- DISCIPLINE -

Discipline is the mark of intelligent living. Parents should not allow children to fall away from their control and wander about without compass or anchor. Many parents feed and fondle their children, and then, in the name of freedom, leave them to find their own friends and pleasures.

They take them to films regardless of the impression they create on their tender minds. They entertain the friends of their children without inquiring into their antecedents of habit, not knowing that they will have to rue their action one day. They thus declare by their actions that day are the enemies of their own progeny!

Discipline trains you to put up with the disappointments; you will know that the path of life has both ups and down, that every rose has its thorn. Now, people want roses without thorns. Life has to one saga of sensual pleasure, a picnic all the time. When this does not happen, you turn wild and start blaming others. If each one cares for his own pleasures how can society progress? How can the weak survive?

You must examine every act to find out whether it will cause pain to others; if it does, withdraw from it. Do not do the others what you do not like others to do unto you ... Remember!

'This is called the Golden Rule'.

Yes, it is the best test for distinguishing right from wrong. If another person has with him what you like to have, do not make him miserable by snatching it from him. Would you like something you like, to be snatched away from you by another?

Discipline simply means systematic and methodical way of doing what ought to be done at the proper time with full faith and conscious compulsion. Such wholehearted self application to work, to ensure the maximum chances of success.

Why should there be Discipline?

Generally speaking, man by nature is neither active nor slothful, but both. In the absence of any urge to survive, he would be lazy. It is therefore essential that the works always in a disciplined way, lest lazy feelings overcome him any time to the detriment of one and all.

Discipline teaches us to do the right thing, at the right time, in the right manner. Discipline thus ensures not only good actions but living in harmony with others too. In the absence of discipline, social life would be full of conflicts and violence like that among beasts, please remember!

"Discipline serves as bounds to a rushing torrential river of work to direct it towards the objective in quiet and peaceful way."

Why is duty tagged to discipline?

If one is thirsty, one needs water promptly. If consequence of delays in simple matters thus is harmful, how much worse would be that if one considers delays in society, with many persons and multifarious duties that may be generally interdependent.

Discipline must taught. They must develop a broad outlook, they must cultivate clean, healthy habits. Discipline is important in order to progress in learning and even more so in dealing with others. An indisciplined person is a danger to society; any moment he may run amuck . Man must recognize what limits, regulations and do's and dont's are laid down by the sages in order to ensure social security and individual advancement.



From Empty Hands,
Labis, Johore
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14 SEPTEMBER 2009

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