The
Greatest Accomplishment Significant
beneficial changes can be brought to the society only when the leaders of the
society are wise and noble and apply the same standard of Truth to themselves
that they apply to others. Otherwise, those changes are only superficial. Naturally, before one
can apply the standard of Truth one must be familiar with it, and that familiarity
comes about by association. This ‘association’ is in the form of one’s conduct.
One’s personal conduct
speaks volumes more than one’s accomplishments or philanthropy. This doesn’t mean
we should stop striving for personal achievement, or that we should stop making
donations to charitable causes. But along
with this we should recognize that the highest gift is the gift of Wisdom which
removes the ignorance responsible for pain and suffering. That highest gift is
given only by one established in the highest state of Consciousness. Everyone should strive
to reach their highest potential. Our highest
potential is to raise our consciousness (and the consciousness of everyone) to
the Supreme. One’s personal conduct speaks volumes
more than one’s accomplishments or philanthropy. |