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Unlimited possibilities of evolution of personality (Aparimita Sambhavanaon Ka Âdhara Manaviya Vayktitva): Vangamaya Vol-21

Gurudev Shriram Sharma Acharya considers that a human being is an astray child of God who has lost his identity. If awaken and activated, the divine powers existing in his inner self in a dormant state, can indeed lead to his sublime transmutation into an omniscient and omnipotent person. It is a pity that unaware of his divine origin and astonishing potentials, he lives in a state of ignorance and hunts for progress, peace and happiness only in the external means.
Gurudev accepts the principle of evolution but not the theory of Darwin and others who consider a human being as an animal – a highly evolved descendent of apes or monkeys. According to him – “evolution is an expression of the higher levels of chetana (consciousness); the evolution in the physical bodies or faculties of the living beings is a manifestation of the evolution of consciousness. The original nature of every human being is spiritual. Higher dimensions of human consciousness emanate from the culminated layers of divinity….”. He established the principle of spiritual evolution on the grounds of the Science of Spirituality.
Every human being is a descendent of divinity but, has forgotten his righteous path. Human life is bestowed on the individual self after a long journey of over 84 lakhs birth cycles so that – he could rectify the mistakes and remove the malice of the past lives by noble altruist deeds in the present life, realize the ultimate goal and attain his divine originality by sincere endeavors. In concordance with the Indian Philosophy – which describes human life as a Kalpa Vriksha (a ‘heavenly tree’ of boons which can fulfill all wishes), Acharya Sharma reminds us in this volume of our hidden potentials and talents. He considers the power of thoughts and sentiments as superior to any other power existing in this world.
Thoughts and sentiments are the means by which the individual consciousness gets linked with the subtle waves of cosmic consciousness. The nature of one’s inner sentiments and thoughts shapes his character. Positive thinking – serene, optimistic and creative thoughts, play a major role in progressive development of personality. Negative thinking or perversion of ideology may convert a sagacious intellectual into a disgraced character and gradually malign and weaken his talents too. Consistent positive thinking and the creative endeavors triggered by it, on the contrary, can endow an ordinary, helpless person with excellent personality and immense success in the successive stages of his life.
Today, when the world is facing the severest crisis of faith and falling moral values, the creative ideology and edifying deliberations of Pt. Sharma inspire optimism and offer viable solutions towards happy and graceful survival of humanity. His first book entitled “Main Kya Hoon?” (“What am I?”) was published in 1940. This book was written in the self-analyzing style of the Aatmopanishad and makes the readers realize why and what to know about themselves. It was sold in record number and several editions were brought out till 1948. It was reprinted in 1989-90 and is in constant demand and circulation since then. Translations in English and several Indian languages are also published and have guided thousands of people towards righteous development of personality conjugated with a progressive and happy life.
Every matured person certainly asks this question – “what am I ?” to himself in one or the other point of time in his life when circumstances force him to introspect himself. Knowing “what am I?” is the main goal of the aspirants of spiritual development….The present volume offers detailed answers to everybody and also educes motivating force and gives adept guidance for refinement of personality.
The author emphasizes the need of giving more importance to the soul – the inner self than to the extrovert mind. He teaches the art of living a progressive and happy life by understanding the “Science of Thoughts and Sentiments”. In his views, the inner sentiments and intrinsic faith inspire the thought process. The sentiments linked with the purity of soul would certainly educe eminent thoughts which will illuminate the intellect and lead to the creative endeavors of the righteous development of the self and of the world too. We should therefore listen to the voice of our soul. This will strengthen our inner self and maintain our faith – in morality, humanity and divine values – alive and thus keep the source of precious thoughts enriched and active. Positive thoughts generated thereby would inspire our mind and deeds towards the noble direction of absolute progress and culmination of life.
The author also provides practical methods which can be adopted in day-to-day life without any difficulty for consistent development of personality. He cites the live examples, works and teachings of the great personalities of all times and also describes the methods of {\it self-management} with respect to personal, social and professional life as well. Highlighting the fact that – “man is an architect of his own destiny”, he mentions that – if human mind is trained to face the ups and downs of life with stable and balanced attitude and is kept away from negative thoughts and sentiments of despair, it would never fail in accomplishing what it resolves to do.
In his view, all adversities of the world could be eliminated if every individual determines and sincerely attempts discarding his own vices and evil tendencies and begins improving his own personality. Refinement of individuals leads to the refinement of families, societies, nations and the world….. and brightens the environment of life favorably to shape an era of peace, progress and happiness.
It should be recalled that human life is a boon of the Supreme Creator which is bestowed on us for a noble purpose. We should realize this fact and pay attention to elevate and channelize the unlimited potentials of our inner self. Acharya Sharma’s great mission of ‘architecuring a new era…., a bright future in the 21st century….’ – is based on the central idea of enlightening the thoughts of people and edifying their faith….
This spiritual saint, sagacious scholar and dedicated social reformer devoted his life for this noble mission. His glorious endeavors have brought revolutionary changes in the mentality of millions and transformed them into better human beings in all respects…. May every reader be inspired by the driving force of his spiritually charged thoughts and motivating guidance and contribute to transform this world – into a paradise where humanity would smile with its eternal divine glow….