Discover where the secrets live...This took "Five years"..!!!

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." - Bruce Lee.
I've always been enamored by successful people. What interests me most about these legendary people is the story of their success.
The story of how they did it, why they did it, and what it is in them that keeps them doing it. Along the way, I've certainly come across a few instant success stories. Folks that were in the right place at the right time with the right thing in a BIG way. But it's hardly something you can plan for.

More often, these success legends had something else in common. They discovered where the secrets live. And they used those secrets to achieve great things.
I wanted to be one of those successful people when I got started in business. Sadly, I didn't yet knowwhere the secrets lived, and I spent years looking for them in all of the wrong places. I jumped around a LOT looking for those little suckers. A new shiny opportunity would come onto my radar and I'd lock onto it and run like mad. Time would go by, I'd discover something new and I'd go after that.
This continued for years. One trend chasing period after another. Looking back, I realize that all of that "trending" I was doing was really just an excuse to keep myself from having to accept a very simple truth:There Are Few Secrets Worth Knowing That Live on the Surface of Anything 
BUT  The good secrets live in the depths.
They live well below the surface, safely ensconced in the darkness where only a few will ever find them.You have to go deep. That's where the secrets are. That's where they live, because that's where they are safe. I just didn't know that at the time.
And most likely, had someone told me, I would have ignored them because it wasn't what I wanted to hear. I was too hyped up on possibility to be patient enough to find the real secrets. Jumping from trend to trend is a bit like a rock skipping across a calm pond. 

You do that for too long and you'll run out of time -- never having the chance to discover the beautiful landscape and opportunities that exist below the surface of the water.
Below the water is where the secrets live. That's where all of the treasure is hiding. They say that the "cream rises to the top," but it seems more like the really good stuff sinks to the bottom.
Down there it's quiet, with few distractions and very few people.
This is where the legends go -- this is where they discover what they need to succeed. Harvesting secrets is hard work. I can't say it's difficult, but I know it's hard, and here's why:
Harvesting secrets requires an ability to focus on ONE thing for a very long time. In the internet world, it can seem like an eternity. But to get the secrets, you have to develop tunnel vision that allows you to ignore all of the distracting shiny objects and opportunities that are flying by.
You can spend your life chasing those objects. There will always be a new one to chase. And thehigh(nasha) you get from embarking on that journey is thrilling. But there's no payoff, because there's nothing of value there. There is only the roller coaster of hope and expectation of great things to come.

If you've ever ridden on that roller coaster, you know it's a tiring ride. You never quite get the momentum or make the progress you want. You just keep riding.
Today you can make a choice to give that up and start pursuing the stuff that legends are made of. All it takes is a decision to discover where the secrets you need to succeed lie.
Commitment is only something you can show in this very moment. Right now. It is a constant decision you must make. I'd like to say that I planned all of what I'm about to tell you, but the truth is, I didn't.
Through an odd combination of different experiences, mistakes and fate, I woke up one day and made a commitment to find out where my secrets live.
One day I woke up and decided to begin writing daily. The next day, I did the same. And the next and the next. Pretty soon, almost five years flew by. Over that time, I've written a lot of posts. No shiny objects, no fancy strategies. Just simple heartfelt words-- talking to one person at a time. That might sound boring, but I've begun to discover where my secrets live.
I'm beginning to understand what they are and how to harvest them.
This took Five years!
In internet time, that's like 10 decades. Some days I don't feel like renewing my commitment to do the work. But I do it anyway. Because I'm (finally) smart enough to realize that THAT'S the real secret. That's how you begin to dive down into the depths where your secrets live.
That's how you, over time, become a little bit less enamored with the legends who've come before you and progress on the journey to becoming one yourself. 
- Inspired from the writings of  Jason Leister.

They'll take away your bad karma....let them

Long time ago there was a great king in the Raghukul dynasty (Lord Rama also belonged to the same dynasty). He was suffering from leprosy. He fell on the feet of his master, Guru Vashishtha and said: "Oh Master! So much of suffering... ?"

 

The master kept his hand on his eyes and asked him: "Look far. What do you see?"
"A huge sparkling golden mountain. And another black coal like mountain."
"One is the mountain of your good karma which gave you your kingdom, richness, power & fame. Another is the mountain of your sins because of which you have the painful disease, worries & troubles."
"Master! Is there a way to get relieved of these?"
"Eat up that mountain."
"Oh lord! Eating that mountain is out of my control."
"Then eat up the pile of garbage lying behind your palace."
"Oh great soul! I will not be able to eat that. Please tell me a simple way."
For a few seconds Guru Vashishtha made his mind peaceful and thought of a solution and said: "Sleep in a bed placed near main door of the palace of your widow sister-in-law everyday at 6:00 PM."
The king of Raghukul dynasty... In the palace of widow sister-in-law... ? What will people say? But there was no other solution. The king did as his master told him. Whoever passed by commented on the bad character of the king and humiliated him. People even used abusive language. At ten o' clock in the night the king silently went back to his palace. The next morning he saw that a part of his body was cured. The next day the disease was further cured. In this way his body was getting cured day by day. His mind was also more peaceful now.
On the fourth day Vashishthaji kept his hand over his eyes and asked him to see again. This time he saw that the golden mountain of good karma was as big & sparkling as earlier but the black mountain of sins became very small.
Vashishthaji said: "All those who spoke ill about you & criticized you have taken the portion of your sins. Now they'll have to suffer the consequences of your bad karma. You have become pure."

After two days that black mountain was reduced to a small pebble. The king was totally cured except for a small mark on his face.
"Oh Master!The big mountain has vanished and a small pebble is remaining now. There is a small mark on face now and a little grief in the heart."
"The remaining part is mine. Why should I commit the sin of criticizing & blaming an innocent & pure man and then bear the consequences? You bear the remaining yourself."
Whenever great men have come to earth whether it was Ramkrishna, Ramteerth, Raman Mahrishi, Buddha, Mahavir, Kabir, Guru Nanakdev, Socrates or Christ, their critics were always there. Many of their karmas of past lives (sanchita karma) are destroyed after attaining true knowledge. They are unattached to whatever karma they are doing in this life (kriyaman) so their followers & critics take these karma. They bear with the remaining karma (prarabdha) happily.
They understand that happiness & sadness come and go. How can the material things which come & go disturb my real self? Thus those who have realized true knowledge never lose their balance of mind.
Two men were going somewhere. On the way they became tired. Both of them were troubled by the heat of the sun. thirst & pebbles lying on the road. One man being ignorant is complaining: "Oh My! I'm too tired. I don't know how far we need to walk." Thus these words of his are increasing his pain. The other one knows that there is just one kilometer left. He says: "When we've walked so much then we can easily walk another kilometer. How does it matter?" One is worried and the other is merry.
Similarly those who have realized true knowledge are on the same road of life as we are. We are ignorant and they have discovered the truth.
Do not get lost in your problems or successes. If you apply concentration in your day to day circumstances then even your harsh karmas will melt away by the warmth of knowledge.
If you get the blessings of the self realized saints then your road to salvation will become easy.
- Shared by Dr.Siddharth Aurora.