{"id":721,"date":"2019-01-05T17:26:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T17:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slpeeran.com\/?p=721"},"modified":"2019-01-05T17:26:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T17:26:40","slug":"art-of-good-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slpeeran.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/05\/art-of-good-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Art of Good Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Must or at least all of our problems, worries difficulties, sorrows, pain and suffering arise out of our daily living and mal-adjustment with our life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who give up like totally and accept a secluded life like a hermit or an ascetic or a Buddhist\/Jain monk has left the rigmarole of life. They have nothing to give to anyone, nothing to ask from anyone. They beg only a morsel of food from their devotees and exists on frugal food and do not relish any delicacies nor savor it. They take plain bread or a few morsel of rice. They are in intense prayers, mediation, and in the path and search of truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who are living on physical labor or artisan on their\nskills or agriculturist depend on their callings. Large majority of the\npopulation depend on the skills and learning to eke out a living.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The small business men, the petty traders merchants, hawkers\nhave to depend on customers and face the turmoil of the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every individual who are in some calling or the other,\nprofessional or in the teaching have to have by sunset or on weekend or month\nend their pay packet to meet the demands of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As primary, money makes or mass the living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those of the population who are totally dedicated to their\nindividual skills and are fully satisfied with their living find harmony and\npeace. They are thrifty in spending, they save for a rainy day, are not\nextravagant but cautious in every step, find the life a smooth sail without\nturmoil and storms. Unemployment, disease, lack of entrepreneurship skills,\nfinance, and talents find many people in quagmire situations. In debtedness,\nworry, frustration, pain and sufferings mar their living; joys of happiness in\nlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The daily sorrows and pain drive people to take solace from\nuse of tobacco, alcohol, gambling and indulge in such cheap pleasures that\ngives them temporary relief. There is entertainment industry to tempt\nyoungsters, who have all the free time in the world to lure them into heavenly\npleasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who are in despondency and despair lose their faith\nand resort to crime and are thus driven to face the consequences of law and\npunishment. A retrospection of one\u2019s own life clearly shows that each\nindividual is the cause for his own misery, pain and suffering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natural calamities of drought, storms, tsunamis, earthquakes\nand the like destroy societies. The stupendous efforts are required to rebuild\nsocieties.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who are facing the turmoil of life look for quick fix\nsolutions to get relief from it. Those who are wayward and stream away from the\npath of tranquil life, wish for a panacea to restore peace and solace in their\nlives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>To maintain equilibrium, harmony, peace and happiness in our lives, we need to establish the art of good living, increase our skills and talents, reduce extravagancy, and lead a simple, austere and pure life. Then the life is well lived finding tranquility and serenity and pleasures of good living. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Must or at least all of our problems, worries difficulties, sorrows, pain and suffering arise out of our daily living and mal-adjustment with our life. 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