Diplomacy - The Art

Diplomacy ? Good or bad is a debatable topic. No doubt it is ! But to what extent someone should be diplomatic, it has got limits. I guess , atleast few people will be with me.

When I see people around me, most of them are indeed diplomats. Now its said that one should be diplomatic in this world of diplomats to achieve whatever he wants from the world. True most of us , including me are diplomats. Some say that God has made a big mistake by giving something called " Mind" to the human being. It is the mediator between your brain and actions you take. The purer it is , the better and geater it is ! But with so many things stuffed in mind and tied up with worries , mind boggles down. In short most of the time FEAR and JEALOUSY are the two reasons of being diplomat. These two things creat CHAOS in mind and this deviates our normal behaviour.It does the things which we are not supposed to do in order to achieve something which is difficult or impossible to achive by straightforward ways. Here comes the art called "Diplomacy." You want to get the thing done but you don't want to disclose yourself to the people, you want to hide your motive and try to prove that there is nothing wrong in what you are doing. Mind finds out thousands of ways to justify what you are doing ..indirectly its just for yourself ..to satisfy yourself and feel better even though its wrong.

Many times the situations around you are such that you have to be diplomatic and there is no alternative unless you are ready to accept the loss. Honest people say , its your testing time .to test your patience ...but there is other part who say that , you have to be smart and get your things done. I myself get confused at sometimes and really wonder how am I supposed to react! If you have got the perfect control over your mind, there is nothing that you can't handle. You can tackle every situation by being honest ..because " Nobody in the world can take away the things you deserve at any cost." It will be just the matter of time...you will have to wait for few days, months or even years..but in the end you will get it. In the coorporate business world, its the quinetessential part of life and politics is the game of diplomats.

Where as, being diplomat helps you in getting fast results, but there is always something that is stinking in your mind. Even if nobody is blaming you, its you who is always feeling guilty about what has been done. Reasons might be different. This itself is a separate debatable topic. I have seen my freinds who try to be diplomats even when they are discussing or debating the topic of " being a diplomat ." They are afraid sometimes of defending and sometimes of opposing it. No wonder, thats what the diplomacy is all about !!!

But it is bad , if we try to impress people around us by spoiling others impression.It is bad when you do it and try to hide if as if people around you are fools. It is bad when you really want to achieve the proximity with some people by these sort of techniques. I get surprised thinking what pleasure do they get from it! I really wonder is this also the part of diplomacy?? It is too much, isn't it ?

The CHAOS theory applies to our mind and also the Newton's Third Law which states " Every action has an equal and opposite reaction." This is nothing different than our "Law of Karma" in Hindu religion. So its better if we limit our selfishness inorder to minimize the CHAOS in mind and also to prohibit the REACTION..atleast to minimize it!

Humanity

Much advance publicity was made for the 'address' the Master would deliver on 'The Destruction of the world' and a large crowd gathered at the grounds to hear him. The address was over in less than a minute.

All he said was:

"These things will destroy the human race:
Politics without principle,
Progress without compassion,
Wealth without work,
Learning without silence,
Religion without fearlessness and
Worship without awareness."

Vivekananda's Quotes

"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls," and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and God is the thread that runs through all of them; most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.

Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.

To believe blindly is to degenerate the human soul. Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

We came to enjoy; we are being enjoyed. We came to rule; we are being ruled. We came to work; we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.

This earth is higher than all the heavens; this is the greatest school in the universe.

The less passion there is, the better we work. The calmer we are, the better for us and the more the amount of work we can do. When we let loose our feelings, we waste so much energy, shatter our nerves, disturb our minds, and accomplish very little work.

The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you free.

Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.

Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.

Soft-brained people, weak-minded, chicken-hearted, cannot find the truth. One has to be free, and as broad as the sky.

Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore make your own future.

There cannot be friendship without equality.

“Comfort” is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being “comfortable.”

All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.

All is the Self or Brahman. The saint, the sinner, the lamb, the tiger, even the murderer, as far as they have any reality, can be nothing else, because there is nothing else.

All who have actually attained any real religious experience never wrangle over the form in which the different religions are expressed. They know that the soul of all religions is the same and so they have no quarrel with anybody just because he or she does not speak in the same tongue.

Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church or temple.

Blows are what awaken us and help to break the dream. They show us the insufficiency of this world and make us long to escape, to have freedom.

Come out into the broad light of day, come out from the little narrow paths, for how can the infinite soul rest content to live and die in small ruts?

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Do not look back upon what has been done. Go ahead!

Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.

If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the Upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word “fearlessness.”

Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.

If superstition enters, the brain is gone.

It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

First, believe in the world—that there is meaning behind everything.

If you think that you are bound, you remain bound; you make your own bondage. If you know that you are free, you are free this moment. This is knowledge, knowledge of freedom. Freedom is the goal of all nature.

I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.

Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the Lord Himself, if you have the privilege.