common factor
amongst all sentient beings, including humans, aspiration for progress is a
special attribute of a human being. It is this aspiration that becomes a
burning ambition and makes a person rise gradually to higher levels of
materialistic or spiritual progress. There are only two types of human beings
who do not have such an ambition: an idiot or an ascetic of the highest order.
An idiot, due to his foolishness and an ascetic
due to his Divine knowledge remain away from worldly ambitions and they are
satisfied. Idiots are immune to the ups and downs of the world. There is not
much difference between them and other creatures that are solely driven by the
desire for sensual pleasures. These creatures, living a routine life, may be
kept in the lowest category.
A category higher than this comprises of people of
materialistic viewpoint. Such people have ardent desire for name and fame. This
eagerness for the satisfaction of egoistic drives and cravings for money is
called greed and is found, more or less, in the majority of people. In the
highest category are those who are driven by a single-pointed urge towards
spiritual awakening. It is the noble aspirations filled with goodwill for all
that form the basis for spiritual progress. In fact, the life that is filled
with nobility of thought and deed and is being lived with an ardent desire to
promote social welfare, is the only life worthy of a human being. He has taken
birth only for this lofty purpose. Indeed, the measure of true progress of a
person is the loftiness of his aspirations.
Thanks GOD, Thanks Sadguru,
Shiv Sharma
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