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"Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it. " - Sai Baba
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"Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect: it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss. " - SSB
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ReplyDeleteOnce, Swami Vivekananda was at Chicago in America, he saw some young boys trying to shoot eggshells floating in the river. As the shells rolled up and down on the small waves, the boys could not hit them. Each of the boys tried a number of times but all of them missed the target. They notices that Vivekananda was watching them with keen interest. So, they called out to him, "Sir, you have been watching us all the time. Do you think you can do better?" Vivekananda gave them a smile and said that he would like to try. Taking the gun in his hand, he aimed at the eggshells, concentrating for some time, all of his attention, on the target. Then he fired the gun twelve times and each time he hit an eggshell. The boys were struck with wonder on seeing Swamiji's skill and asked, "well, sit how could you do this without any practice?" Vivakananda laughed aloud and said, "well, well, I will tell you the secret. Whatever you may be doing, concentrate all your attention on it. Think of nothing else. if you are shooting, keep your mind only on the target. Your aim will not fail. Concentration can do miracles. Even when you are studying, think only of the lesson in hand. What you read will then be almost printed in you memory." With the power of concentration, Swami Vivekananda did many great things for the goof of the world.
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