Self Awareness is the key to success

chanakyakripa

During one of his travels, Mahakavi Kalidasa felt very thirsty and looked around for water. He saw a woman drawing water from a well. He went up to her and asked her for water. She agreed to give him water, but asked him, “Who are you? Introduce yourself.”

Now Kalidasa thought that an ordinary village woman was not worthy of knowing who Kalidasa was. So he said, “I am a traveler.” But his lady replied, “In this world there are only 2 travelers – the Sun and the Moon. Both Rise and Set every day and keep travelling perpetually.”

Then Kalidasa said, “Alright then, I am a guest.” The lady promptly replied, “In this world there are only 2 guests – Youth and Wealth … both are temporary and hence can only be called as guests.”

Intrigued Kalidasa said, “I am a Tolerant person (sahansheel vyakti).” Now the lady replied, “In this world only 2 truly know the meaning of Tolerance – Bhoomi (Earth) and Tree. How much ever you stamp the earth or throw stones at the tree (for the fruits), both continue to nurture us.”

Now Kalidasa was completely perplexed. He said, “Fine. I am a stubborn person (hatavaadi).” The lady smiled and said, “There are only 2 truly stubborn personalities – our nails and our hair. We keep cutting them non-stop, but they continue to grow.”

Kalidasa had been patient so far, but now in anger he said, “I am a fool”. Now the lady gave a wide smile and said, “There are only 2 kinds of fools in this world – a King who rules without having any capability or knowledge & a Minister who is a sycophant to such a King and lavishes praises on such a useless king.”

Kalidasa realised that he had been outsmarted. He fell at the feet of the lady and when he touched her feet and then got up, whom did he see? Mata Saraswati – the Goddess of Learning and Wisdom. She said, “Kalidasa, you are wise. But only if you know yourself do you become a Manushya (human being). A person without any awareness of self has not reached the pinnacle of being a Human.

Point: Self Awareness – it involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions. Being self aware is not the absence of mistakes, but the ability to learn and correct them

parivijesh100

Self awareness is prime for giving you success in all fields,  be it personal or professional.  You can plan your actions & strategies as per your strength & improve upon your weakness in couse of these actions. Thus is the first step in right direction

bookgod2017

Knowing oneself is the ultimate enlightment. It is very difficult to do it objectively keeping one's ego aside but there in lies the biggest challnege.
We have an opinion about everything but the most important one is the one we have about ourself.

asr335704

Nice story. Every human should have this quality but we do just opposite. We find bad things in other people and demoralize/criticize them.