Be Intellectual like Swan

Many things and many thoughts we carry in our life, which has no meaning at all.  The happiness and joy comes in our life by knowing the meaning, purpose of everything what we carry in our life. We carry extra weight on our body, no meaning, this extra burden gives the suffering to our body. We carry extra and unnecessary thoughts, these  unnecessary thoughts are a burden on our mind and the burden on our mind make us mentally weak, the way extra burden on our body makes us weak and unproductive. Whatever extra and useless things we carry whether physically, mentally or materially causes us suffering.

We need to learn how to ignore the things. Assume, today someone commented on you which you did not like, what will do ? … fight …? Not a wise decision… ! …you may want to reply back .. but considering your status and reputation, physically, you choose not to do it , but what about those thoughts which stuck in your mind and your mind started thinking about it. This is absolutely useless and perilous too, it harms no one but the holder only. Just ignore it. Your spouse says something which you think illogical or useless, just ignore it, unnecessary do not start thinking about it, you will reach nowhere. Your boss says something which, you think, do not suit to your personality..just ignore it.

You get many things in your life by just ignoring the useless things. You continue your relationship by ignoring tiny things, you continue your jobs by ignoring the mind stirring negative words and talks.

Our mind never remains without thoughts. If you ignore all useless and negative spreading thoughts and talk and activities, what will remain in your mind.. ?, only positive, motivations, desire to do something great for the self and others.

When we take gold from the gold mine, we process it and we remove the soil from it and we get pure gold. Likewise, if we remove all useless burdens and thoughts from our life, we get the purity, we get the meaning of life. Do not carry the soil, which taints the purity of gold.

The swan has capability to separate water from milk, that is why swan is associated with goddesses Sarsawati, the goddesses of knowledge and intelligence. Similarly, when you learn what to ignore and what to perceive, you become wise. When you catch the reality and ignore the unreality, you become intellectual.  And when, by your intelligence, you come out from the dense forest of delusion, then what is heard and what is told would have no meaning for you, you take the joy in the purity of the self.