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| Success Through Learning |
It's the natural right of every human being to be happy and escape all the miseries of life. Happiness is a normal condition, as natural as a sunrise and the changing seasons. On the other hand, it's actually unnatural to suffer! It's because of our lack of knowledge that we do suffer since happiness is the product of wisdom. To attain perfect wisdom, to fully comprehend the purpose of life and your purpose in this life, to completely realize the relationship human beings have between each other, is to finally put an end to all suffering, to escape every illness and negativity that affects you. Perfect wisdom equals ultimate success.
Humans are creatures of habit.
We feel comfortable when things stay the same, and when there's a sudden change we feel worried. There are also times when life seems to be going pretty well, then change comes and you're dealing with poverty and/or illness. When this happens we go in search of reasons why life is being so difficult. You wonder, "What did I do? Where did I go wrong? Is this karma or some cruel joke of the universe?"
Reading Won't Make You Successful
The old method of education was to store the mind with as many facts, or supposed facts, as possible and hope that it would all make sense, take root, and lead to a more successful life. Perhaps for awhile you put what you've learned into action and life goes along well again, only to turn upside down once more.
You're A Survivor
Look back at every time you've suffered or experienced pain or hardship. You survived! You're here today because you were strong enough to make it through that dark time and you've learned some lessons, become stronger, and can actually use what you've learned to make your life more successful. That's the reason so many people fail at starting a business, saving money, getting out of debt, losing weight, or any number of unaccomplished goals. Instead of using past experience to learn from, they either feel sorry for themselves and give up. Or, they keep trying but continually fail because they don't see that they've already learned how not to do something.
Pain Is Your Teacher
If you're hanging a picture the hammer hits your thumb you quickly find out that it hurts, so you're more careful and take precautions next time. You learn! You've developed a tiny part of yourself that tells you a hammer hitting your thumb hurts. Imagine how foolish it would be if you just kept hammering away at your thumb, screaming in pain, but never doing anything about it? That's what many people do with their lives. They keep doing the wrong things, they never work on self-development, they never put into action what they've learned from past experience.
Every time you suffer and react to this suffering a part of your mind tells you, "We need to do this a better way next time." If you learn the lesson and put it into action then the 'suffering teacher' is no longer necessary and it disappears. This is the true way to success!
