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2. Benefits of Spiritual Practice
There are several benefits in commencing spiritual practice and being persistent with it. In fact, one will be able to perceive some benefit almost immediately. Each of the benefits has a direct or indirect effect on increasing our happiness or reducing our unhappiness.
2.1 The Balanced State of Mind
Each of us today lives such a fast paced life. One rarely takes the time to step back and view one’s life with a zoomed out perspective.
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As you can see from the diagram the blue wave indicates a reduction in the
magnitude of being thrown off balance by circumstances. In fact our emotional
state becomes more resilient and we are able to handle both positive and adverse
situations calmly. This happens by virtue of our knowledge of the science of
Spirituality, as we are able to apply a more philosophical view of life.
Here is an example of this: When a person is elected as the leader of a country because he is dynamic and has a fresh perspective – then the entire world applauds and supports him. But in a couple of years his name gets embroiled in a scandal and then the entire nation goes against him.
What then should the attitude of a leader be with the fluctuating change in peoples' opinion of him? Should such a person have a balanced state of mind, then even when people at first praised him, he would think, “People think the world of me, but I know all my shortcomings and so I will continue to improve myself.” Later when people hurled accusations at him, if such a leader had a balanced state of mind, he would have thought, “People are against me but in the quiet of my heart and between God and me, I know I am innocent, so their words do not disturb me.”
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