Discounting Yourself

Have you ever felt that you have been neglected even though you are a prominent person.Has this hurt you inside.It must have.This is but natural.When we consider ourselves important and expect people to shower us with attention then this feeling is bound to arise.But if we discount ourselves and just take things as they are without expecting attention from people around us then this feeling also will fade away.The more we discount ourselves the more peaceful we will feel.Discounting yourself is also a form of mind meditation where you look at life which exists within, in the form of your soul.It is the soul which is your true self and not the outside body.Our eyes see what our mind tells them to see.It is the mind which has the power to stir our emotions.But when you start discounting yourself then it is your soul which then starts changing your perspective and you start looking at things with a more straight forward viewpoint.

Most of the time the root to our greviances,discontent,frustation,jealousy and degeneration is when we fail to discount ourselves.Our own importance supersedes everything.What is it that we are trying to achieve?This is the question we need to ask ourselves everyday,every minutes and every second.Who are we that others should give us attention?What is it that we have done that we deserve to be garlanded with attention from everyone.Frankly speaking nothing!!.Whatever we have achieved is only worldly ambition.And we want even more.Have we done something to please our inner soul.Have we realized our true purpose of life.We have not.Whatever we have achieved till date without any consideration of spiritual existence is worthless.It is worthless because we cannot take it with us.It is going to remain here and others will enjoy it.So let us discount ourselves from the present and let it go.Why bother..if somebody has ignored you.Who is he to you.Nothing.It is your inner soul and GOD which should matter to you.But this realization will only come after you start practicing discounting yourself.Some people will have a query as to what discounting yourself means.There is a very simple explaination."When you start understanding that this body is an illusion and the world around is also an illusion and nothing matters except your connection with the Supreme Soul and it is HE who holds your strings of life and death and nobody else. When you start looking at all events and happenings around you with calm and quietness of the vision without any form of distorted thoughts that is when the force of Discounting Yourself gets operational within you."

7 Golden rules of Discounting Yourself

Close your eyes for 2 minutes

Concentrate on controlling your heart beat.

Breathe slowly

Just let go of all thoughts

Visualise yourself as the means and not the end.

Smile

Practice.

As you start practicing the art of Discounting Yourself 5 things are going to happen to you over a period of time.Maybe more.

You will feel more relaxed.

You will feel more happy.

You will be more calm and at peace with yourself.

Your relationships will improve.

Your spiritual side will get enhanced.

When we trap our mind with narrow thinking and materialistic approaches the outcome is always inflated egos.This entices us to look at how important we are and we fail entirely in logical patterns of behaviour.What will happen? We start getting annoyed,short tempered,jealous,anxious and grieved and take actions which are uncalled for.Our relationships with others as a result suffer.On the other hand if we allow the process of discounting ourselves to take control, we will feel more at peace with ourselves.

So let us try and practice this art of mind meditation and see how discounting oneself enriches life making it more compassionate,gracious and worthwhile living on this planet.

Sanjiv Gupta

Creator Merrigold