Conquer Your Weakness

Conquer Your Weakness


A true seeker is one who, in spite of his weaknesses, never gets disheartened. He learns the art of combating inner enemies, battles skilfully and defeats them. With the help of this introspection exercise, bring out the warrior in you

Everyone has their own set of weaknesses. Some are wise, they recognise their flaws and try to overcome them while others are unable to identify their weaknesses or simply choose to ignore them. Overcoming weaknesses becomes possible with their recognition, acceptance and systematic eradication.

Use this exercise to become aware of your flaws and take steps to eliminate them.

Enlist 5 major weaknesses of yours

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Pick any one of the above and measure the intensity, frequency and duration of its occurrence.

Intensity: ________________________________________________

Frequency: _______________________________________________

Duration: ________________________________________________

Contemplate on what triggers this weakness and the steps you can take to overcome it. Write your action plan for ridding yourself of this flaw.

Action Plan for reducing the intensity of your weakness

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Action Plan for reducing the frequency of your weakness

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Action Plan for reducing the duration of your weakness

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Work diligently on your weakness along these three parameters for a month. Re-evaluate yourself and cherish the success as you see the negativity fading away from your life! Similarly create action plans for the other negativities and eradicate them too.

Quotes

As remembrance of the Guru deepens, fascination for the world fades away.
Devotion purifies the heart, discrimination illumines the intellect, and Self-awareness awakens you to your eternal potential.
As a puppet is moved by the puppeteer, so the outer life of an Enlightened One is governed by past karma. Unattached, He remains firmly established in the Self.
Recognise the pure Self amidst the noise/chaos of thoughts as the silent, knowing awareness.
Let kindness extend beyond humans to every creature that shares this world with us.
Surrender of the intellect means: use your mind to carry out the ajna, not to argue against it — even when the ajna defies all logic
Gandhiji never raised his fist nor his voice—he raised a nation. He showed that true strength does not shout; it simply keeps moving forward.
Places of solitude, pilgrimage, and worship are meant to encourage you to seek the divinity within.
As delusion fades, ‘I am the body’ softens into ‘The body is mine’, then into ‘It is only an association’, and finally the body is seen simply as an object of knowledge.
A healthy heart is free from the blockages of ego, insistence, hurt and hate.
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