Make time for yourself. Stop letting yourself be pulled in all directions. Quote#TM8

Responsibilities cannot be ignored in life. You may be responsible for the wellbeing of your family, timely completion of work, for the society you live in, and working hard to fulfill your responsibilities in all the walks of life.
You also have one important responsibility, that is, towards yourself, the person, you are with since you are born.
No other than you could stay close to you as you are. And such a close person cannot be ignored. Spend a few moments with yourself because you cannot disrespect nature's best creation.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrow. Quote #TM7

In which form life exists? In the form of time. Time is life. And, where does the time exist in real? It is in the current moment when you are reading this, neither in the past nor in the future. Thus, all your powers to influence your future lies within 'this' moment of your life, isn't it amazing? let's take charge of this moment and shape the future. Wasting a moment is wasting a small piece of your life.

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Quote #TM6

The tunnel is actually an opportunity to test yourself, and also it gives us a sense 'what light is'. Without the existence of dark, no light will exist in our experience, as, only light will be seen everywhere and no one can sense light separately. Similarly, without efforts, success doesn't exist.

Undoubtedly, the tunnel has an end and you will enjoy the light once it gets over.

The greatest oak was once a little nut, who held its ground.Quote #TM5

It is our inner strength which gives us the confidence to remain unshakable.
Consciously looking inward at least once in a day is the best possible way to become aware of the inner strength and gain stability to hold the ground.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.Quote #TM4

Without a doubt, each one of us has a secret power inside of us.
But since we born, we are prepared to act weak, this habit has been internalized by us without knowing the real strengths. Swami Vivekananda once said, "It is sin to think you are weak", why does he say so? No, it was not just to motivate. Think again, what had he discovered inside of him. Every one of us may unleash this energy to some extent, some need external sparks, some need obstacles, some need a simple realization.

Self Awareness

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It is needless to explain how does an animal will behave when put in front of a mirror. There are many such videos available on the internet today which depict the funny behavior of animals in front of a mirror. The only reason for this type of behavior is the lack of self-awareness.
Suppose, If you meet an unknown person named X and you found that X is your replica, that means, X's being, living, behavior, looks are the same as yours, in short, X is a complete reflection of yourself, just like seeing yourself in the mirror.
The question here is, would you be happy to meet your replica? Can you be impressed by someone like you, can you see him as an ideal person? Your answer may be yes or no.
To the people like me, person X may not be an ideal personality. How could this happen? Or do I need to change myself so that I could become an ideal person in my own views? Finding an answer to this question begins with self-awareness.

Do we need to become Self-aware? Yes, without any doubt.
If you want to use a newly purchased laptop or mobile properly then it is important to know its features.
Similarly, we have received this body and mind for free and if you want to get maximum results in any field by using your physical and mental ability, then you should become self-aware.

First of all, let's tray to know what self-awareness is all about. We can put here in simple words that 'our complete knowledge of ourself'. Here, it is expected to look at ourselves from a 360-degree angle. This means observing our strengths, weaknesses, personality, Maturity of thoughts, likes, dislikes, mental and physical abilities, and some other important aspects.

The biggest hurdle in the path of discovering our inner self is our mindset.
We are developing our mindset since we were young. Recognizing the presence of mindset separately from reality can be counted first step towards becoming self-aware. Why so? taking an example, if we wear glasses of red color on our eyes then the whole world will become red in our perception, similarly, for our mind, these mindsets are like red glasses. Whatever experiences and memories we have fed into our mind, has become rigid now, like, 'I can't draw pictures, I could not learn a new language, racisms exist, gender discrimination is right', etc. Many such negative mindsets are concretely established in our minds which must be removed first. The simplest way to start its removal process is to consciously force yourself to think in opposite direction or have an opposite feeling, for example, telling yourself that you can do something that you believe you cannot or try to give a try to believe that things like racism do not exist. With the little efforts, we can force our self to have an exact opposite feeling or thought for a short time. This method will create a positivity that can lead us to an equilibrium further to which self-observation will become easier.
Once we experience balance thoughts, we can go for self-observation and the simplest way to observe ourselves is to sit in a quiet place in the house and imagine that your energy is being separated from you then it went on a top corner in the house near the ceiling to sit, and, from there she sees you, her viewpoint is neutral. Now you can write down your observations about yourself. All your qualities, weaknesses, strengths, likes, dislikes, attitude, etc. When you completely view yourself from the particular corner, ask the energy to go to another corner of the house and continue to observe again. This exercise may enable you to have a look at yourself from the 360-degree angle. Many Intelligent people discover themselves by doing similar practices. Such introspection will make it easier for you to find your true self from the ​​crowd of thoughts.

No person or external situation can change us, the decision to let external factors affect us is entirely our own, either knowingly or unknowingly. The stable state of mind arises after acquiring complete or nearly complete information about oneself, and that state can be called self-awareness, so by taking full responsibility for our being, now we can move further to the next step to work on strengthening our powers and eliminating our flaws.
We should recognize our strengths and keep on checking that if are we using it fully? For example, if Creative Thinking is your greatest strength, you should check if are you using it in every field, like, are we using creative ways in teaching our children? Are we using such thinking to solve office work-related problems? Are we creatively resolving relationship issues? etc. It is important in life to examine the routine we are living every day and determine if our greatest strengths are being utilized or are we stuck in a stalemate situation and living with mental stress and not using the greatest strength, on receiving a negative answer to this, we can encourage ourselves to utilize most of our strengths in life by making a change in personal, professional and social life. One should also try to minimize his weaknesses, for example, laziness is a more or less common defect found almost in all of us, to eliminating such weakness, one should consciously engage himself in the opposite activities in which one is having his interests, most effective way to do this is to get your self  engaged in an unavoidable situation, for example, to get rid of the laziness of getting up early in the morning, take part in a running competition, join a fitness group, so that the laziness will automatically go away and you will get motivated to wake up early in the morning. This type of formula should be used to eliminate all weaknesses.

Now you are aware and got to know yourself, then you started to work on the strengths and weaknesses, therefore you have started the journey towards experiencing and using self-awareness to live life fullest, knowledge of yourself shows you your true potential that will give you confidence, which is most needed to deal with any situations. Confidence goes up automatically when we recognize our worthiness. Whether you are playing sports like cricket, football, or coping with life events, your self-awareness is more likely to keep you ahead and successful everywhere. Due to self-awareness, you can know what kind of work is beyond your capacity, and knowing your limitations can keep you away from excessive stress by not accepting the work which is based on skills that you have not yet developed. The main cause of stress is to get involved in the activities that are beyond your managing capacity or different from your interest. Sometimes, because of extra enthusiastic nature or unavoidable circumstances and lack of self-awareness you get trapped in such situations. On having a proper sense of self capabilities we learn to say 'NO' and avoid the stress traps.

By becoming fully aware of yourself you achieve clarity in life, the clarity can bring a vision in your life. Further, goals can be set and efforts can be given a direction to achieve the set objectives. Your mental state can go one step further from the state of self-awakening and you can attain a state of stagnation (स्थितप्रज्ञ) to some extent, and with that, you can experience balance and perfection in every walk of life.

It's not what happens to you that determines how far will you go in life; It is how you handle what happens to you. Quote#TM3

No external situation has the power to shake our inner strength, but our own thoughts can do so, thoughts and imaginations can make or break us.
For example, many of us face criticism in life but those who evaluate it and make use of it as a stepping stone and keep improving on himself/herself can go far while others remain busy in providing justification to the critics.
It is our attitude while handling the situation that determines the outcome.

आत्मजागृती

एखाद्या प्राण्याला आरश्या समोर ठेवल्यास त्याची आश्चर्यजनक वागणूक काय असेल हे आपणास वेगळे सांगावयास नको, अश्या प्रकारचे कित्येक व्हिडिओस आज इंटरनेट वर उपलब्ध आहेत ज्यात प्राण्यांचे आरश्या समोरील गमतीशीर वागणे चित्रित केले गेले आहे.
जर आज तुमचा एका नवीन व्यक्तीशी परिचय झाला आणि ती व्यक्ती हुबेहूब तुमचीच प्रतिकृती असेल, तिचं असणं, राहणं, वागणं, दिसणं अगदी तुमच्या सारखेच, म्हणजेच काय तर तुमचं प्रतिबिंब, अगदी आरश्यात पहिल्या सारखं.
इथे प्रश्न असा आहे कि, तुम्हाला तुमच्या प्रतिकृतीला भेटून प्रसन्न वाटेल काय? एखादा आदर्श व्यक्ती भेटल्या सारखे खरंच ती व्यक्ती तुम्हाला प्रभावित करू शकेल? तुमचा उत्तर हो किंवा नाही असू शकेल.
माझ्या सारख्या कित्येकांना स्वतः ची प्रतिकृती कदाचित आदर्श व्यक्तीमत्व नाही वाटणार. असे का होऊ शकते? किंवा मला माझ्यात असे काय बदल करावे लागतील जेणे करून मी स्वतः साठी एक आदर्श व्यक्ती होऊ शकेन? ह्या प्रश्नाचे उत्तर शोधताना सुरुवात होते ती आत्मा जागरूकतेने (सेल्फ अवेअरनेस).
खरंच आपल्याला सेल्फ अवेअरनेस ची म्हणजेच आत्मजागृतीची आवश्यकता आहे काय? होय, निशंक.
जर तुम्हाला नवीन विकत आणलेला लॅपटॉप किंवा मोबाईल वापरायचा असेल तर त्यातील features  विषयी माहिती असणे क्रमप्राप्तच आहे. तसेच तुम्हाला अगदी मोफत मिळालेल्या शरीराला आणि मनाला योग्य प्रकारे उपयोगात आणून कोणत्या हि क्षेत्रात जास्तीत जास्त परिणाम साधायचा असेल तर या स्वयं जागरूकतेची आवश्यकता आहे.
सर्व प्रथम जाणून घेऊयात काय आहे स्वयं जागरूकता किंवा सेल्फ अवेअरनेस, याचे उत्तर, तुम्हाला स्वतः विषयी संपूर्ण जाण असणे असे सोप्या शब्दात आपण येथे मांडू शकतो. स्वतः चे ३६० च्या कोनातून अवलोकन करणे येथे अपेक्षित आहे.याचा अर्थ असा होतो कि आपले गुण, अवगुण, व्यक्तिमत्व, वैचारिक प्रगल्भता, आवडी, नाआवडी, मानसिक आणि शारीरिक क्षमते विषयी ची जाण आणि इतर काही महत्वाच्या पैलूं बद्दल ज्ञान असणे. स्वतः बद्दल माहिती मिळवताना सर्वात मोठा अडसर येतो तो आपला स्वतः चा.
जन्म पासून एक साचेबद्धता( mindset) आपण विकसित करत असतो, स्वयं जागृतीच्या कार्यात हि साचेबद्धता ओळखणे हि पहिली पायरी आहे. म्हणजेच काय, जर आपल्या डोळ्यां वर एखाद्या रंगाचा चष्मा घातलेला असेल तर संपूर्ण जगच आपल्याला त्या रंगाचे दिसू लागते, आपल्या मना साठी हा चष्मा म्हणजेच mindset किंवा साचेबद्ध विचार सरणी उदाहरणार्थ, मला चित्र काढता येत नाहीत, मला लोकांसमोर भाषण देणे शक्यच नाही, मला इतर भाषा शिकणे जमणार नाही, माझ्या लहानपणी पासून मला नवीन भाषा शिकण्यास त्रास होतो वगैरे वगैरे. अश्या अनेक प्रकारचे नकारात्मक पगडी डोक्यावर कायमची ठेवलेली आढळून येतात त्या सर्वप्रथम काढून फेकणे आवश्यक आहे. याची सोपी पद्धत म्हणजे जबरदस्तीने स्वतः ठामपणे सांगणे कि तुम्हाला ती गोष्ट करता येते किंवा थोडा फार प्रयत्न केल्यास तसे तुम्हाला जमू शकते. यातून एक सकारात्मकता निर्माण होऊन संतुलन स्थिती गाठली जाऊ शकते आणि पुढे स्वयं अवलोकन करणे सोपे जाऊ शकते.
अवलोकन करण्या ची सोपी पद्धत म्हणजेच घरात एखाद्या शांत ठिकाणी बसावे, अशी कल्पना करावि कि तुमच्या पासून तुमची ऊर्जा वेगळी होऊन घरातील एका उंच ठिकाणी जाऊन बसलीये, आणि तिथून ती तुम्हाला पाहतेय, अगदी तटस्थ दृष्टिकोनातून, ह्या वेळेस तुम्ही स्वतः विषयी लिहू शकता, आपले सगळे गुण अवगुण, सामर्थ्य आणि दोष  इत्यादी.अश्या प्रकारे अवलोकन झाल्या वर त्या उर्जेला घराच्या दुसऱ्या कोनातून तुमच्या कडे पाहू द्या, असे करत स्वतःला ३६० च्या कोनातून न्याहाळून घ्यावे. बुद्धिमान लोकांना अश्या कल्पकतेने स्वतःतील बारकावे शोधता येतात. पुढे, आत्मनिरीक्षण झाल्यावर कदाचित तुम्हाला विचारांच्या गर्दीतून स्वत:ला शोधणे सहज शक्य होईल.
बाहेरील कोणतीही व्यक्ती किंवा परिस्थिती आपल्यात बदल घडवू शकत नाही, बाह्य घटकांचे परिणाम आपल्यावर होऊ देण्याचा निर्णय सर्वस्वी आपला स्वतः चा असतो, कळत असो किंवा नकळत. स्वतः बद्दल पूर्ण किंवा बऱ्यापैकी माहिती प्राप्त झाल्या नंतर जी स्थिर मानसिक अवस्था निर्माण होते ती म्हणजेच आत्माजागृती, स्वतः ची पूर्ण जबाबदारी घेऊन आपण पुढच्या पायरीवर जाऊयात आपल्यातील गुणांचे सशक्ती करण करणे व दोषांचे निकारण करणे यावर आपण आत्ता काम करू शकतो. आपले सामर्थ्य ओळखल्या वर त्याचा पुरेपूर वापर आपल्या कडून होत आहे काय हे तपासून घ्यावे,उदयरनार्थ,  जर क्रीटीव्ह थिंकिंग( सर्जनशीलता) हा आपला सर्वात मोठा गुण असेल तर त्याचा वापर आपल्या कडून प्रत्येक क्षेत्रात होत आहे काय हे जाणून घ्यावे, म्हणजेच आपल्या मुलांना शिकवताना सर्जनशील पद्धती वापरता येऊ शकते, कार्यालयात सुद्धा अश्या प्रकारे सर्जनशीलतेचा वापर करून समस्या सोडवीत आहोत कि ठरलेल्या कालबाह्य पद्धतीनं मध्ये अडकून पडलेलो आहोत आणि मानसिक ताण  घेऊन रोबोटिक आयुष्य जगतो आहोत याची फेरविचारणी जरूर करावी, यालाच आपण काउंटर चेकिंग म्हणूयात.अश्या प्रकारे आपण स्वतःला आपल्यातल्या सामर्थ्याचा जास्तीत जास्त वापर करण्यास प्रोत्साहित करू शकतो. दोषांना जाणून घेऊन ते कमी करण्याचा प्रयत्न करावा, उदाहरणार्थ, आळस  हा जवळपास सर्वां मध्ये कमी अधिक प्रमाणात आढळणारा दोष आहे, त्याला दूर करताना जाणीवपूर्वक आळसाविषयी फारसा विचार न करता ज्या विषयां मध्ये रस आहे त्या गोष्टीं मध्ये स्वतः गुंतवून घ्यावे किंवा जिथे आळस पण येते तेथे स्वतः क्रियाशीलते मध्ये अडकवून घ्यावे, उदाहरणार्थ, सकाळी लवकर उठण्याचा अळसपणा घालवण्या साठी एखाद्या धावण्याच्या स्पर्धे मध्ये भागघ्यावा, फिटनेस ग्रुप मध्ये सामील व्हावे, जेणे करून प्रेरणेमुळे आळस आपोआप निघून जाईल. विविध अवगुणां वर काम करताना अश्या प्रकारचे सूत्र वापरावे.
आपणास स्वतः विषयी माहिती झाली, गुणांवर आणि अवगुणांवर काम करणं सुरु केलंत, म्हणजेच जागृतावस्थेकडे आपण वाटचाल सुरु केलीत, स्वतः विषयी पूर्ण माहिती झाल्या मुळे आपणास आपल्या क्षमतेची जाणीव होईल, आणि प्रसंगाना सामोरे जाताना आत्मविश्वास जाणवेल. आत्मविश्वास तेव्हाच निर्माण होतो जेव्हा आपणास आपल्या योग्यतेची जाणीव असेल. क्रिकेट, फुटबॉल सारखे खेळ असोत किंवा आयुष्यातील प्रसंगांना सामोरे जाणे असो तुमच्या आत्मजागृतीमुळे तुम्ही नेहमी अग्रेसर राहण्याची शक्यता अधिक. तसेच कोणते काम तुमच्या आवाक्या बाहेरील आहे याचीहि जाण आत्मजागृती मुळे होणे शक्य आहे, ज्यि कौशल्ये तुमच्यात अद्याप विकसित झाली नाहीत त्या कौशल्यावर आधारित कार्य तुम्ही अतिउत्साहाच्या भरात न स्वीकारल्या मुळे अतीव ताणा पासून स्वतः ला दूर ठेवता येऊ शकेल. तणावाचे मूळच आहे कि आपल्या क्षमते पेक्षा जास्त आणि आवडी पेक्षा वेगळ्या असलेल्या कार्यात उत्साहाच्या भरात किंवा अटळ प्रसंगामुळे सहभागी होणे, असो, आत्ता तुम्हाला आयुष्यात स्पष्टतेची( Clarity )जाणीव झालेली असेल, त्या मुळे तुमच्या आयुष्यात एक दूरदृष्टी( Vision) येऊशकेल. ध्येये(goals ) निश्चित करून ठरवलेली उद्दीष्टे(purpose ) साधण्यासाठी पुरेपूर प्रयत्न करता येऊशकेल. स्वतः बद्दल पूर्ण जाणीव झाल्या मुळे आत्मा जागृतावस्थेतून तुमची मानसिक अवस्था एक पाऊल पुढे जाऊन तुम्हाला स्थितप्रज्ञ अवस्था काही अंशी किंवा बव्हंशी प्राप्त होऊ शकेल आणि त्या योगे जीवनात परीपूर्णतेची अनुभूती येऊ शकेल.

The struggle you are in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow: Quote #TM2

What is the struggle? It is an opportunity to strengthen your character, gain experience by giving a try to handle the situation. Remember, It is the struggle that changes an ordinary carbon into a diamond, the skillful sailor out of ordinary seamen.

Our commitment in the face of conflict produces character: Quote #TM1

An eagle never gives up in the middle of the storm because he believes in himself and his capabilities. A soldier never afraid of war.

It is a need of an hour to awaken the citizen soldiers among us. Unitedly, we all need to act as a single person, this is an opportunity for all of us to test our strength of unity by standing together, for the well being of every one of us. The responsibility given to you by the authority is to make yourself safe and let others be safe. Lets showcase how strong our commitments are in the face of conflict.

Possible Translation-

गरुड वादळां मध्ये कधीही हार मानत नाही कारण त्याचा स्वतःवर आणि स्वतः च्या क्षमतेवर विश्वास असतो.

सैनिकाला कधीही युद्धांची भीती वाटत नाही. आपल्यातील नागरिक सैनिकांना जागृत करणे ही आज काळाची गरज आहे. संयुक्तपणे, आपण सर्वांनी एकच व्यक्ती म्हणून काम करण्याची गरज आहे, आपल्यातल्या प्रत्येकाच्या आरोग्यासाठी आज एकत्र उभे राहण्याच्या आपल्या शक्तीची चाचणी घेण्याची संधी आहे. आपल्याला  प्राधिकरणाने दिलेली जबाबदारी स्वतःला सुरक्षित करणे आणि इतरांना सुरक्षित ठेवण्याची आहे. बिकट प्रसंगातून पुढे जात असताना आपली वचनबद्धता किती मजबूत आहे हे दर्शवू द्या.