TRUST YOUR THOUGHTS - POSITIVE THINKING

Hello,

FAITH IN YOUR THOUGHTS

The first and most important weapon of positive thinking is trust in your thoughts.

If you trust your thoughts you have the power to move mountains.
This can be best exemplified by the story of EKLAVYA .

For people who are not aware of the story, it runs as under:

Eklavya would see Dronacharya teach archery to the Pandavas and Kauravas, the princes of Hastinapur.
One day he came to Dronacharya and requested him to be his Guru as well.
When Dronacharya came to know that he was Eklavya, the son of Hiranyadhanu, the king of Nishaad, he refused to take him as his disciple as he was not a Kshatriya.

Disappointed Eklavya came back to the forest. In the forest he made a figure of Dronacharya out of mud with his own hands. He called him his Guru.

Daily he would worship his image of Guru and practice archery. His faith for his Guru in the mud statue made him think about only archery and within a short time he was able to master the art of archery.

Later one day the Kauravas and Paandavas went on a picnic in a forest. They took a dog along with them. The dog entered the forest. He came upon Eklavya who was practicing. The dog started barking and disturbed him. Eklavya sealed his mouth with his seven arrows. Now the dog could not open his mouth. The dog ran away to the place from where he came.

When Dronacharya and the princes saw the dog coming with his mouth full of arrows they could just exclaim in awe.

When Dronacharya found Eklavya practicing archery he asked him - "Did you fill that dog's mouth with arrows?" "Yes"
Dronacharya asked him - "Who are you and where did you learn archery?"
"My name is Eklavya and I am the son of Nishaad Raaj Hiranyadhanu (an army chief in Jaraasandh's army). Please accept my respects, Guru Dev."

Dronacharya got surprised to hear this and said - "But I have never seen you, nor I have ever taught you."

Eklavya said - "Yes, You have not given education to me but I have taken education from you."

He took them where he had established his Guru's statue.

The faith of Eklavya about the mud statue made him the best archer in the world.

If we can create similar faith in our abilities to be the best we can overcome all hindrances. Can we not?

Best regards,

Manoj