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Life’s Amazing Secrets

How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life
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Book by: Gaur Gopal Das

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Life's Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life, written by Gaur Gopal Das, explores the genre of self-help. Published in the year 2018, it provides insight into the different purposes of our lives and the key to long-lasting happiness.

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Lesson 1. Gratitude.

All of us have a different temperament. Some people can remain level-headed in the worst possible situation. As a monk, the author, Gaur Gopal Das was taught to have control over his emotions. He says his ashram is not the typical ashram. Their ashram was not situated at the foothills of mountains and did not fit into the notion of a romanticized vision of a temple. It didn't even have a name that was difficult to pronounce. It was rather a place in the new corridors of South Mumbai. Legend has it that this part of Mumbai never sleeps. Over a hundred monks lived together with the feeling of being in a congested corner of the world. But what gets them going is gratitude towards this world full of possibilities.

 

Gaur Gopal Das says that gratitude is not just another feeling. It is a state of mind that can be developed. Gratitude allows us to see things in a positive light. Being grateful involves a two-step procedure. 

 

The first step is to recognize the good in this world and believe in the fact that good things will happen to us.

 

The second step is to acknowledge the fact that goodness comes from external reality, which is adding grace to our very own reality. This external reality can be our family, our friends, our pets, Mother Nature, and even God.

 

We have a lifetime full of things to be grateful for. And if we follow the statistics, we actually have more things to be grateful for. Sometimes, it appears the other way because we get too much absorbed by little problems. 

 

Das says to forget blessings that you have in your life is a clear display of ingratitude. Do not ever forget the kind deeds people have done for you. 

 

Gratitude also ensures better sleep and encourages us to shower kindness on others. It also makes us feel more alive.

Lesson 2. Why Worry?

 

Gaur Gopal Das provides his readers with a solution to the problem of worrying. He uses the example of Brian Acton.

 

Brian Acton is the founder of WhatsApp, a free cross-platform messaging app. Its global popularity is exceptionally high even though it is restricted in China. WhatsApp was founded by Acton in the year 2007.

 

Acton is a software engineer who graduated from Stanford University. He began his career with Apple and then worked at Yahoo for

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Famous quotes from Life’s Amazing Secrets

  1. “Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold.”
    2. -Gaur Gopal Das
  2. “Watch your thoughts, they turn into words. Watch your words, they turn into actions. Watch your actions, they turn into habits. Watch your habits, they turn into character. Watch your character, it turns into your destiny.’ It all begins with a thought.”
    3. -Gaur Gopal Das
  3. “Live your life in such a way that those who know you but don’t know God, will come to know God because they know you.”
    4. -Gaur Gopal Das
  4. “It is strange that sword and words have the same letters.”
    5. -Gaur Gopal Das
  5. “To accept someone when everything is going right is easy. But when things are falling apart around you and you stick together, that’s the test of a relationship. Love is when we have every reason to break up but we do not.”
    6. -Gaur Gopal Das
  6. “As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself . . . Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.’ —Nelson Mandela”
    7. -Gaur Gopal Das
  7. “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.”
    8. -Gaur Gopal Das
  8. “Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.”
    9. -Gaur Gopal Das
  9. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.’ —Martin Luther King, Jr”
    10. -Gaur Gopal Das
  10. “The paradox of our times is that those who have the most can often be the least satisfied.”
    11. -Gaur Gopal Das
  11. “Familiarity breeds contempt,’ I replied. ‘When we are overly familiar with people, we forget how important they are to us and the correct way to behave with them.”
    12. -Gaur Gopal Das
  12. “When things are beyond your control and there is nothing you can fo,why worry?”
    13. -Gaur Gopal Das
  13. “Often, people can display selflessness outside their home. People may help out in their community, or at temples or schools, and some may even make sure that they get a selfie to announce to the world that they have helped. But at home, they may not express the same service mentality. I believe that selflessness starts at home; with the ones we love the most. Are we doing what we can to help them? Are we there for them to help them physically as well as emotionally?”
    14. -Gaur Gopal Das
  14. “We must find positivity in the bleakest situations and live by the principle of gratitude”
    15. -Gaur Gopal Das
  15. “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
    16. -Gaur Gopal Das
  16. “Everyone wants to get ahead of each other, and when they cannot, they get angry.”
    17. -Gaur Gopal Das
  17. “The service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.’ —Muhammad Ali”
    18. -Gaur Gopal Das
  18. “When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.”
    19. -Gaur Gopal Das
  19. “When things are beyond your control and there is nothing you can do,why worry”
    20. -Gaur Gopal Das
  20. “At work we tend to compare and compete with others, instead of comparing and competing with ourselves. ‘Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful . . . that’s what matters to me.’ —Steve Jobs”
    21. -Gaur Gopal Das
  21. “if someone chooses what they love to do, there is no stress in their life. As they say, ‘If you do what you love, you will never have to work a day in your life.”
    22. -Gaur Gopal Das
  22. “The mind is what we use to perceive the world. We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.”
    23. -Gaur Gopal Das
  23. “It is strange that sword and words have the same letters. Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.”
    24. -Gaur Gopal Das
  24. “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful . . . that’s what matters to me.’ —Steve Jobs”
    25. -Gaur Gopal Das
  25. “As a monk, I have to be cautious of overindulgence; it is essential to stay regulated in our habits.”
    26. -Gaur Gopal Das
  26. “Offering gifts and accepting gifts, opening one’s mind and inquiring in confidence, sharing food and receiving food are the six exchanges that develop loving relationships.”
    27. -Gaur Gopal Das
  27. “Feeling peaceful, happy and content is not about avoiding challenges in our life, but about how we navigate through these challenges to reach the type of life we want to live.”
    28. -Gaur Gopal Das

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Gaur Gopal Das

Gaur Gopal Das ‘The Ideal Young Spiritual Guru’, studied electrical engineering from the College of Engineering, Pune. After a brief stint with Hewlett Packard, he decided to live life as a monk in an ashram in downtown Mumbai. He has remained t...

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Chapter List
  • Lesson 1. Gratitude.
  • Lesson 2. Why Worry?
  • Lesson 3. Key to a Loving Relationship.
  • Lesson 4. Forgiveness.
  • Lesson 5. Competition.
  • Lesson 6. Ikigai.
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In the summary of Life’s Amazing Secrets book, there are 6 key lessons. These lessons include:

  1. Lesson 1. Gratitude.
  2. Lesson 2. Why Worry?
  3. Lesson 3. Key to a Loving Relationship.
  4. Lesson 4. Forgiveness.
  5. Lesson 5. Competition.
  6. Lesson 6. Ikigai.

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