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No time for the self

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Everything is created with a purpose associated with a definite deadline. The purpose may be vague, but the deadline is explicit, cannot be changed at any case. We all are souls, take human form to offload our Karmas. Our mind, body and senses are mere the instruments have been provided to us for a certain period of time. These are the medias for the soul to accomplish his major purposes on the earth.  Our purposes determine our activities, and our activities determine our Karma. If our purpose and intention are good, we will indulge in good Karma, else vile Karma. Good Karma brings the happiness and bad Karma repellent that. Good Karmas make your soul liberated from the continuous cycle of birth and death. And, bad Karmas make you to fall in continuous cycle of birth and death with degraded level. Our instruments (mind, body and senses) cause us to suffer or success. Unbridled instruments cause us to suffer and controlled one makes us uplifted. These consciousnesses...

Four Tools of Lord Vishnu, the Insignia of a Leader

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Vishnu is one of the trinity in Hindu pantheon. He is revered as a leader, maintainer and preserver of the cosmic order. Vishnu is depicted with four hands. These four hands carries four distinct tools, which beckon the qualities of a good leader should posses. Predominantly, there are four roles for a leader i.e. Review ---- Communication ---- Rewards ---- Punishment. The index finger of Vishnu`s upper right hand carries an inexorably revolving Sudarshan Chakra (wheel). With the help of this Chakra (wheel), he maintains the cosmic order, and whoever tries to disturb the cosmic order, he kills those with the help of this Chakra. It indicates that, a leader should always indulge in continuous review of the process, and whenever, or wherever, any impediments occur; he should remove those to ensure the consistent progress of the set mission.  The lower right hand contains club. Vishnu uses club to punish those, who transgress the moral laws and disturbs the cosmi...