Success Secret from Vedas (1)

Recently, I have read a book “The Secret”. It emphasizes on the universal law of attraction. It is one of the most interesting books I have ever read. This book tells that whatever you think, you’ll attract that into your life. If you have positive thoughts, your life will get a positive direction. For example, if you want to be successful in your life, always have the thoughts of success. Never let any negative thought enter your mind. This is really very powerful technique, and ancient seers have described it in Vedas. Swami Vivekananda, while talking about the practical aspect of Vedanta philosophy, explained this technique in detail.

“That is the one thing to remember; all of us can do that. Never say– no; never say – I cannot, for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty”, swami Vivekananda said this during a lecture delivered at London on 10 November 1896. This is the secret. You become what you think. According to Vedanta, the soul is omnipotent. The reason of bondage is because we identify ourselves with our bodies. It creates ego in us –the petty, shoddy, small ego. The Vedanta says, if you can identify yourself with the soul not with the body, you will also become Omnipotent. The thoughts are the key. In his famous book “Think and Grow Rich”, Napolian Hill says – in order to grow rich, feel right now that you are rich, behave as if you are rich. All the powers of the universe will conspire to make you rich.

Swami Vivekananda explains it in other words, “He’s an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that He’s an atheist who doesn’t believe in himself.”…

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