Buddha and Goal Setting

Buddha

Buddha – says - Desire is the root cause of suffering.

Dr. David Schwartz in his book ‘The Magic of Thinking Big’  - says – Want and achieve.

Napoleon Hill in his book ‘Think and Grow Rich’ – Says -  desire and become rich.

Thiru Valluvar in his book ‘ Thirukural’  - says -  For this world you need material: For the other world you need blessings. (Thirukural is a sacred book from South India having wisdom condensed in 1330 rhyming Tamil couplets).

You know you need to work hard or smart, earn money, build family, to be living happily in this world. Which one of the above should you follow?

Accept what Buddha said and do nothing and keep quite.

Or

Follow David Schwartzs and Napolean Hills and put a bigger target on your wall and look at it daily and achieve it.

Or

Take what Valluvar said and balance money and blessing to live better in this world and later in the other world.

What should you do?

Do what you feels is right for you. But the key is, clarity, on why you should select what path you should select.

What do you really want? what is the most important to you? Money, freedom, time, recognition, helping others. This is a famous question of many motivational speakers. These factors are stacked in a pyramid and find an important place in the management studies, as to what motivates a person.

But think deeply. What one really wants is happiness, am I not right in saying that? See where money, freedom and time or any of these lead to, happiness. A perceived happiness.

Did you stay happy with that last promotion, last vacation or are you really enjoying the freedom. No, you have always wanted more. You are trained to ask for more and more. Do you know what happiness is really, no because in this system it is like a mirage. As you move and reach a certain point, the happiness has already moved a bit far.    

We all assume or have been trained to assume that happiness is defined by having or doing or thinking something.

The fact is, it is already there, you just don’t need any other factor to have it. The only thing between us and happiness is acceptance.

Now select whichever path you want to get there. The whole point is any path you select happiness is pre-existing.

Thol. The SaintLeader.