They call these people “unlucky.” They can never get it right. No matter what these people do they always meet with futile results. This is like a never ending cycle. They begin to think of themselves as “unworthy” and this thought pattern fuels their sense of low self esteem and they find themselves spiralling downwards at a rapid pace.

Soon, they don’t respect themselves anymore, they second guess themselves and see themselves through other people’s eyes. They see themselves as “victims” and so people see them as victims too. They always get picked on and ridiculed. Some of them in extreme cases become suicidal or even serial rapists and serial killers. They think that the whole world is out to get them and they alienate themselves from society.

There is also a spiritual explanation to this from a Buddhist point of view. In Buddhism we believe in many lives, Karma, rebirth etc. When a person’s bad karma ripens in this life then obviously, that person is going to meet with failure no matter how talented they are or how many opportunities they come across, they sabotage them selves. It is just the way it is. You and I cannot do anything about the Karmic debt we carry from previous lives. There are however certain practices we can do to take away negative karma and negate the ill effects of negative karma through prayers and rituals. The main thing here to remember is that we have to have faith that we are worthy and we can ask the “enlightened beings” to have mercy on us and alleviate our negative karma and suffering. We have to also become very mindful of our actions so we don’t accumulate bad karma for our next life.

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The 2^nd group of people are the people who have trouble starting the boat but once they do they row all the way to the finish line but maybe sometimes at their own pace. This is due to a few reasons. One of them is that these people are not good planners. They plan the initial part of their success story and then go with the flow. They keep to a plan for a while and then they either get bored or cocky or even lax and so they think they are on track but they don’t realize they have slowed down or have even been pushed off track. But once they realize what has happened they get right back on and then they are more meticulous in their strategy.

Then there are also the Karmic repercussions of previous lives to deal with. If the karmic fruits ripen in this life then no matter how hard you try you will be met with obstacles in the form of people, situations, opportunities lost or even you find yourself inexplicably incapable. This can only be made right by making amends in your current life and doing certain spiritual practices to ward off or negate the effects of negative karma. In Buddhism, there are many such practices and I have been practising them myself with good results and so I can safely recommend them to you.

We have to think of our future lives as well as our present. We have this life to prepare for the next. We must live this life well in order to have another precious human rebirth at the very lease of gain Enlightenment and avoid the circle of life and death. It is up to each of us how we live this life. That is not to say that you have to become a Monk or a Nun and renounce the world. You can have all the material success you want and have all the luxuries you desire but the key is not to get attached to them.

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There are many people who are successful at this from the word “get go”, then there are some people who have some starting trouble but by February they are getting into gear and then there are the last group of people who never ever manage to do anything to accomplish anything in spite of wanting to and in spite of trying.

I attribute the rates of success of above 3 groups of people to different reasons. Let us take a look at them one by one.

1. People who are successful from the word “get go”. These are people who know what they want and they go after what they want with single minded determination. They also have tons of Good Karma accumulated from previous births.  These people are in touch with themselves intrinsically and who plan every step of the way to their goal with meticulous precision and realistic time frames. They have thought about what they want and how they need to get what they want. They are true to themselves and respect themselves and others. They are also charitable, they also have a sense of the Universes, galaxies and supreme enlightened beings that have helped them knowingly or unknowingly to get where they need to go.

They also have the good fortune of “good Karma” which they may know about or not. But the fact remains that we are interdependent beings who lack any independent existence and we have existed in begin less time for eons and through many time periods and have been born and died only to re-incarnate depending on our Karma. Karma is an exhaustive subject so I will not elaborate further. But I will summarize with the statement that Successful people are in “the Zone.”

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Faith – This factor is the most under rated factor but actually the most important factor if we are to succeed in life. If you have faith in yourself and in other people then you can do it all. Faith has a lot of power and Positivity in it which stimulates the sub conscious mind and that in turn makes things seem possible for you. Once you see that it can be done then you will actually take the action required.

Feasibility – With faith you have to be realistic. If you have faith that you can go to the moon and you don’t train for it then guess what? You will never be able to make that dream a reality. Use your wisdom and your heart. Wisdom in this case means being realistic about what your capabilities are and how your dreams can come to fruition.

Get out of your comfort Zone – In my case, I only used to write songs and perform and act sometimes. If somebody had told me 2 years ago that I would have my won website with a blog that goes out to thousands of people, id tell them they were insane. But here I am doing exactly that. I had to get out of my comfort zone and push the boundaries. But it was still realistic as I had the flair for writing so it did not seem so outrageous. But I definitely had to move my butt and change my thinking a lot.
Integrity – Having integrity is one of the most important things in life. Integrity is so rare these days and we have seen so many of our role models and heroes fall from grace. This makes us wonder where people’s integrity is. Is money and wealth and material success all that matters at the expense of one’s integrity? It certainly seems so if you pick up a newspaper or watch the Reality shows on Television. Money comes and goes but Integrity you take to the grave. Are you going to remember Kim kardashian after she is dead or Martin Luther King?
I will add some more next time. Till then chew on this!!!