Understanding The Essence Of Human Behaviour
"The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” -Albert Schweitzer.
There are two sides to our human nature. Our best side, is our humanitarian nature, a deep humanity that we all share. Our worst side is our selfish nature, which some religions have personified to represent the evil.
We are free-willed human beings, which means we can choose which of our two natures to follow under every circumstance.
Human beings are filled with pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth, loves flattery and want to enjoy the luxuries of life.
This is the basic human nature of people living in every part of the world. Pride is the number one sin because of which many other bad habits become our companion.
Every human being who wants to become a better person is in constant war with the above mentioned sins.The first thing a person need to do is to make an assessment of himself on how much degree, he or she is engulfed by these sins.
It may take months or years to slowly work on each of these capital sins and become a refined and mature person.
We as humans loves flattery and enjoys the luxuries of life. But when we climb the ladder of self purification of our character to lead a saintly life, we need to do penance and sacrifices in our daily lives.
I mean that you need to fast regularly and avoid food you love to eat, so that you grow more closer to God. It is okay to have a wife, but not wives.
The natural tendency of a human being is to feel jealous seeing the goodness or achievements of other people. So many thoughts may come across your mind at any given moment of time.
Most of these thoughts might be negative thoughts on how to pull down others. Don't worry about the thoughts itself, but be careful on the outcome or the activities you engage after processing the thoughts.
I recommend everyone to have an mentor who is a mature person, to share your worries and inner conflicts. This mentor can act as a guidepost to steer your way, while living in this complex society.
Let us always remember that many great men, who lived before us, faced great tribulations finally to come out victorious with the help and support of others.
Live in the present moment taking care of your worries and victories on a day today basis. Definitely you will mature and grow into a good person with the passage of time.
Always pray to God that every human being living in this world be happy and content and live many more years to come.
The true love of God and love of neighbour makes a person worthy enough in the eyes of God to reach heaven after death.
