"Every moment we have the free will to react to whatever comes upon us; and character is how we respond to every situation by feeding the goodness of our heart, the divinity within us, rather than the anger, envy and selfishness."
Quote by HH Radhanath Swami
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I find this so hard to remember to do - it is so easy to give into the lower nature and to lash out, criticise, judge etc.
It defintely takes a brave soul to simply STOP and pause before reacting to a situation.
But we have a choice - as Maharaj says - to choose our responses - feeding the 'good dog within' so to speak.
Hearing about this choices helps - by listening to classes and reading Srila Prabhupada's books.
And also thinking how I will feel once I give into the lower nature can be a good way to start.
Until then I will have to keep practicing !
(Bhava Bhakti dd)
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