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Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow.
1. We are a privileged lot, gifted with choice of action. No other species has this ability. But you have a wide range of choices before you. Do you choose jalebi or spinach? Are you patient or do you vent your anger? Through these choices you sculpt your future. Most times you are lured by instant pleasure, setting yourself up for sorrow later, that which is painful in the beginning gives everlasting happiness. This is the law of life.
2. To help us make the right choice we are also gifted with the intellect. But most of us neither use our existing intellect nor develop it. We choose with a poorly developed intellect. And meet with disastrous consequences. We use impulse to make disastrous choices whereas use intellect to make sane choices. In children, choice is denied to protect them from the consequences of bad choices. But adults need to live with their bad choices.
3. Why do you make wrong choices? It could spring from peer pressure or you could be driven by herd mentality. It could be a strong desire which holds the intellect hostage and does not allow it to think beyond what the mind desires. You want to buy a particular car even though you cannot afford it. The mind forces the intellect to justify the wrong decision.
4. The way out is to pause, think, consult your intellect and choose. Initially, it may seem arduous, but becomes effortless with practice. In important decisions, take time to decide. In ancient India, advice was taken from sages, this protected kings from taking rash, arrogant decisions. Take your emotion into consideration, give it due consideration and fulfil the desire if the intellect approves of it.
5. The best choice is based on values. Choose the higher against the lower, the permanent over ephemeral, worldly joys. Opt for Spirit over Matter. With a strong intellect you make smart choices and become successful. Value-based decisions make you happy. And when you choose Spirit, you evolve spiritually.
Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow.
1. We are a privileged lot, gifted with choice of action. No other species has this ability. But you have a wide range of choices before you. Do you choose jalebi or spinach? Are you patient or do you vent your anger? Through these choices you sculpt your future. Most times you are lured by instant pleasure, setting yourself up for sorrow later, that which is painful in the beginning gives everlasting happiness. This is the law of life.
2. To help us make the right choice we are also gifted with the intellect. But most of us neither use our existing intellect nor develop it. We choose with a poorly developed intellect. And meet with disastrous consequences. We use impulse to make disastrous choices whereas use intellect to make sane choices. In children, choice is denied to protect them from the consequences of bad choices. But adults need to live with their bad choices.
3. Why do you make wrong choices? It could spring from peer pressure or you could be driven by herd mentality. It could be a strong desire which holds the intellect hostage and does not allow it to think beyond what the mind desires. You want to buy a particular car even though you cannot afford it. The mind forces the intellect to justify the wrong decision.
4. The way out is to pause, think, consult your intellect and choose. Initially, it may seem arduous, but becomes effortless with practice. In important decisions, take time to decide. In ancient India, advice was taken from sages, this protected kings from taking rash, arrogant decisions. Take your emotion into consideration, give it due consideration and fulfil the desire if the intellect approves of it.
5. The best choice is based on values. Choose the higher against the lower, the permanent over ephemeral, worldly joys. Opt for Spirit over Matter. With a strong intellect you make smart choices and become successful. Value-based decisions make you happy. And when you choose Spirit, you evolve spiritually.
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