HUMAN BEINGS LIVE BY THEIR INSTINCT, MEANING THEY ALSO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR PAST KARMA.
From the time we are born until we grow up, we would have many relationships such as family relationship, friend relationship, colleague relationship…Friend relationship is not as binding as family relationship, but we’d rather being with our friends than staying at home with our parents. Sometimes, we disobey our parents’ advice, but listen to our friends’ instead. Talking or playing with them is fun: natural instinct.
Living instinctively always makes people feel comfortable and happy, but the consequences are often virtual or cannot be foreseen. Therefore, we must resist that temptation and live with our conscious mind. This could though make us fired, frustrated and annoyed. If we choose fun and temptation, it is like we are riding a bike downhill.
We do not need to try hard, the bike just run faster and faster, and the sensational feeling about it will make us happy. On the contrary, if we try to ride a bike uphill, we must use a lot of energy, we can easily get tired. However, when we reach the top, the feeling would be incredible, the view from the top would be spectacular.
All of us, either living a religious life or not, need to choose one way to live: either live a fun/enjoyable life without worrying about consequences; or live a life with a conscious mind to gain good outcomes and results. This is a constant struggle throughout everyone’s life, even throughout many next lives. Whoever can win over their natural instinct to live a holy life would become Saints. Whoever surrenders to instinct will be re-born in animal realms, or human realms but live a poor and miserable life.
If we want to win over ourselves, then understanding morality is just the beginning. The important thing is strong willpower to practice, being resilient and the main secret is your own blessings. Thanks to the power of blessings, we could overcome many obstacles, avoid committing many sins to live a pure and moral life. Do not ever think that we are so talented and strong and would be able to overcome every temptation!
We have read articles from the press, which wrote about a woman who taught her children: “Listen to your heart, you would make less mistakes.” Listening to our heart means that we act with our emotion, by instincts. We would do whatever we like to do. Many people think this is a fashionable and popular lifestyle. They do not know that this lifestyle would bring them into the deep hole of abyss. Only those, who can win over their heart to live wisely, can have a truly moral life.
Janna