The Happy and Harmonious Family
About the Author
Being a poet along with being a philosopher is supposed to be a rare combination. Acharyashri Mahapragya is a great poet besides being a great philosopher. The literature written by Acharyashri Mahapragya is proving very effective like panacea in solving the horrible problems of the present age like—tension, lack of sensitivity, excitement, depression, terrorism, inferiority complex, hatred, fraud, immorality, lack of authenticity and absence of peace. In the books of Acharya Mahapragya, solutions of various problems have been given by way of experiments and training. His writings bring about an all-round development of one’s life and thus are rendering a great service to humanity. Mankind will forever be obliged to him for his contribution that he has made through his literature
About the Book
Acharya Mahapragya ji through the pages of this book have taken us across the very fundamentals of behavioural psychology. The book very effortlessly and swiftly gives an answer to almost each and every family problem that the modern world witnesses. Such family problems which usually seem to be never ending and devoid of any solution, are easily decoded in this book. It would be wrong to state the book only focuses on family ties and only those people who wish to find a solution to their family shall read this book. The truth is that the book has been written so beautifully that one para carries multi-dimensional meanings. For me it was not only about family, but also about how family is the fundamental unit of a nation, how a team is formed and what is it that actually binds a team?, the one whole and sole solution to almost every family or team problem, meditation practise and at last a little insight into some of the perils of our Society like dowry.
Family
The book lays its foundation by introducing the two basics of individual consciousness, i.e. Spiritual and Selfish Consciousness. It is said that if Spiritual Consciousness is to “I am alone. I was born alone. I experience joy and sorrow alone. My soul is alone and has no company”, then Selfish Consciousness is to “I am alone. I will earn for myself and work for myself. Eat by myself and live by myself”. Where at one place the spiritual consciousness gives birth of freedom from worldly problems, it is the selfish consciousness which forms the birthing ground for distressed family ties and this where we are introduced to the concept of Family, as a an ensemble of beings who have allowed their selfish consciousness to turn humane and have awakened their spiritual consciousness.
Acharya Mahapragya Ji very beautifully introduces the idea of non-violence to the concept of family and goes on to explain that how an man alone cannot experience either violence or non-violence however the existence of violence can be only be felt when in company and hence came the idea of how first lesson of non-violence can first be learned when in a family.
“Tolerating each other instead of making differences prevail is the first step for peaceful co-existence.”
What does actually a tiff i.e. loss of peace in family?
Acharya in the very begining of this chapter introdcues us to a verse from Samaysar:
“the soul engrossed in anger is anger,
the soul engrossed in pride is pride,
the sould engrossed in lust is lust and
the soul engrossed in greed is greed”
Anger:
Anger is said to be the biggest reason behind breaking of family ties and even though one element is short-tempered in a family, his companion is tolerant enough. The issue arises when both the elements are of the same temperamental value hence working on a tit-for-tat attitude, which would no longer result in a peaceful co-existence.
Pride
Just as anger, ego also acts a family breaker. A proud man is never hardworking. He is lazy and useless. It is said that only a modest and humble person can lead a happy family life devoid of anger and pride.
Greed
In this trilogy of peace breaking traits, the third element is the element of greed. A greedy man has been described to be ever worried for he is more inquisitive about the growth and happiness of others rather than being insightful about his inner peace.
The one word answer to all problems- TOLERANCE
The people today have forgotten the art of Tolerance. It is sad to state that in today’s world tolerance is seen to be a sign of weakness and stupidity. But rather Tolerance is the sign of a strong soul who keeps the peace of the family above the cries of ego and pride. It is power of adapting, adjustising, tolerating and learning which has been placed at the highest par for strengthening any family ties. Above all the power of meditation and deep breathing has also been bought forth in the book, in making one realise their potential of tolerance.
The Self and The Team
- Assurance
- Trust
- Progress
- Amity- being concerned about each others well being
- Appreciation of virtues- being appreciative towards each others virtues
- Compassion- dealing with problems peacfeully refraining from cruelty
- Indifference- realising that not everyone feels the same emotions
You can change your Destiny
In this part of the book is the description of an incident of Achrya Tulsi when in 1993, Acharya Tulsi was in Rajaldesar, a small town in Rajasthan. An astrologer predicted that Acharya Tulsi would not be able to leave Rajaldesar. Still, Acharya Shree departed from there. After that he predicted that Acharya Shree would not be able to celebrate Maryada Mahotsav in Sujangadh. But the astrologer was proven wrong again. The third prediction was that Acharya Tulsi would not be able to go to Delhi. He reached Delhi as well and guided the Terapanth order for two more years to come.
So does this conclude that Astrology is false and holds no truth in its findings. This is not so. Rather the truth to be acknowledged here is that Astrology is not to be blamed. But we should understand the principle of Lord Mahavir that “’Hard work, strong willpower and our self-confidence along with restraint can change our destiny.” We should have faith in the fact that we can gain control over our emotions and balance them.
Meditation
It appears that there are many problems in family life. It is also natural that we tend to link up all these problems with each other resulting in a even more bigger and imaginary problem. People may appear happy from the outside but are actually distressed from within and this distress doesnt come from outside. It is self created and the reason behind the creation of the same is impurity of the unconscious mind. So, how does one purify his unconscious mind? the answer is meditation. Meditation is the solution to change the negative attitutde of the soul and instil concentration, purify the mind, minimize anger, pride, deceit and greed within us. It has been quoted in the book that,
“I am a conscious being,’
attachment and aversion are not my nature,
violence is not my nature;
I’m just a knower and observer”
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