Your success depends on your comfort levels

Chennai

There are many levels of comfort. One is physical - if you are sitting on the grass, you think, ‘Oh, it would have been better if there was a cushion’. Another one is mental comfort - this is even more essential. If you have a comfortable home but the mind is not comfortable, you will not be able to sleep even on a comfortable bed. Then there is emotional comfort - you have everything, but if someone close to you doesn’t speak to you or does something that hurts you, then your emotional comfort is gone. Then another one is spiritual comfort - this is comfort of the soul, total peace, an uninterrupted flow of peace and joy from within.

Success: There is so much talk about success everywhere. Everyone wants to be successful. Have you ever thought what success is? It’s simply ignorance of your capabilities. You have set a limitation on your self, and whenever you cross your own boundary or limitation, you claim success. Success is ignorance of the power of your self because you assume you can do only that much.

So the best thing is to surrender to the Divine. So, whether you are successful or unsuccessful, it is another happening, another thing that you did, and you can do much more. If you wish to do better, then have the sankalpa, the intention - ‘I have to do it!’ - then you will make good progress, without feeling guilty, without being judgmental. Having this equanimity both in success and in failure, is what will lead you to real success.

— The writer is the founder of Art of Living Foundation and can be reached at www.artofliving.org