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The first most important ingredient of success in life is discipline. Do you know what the meaning of discipline is?  Discipline is doing something that you have thought you will do, no matter what comes your way. That is discipline in a nutshell. Your mind will say it doesn’t feel like it today. Everybody likes

There is one skill, and if you were to learn this skill, you would gain tremendous peace in your life. We cannot change our circumstances beyond a certain degree because there are too many variables in life. There are also too many people around us. It is not possible to change them all. You can

In spite of your best efforts, what if someone does not appreciate your work? When we are young, we have a lot of dreams. The most beautiful thing about life when young is  that you actually believe in your dreams. Those dreams are very real for you. From one moment to the next, from one

As one begins treading the spiritual path, how does one know that one is progressing? Well, when people start calling you crazy, you are doing just fine! There was a saint, a Sufi mystic, who was famous for most of his disciples attaining enlightenment. Somebody once approached him asking, “Is it true that all your