Meaning of Life: For a Common Man

By ASR Prasad

With the approach of twenty-first century, the world started undergoing enormous change, a process of great upheaval and great possibility. With the onset of these drastic changes, nowadays, there is a lot of turbulence in the minds of common man, oscillating between the results or the means, right or wrong, survival of the fittest, or idealistic strength and values, one direction or many directions, knowledge of the Epics or practical worldly actions, etc. How to merge the Purushardh (peak of actions) and paramardh (The Truth) and gain from both in the long run and make it the cherished goal of life? The various paths being prescribed by different gurus to complement each other for the enrichment of common human development within the parameters of peace, patience, smiling, loving, serving, etc. to pave the path of the individuals to their respective destinies and also to test for oneself, how the nature supports to attain the meaning of life, in the path chosen. Meaning of Life for Common Man is an attempt to mix the beliefs and to extract maximum from the various developmental processes so that life can be sailed through to find the meaning of life by ones own self.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Jun 5, 2015
• ISBN: 9781482849530

ASR Prasad

The message intended to be communicated to the readers is simple, straight, and practical. As an author, he wanted to communicate to the common man that meaning of life is not only for great achievers or for highly publicized personalities, but as a common man, one can easily achieve for one’s satisfaction. Already many have achieved, and others have to realize themselves.

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Contents

Acknowledgement

Preface

1. Choosing hard path

2. Understand Natures Constitution (Brahma Vratsa (Lipi))

3. Debt free life (Nisseshajadyapaha.)

4. Service or control oriented life

5. Taking care of parents

6. Settling of children

7. Daily house hold poojas or prayers

8. Living alone/ All others are only medium

9: Try Try Try and control expectations of 100%

10. Continuous reforms and simplifications

11. Next Process Customer Approach

12. Serving/ helping opportunity

13. The Hindu Dharma

14. Body : Mind = Servant : Master

15. Reaching Maximum potential

16. Love Arena

17. Meditation

18. Free teaching

19. Good habit, a friend

20. Service to Cow

21. Back ground chanting

22. Ever Smiling Face

23. Practise whatever little we know

24. Surya Aradhana

25. Eating habits

26. BODY—MIND–BUDDHI SWAS → INNER SELF+ATMAN

27. Pooja+ meditation

28. Distractions

29. Self-health: part 1

30. Self-health part 2

31. Self-health part 3

32. Reading ReadingReading

33. Learning the modern developments

34. Live to deliver

35. Atidhi and Get together

36. Pursuing of Destiny

37. Bondage ofMind

38: Fearlessness

39. Closer look and broader look

40. Silence

41. Youdhisthir

42. Mooladhara chakra

43.64 Arts

44. Leading for a cause

45. Dharmo rakshati rakshitaha

46. Time management

47. Job rotation and development of sub ordinates

48. Life has to be lived

49. Priorities and castes

50. Adi Sankara’s advice

51. Vastu

52. God’s messages

53. Nation

54. Visit of holy places

55. Accept others as it is and concentrate on self-corrections

56. Listening to all

57. Upvas

58. Corruption

59. Road safety

60. Democracy in every decision

61. Joint families

62. Exercise + yoga+ meditation

63. Conclusion (Saluting the great)

Dedication

My parents- A Hymavathi and AST Sayi.

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DEDICATED TO- A HYMAVATHI AND A S T SAYI

Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the support given by my wife, Smt AVL Durga, throughout the experience journey.

I am great full to smt Radhika Sudhir for her help in editing the document.

Preface

W ith the approach of twenty first century, the world started undergoing enormous change, a process of great upheaval and great possibility. With the onset of these drastic changes, now a days, there is a lot of turbulence in the minds of common man, oscillating between the results or the means, right or wrong, survival of the fittest or idealistic strength and values, one direction or many directions, knowledge of the Epics or practical worldly distractions etc. How to merge the Purushardh (peak of actions) and paramardh (The Truth) and gain from both in the long run and make it the cherished goal of life? The various paths being prescribed by different Gurus to complement each other for the enrichment of common human development within the parameters of peace, patience, smiling, loving, serving etc. to pave the path of the individuals to their respective destinies and also to test for oneself, how the nature supports to attain the meaning of life, in the path chosen . Meaning of Life for Common Man is an attempt, to mix the beliefs and to extract maximum from the various developmental processes, so that life can be sailed through to find the meaning of life by one’s own self. The examples given are from Indian epics, but one can recollect their own religious books examples.

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Author: A S R PRASAD

1.   Choosing hard path

A t every decision making point of time, one will have two paths. An easy one and the other difficult. Choosing the difficult path, will continuously improve us as the following quote goes to prove.

For Ex:

I. Relatives coming from far off places in the odd hours of night time:

a. Easy path: Give them the address and arrange for a taxi.

b. Difficult path: Personally go to station and receive them.

II. Urgently one has to travel to go to another place with no reservation or with no room in any of the trains.

a. Enter reserved compartment and request all for a place.

b. Enter general compartment and travel with a feeling of right.

III. Job interview

a. Easy path: Get a recommendation/ pre line-up and attend the interview.

b. Difficult path: Attend on your own with your full capacity and potential.

IV. Getting up in the morning:

a. Easy path: 6.30 to 7 AM waking up time.

b. Difficult path: 5 to 5.30 AM waking up time.

V. Sleeping is easier, cosier and comfortable in an AC room,