The art of decision-making involves merging clear reasoning with intuitive insight, allowing us to navigate complex situations with confidence. In essence, this involvesโexamining available information, foreseeing potential outcomes, and harmonizing logic with personal values and priorities. By thoughtfully balancing these factors, we can arrive at choices that not only solve immediate issues but also lead to long-term growth and fulfilment.
Title: "๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ/๐พ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐จ"
Subtitle:
๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐
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โถ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป: ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด (๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ/๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด). ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จย & ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. "๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐"
The following was written in response to a query we received on our Samadhanย WhatsApp group in Dec 2024.
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๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ? ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ถ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต? (by Srishti, Member, Samadhan group)
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๐ดYou have come in connection of this group, this divine platformโby no accident, but an art of god. Your prayers were silently heard, and now openly answered.
โ๏ธBefore we answer your good question, it is important to remind everyone how 'relatable' this question is... Srishti has asked "๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ & ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ/๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด" (this is the query in brief)
โถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ: This is going to be a 'concise' answer, as we have also given links to our forum posts (end of this post) where you will find more detailed guidance on the same. Thus, i must ask your ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐, as you read the following:::
๐All our decisions/choices stem (originate) from the 4 sources/faculties:
* ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
* ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด (Intuition or Knowing)
* ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ (based on facts)
* ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ (past impressions)
๐ชปIf you take a moment before making a choice, you will find that your every decision/choice is powered by one (or more) of the above 4 sources. Let us explore all four of them one by one.
๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
It is the soul's energy to act-out the thoughts. Emotion is ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ข-๐๐-๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ (act). There are ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ using which we act and make decisions: ๐๐ค๐ซ๐, ๐๐๐๐ง, ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ง๐๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฎ. Ultimately, all these emotions are sourced from and are based in 'love'. All of them ARE love, when they are ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐.
๐ธWhen you act purely with ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, you must be very careful and make sure that you are not guided by them alone. Emotional-choices often ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, but ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. Hence, make sure that you mix your emotions with one or more of the other 3 faculties (intuition, knowing, sanskar)
๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ (Intuition)
โถ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: Intuition is the "inner knowing" or "guidance" that arises beyond logical thought, often described as a gentle, yet clear sense of truth. Intuition is also ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐โ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐, voice of godโoffering ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ in a way that transcends the rational mind.
๐When you act from the "gut feeling" you are making better decisions for your spiritual journey. Such choices may take you to a path with ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ, but assures you ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก and ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ.
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โถ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: In decision-making, logic refers to the systematic use of '๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ' to evaluate information and reach rational conclusions. It is based on evidence, recognizing patterns, and following clear steps to ensure that oneโs choices are coherent and consistent in objective analysis rather than emotion or assumption.
๐When you act with logic, you are "playing safe". Decisions based on rational thinking would (most probably) not bring you to harm. But here one must take careโas rational decisions often compromise the 'heartly desires'โand therefore making all your choices with a rational mind will not help you living your life at its best, as it sometimes hinder our ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก and keep us from many of ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐'๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. Most times, being brave, having faith on god, and 'trusting the process of life is the challenging, yet the shortest way to a speedy spiritual growth.
๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ (Sanskar)
โถ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: Sanskara (nature or habits impressed on the soul) is the ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ source of our every day choices. It is because the mind is a big 'data centre' which ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค our past decisions, and ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ makes the 'same' choice over and over again (until you ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ '๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐' the direction of thought, and thus change the sanskaar)
๐When you act entirely on past impressions (Sanskar), you are driving on ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ. Such choices ๐ฅ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. Thus, if you wish to enhance your decision-making, start with this >> Change your Sanskar ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ which are based on a balanced mixture of all 4 sources (right emotion, gut feeling, logic, and past memory)
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๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
We hope you have read and understood all above points. It is important to fully understand the 'sources' of our day to day choices, in order for us to master ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ณNow, if you wish to break the cycle of making wrong choices again and again, the simple solution isโ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ '๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ' ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. That isโ๐๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ. When you start thinking, speaking, and doing things 'deliberately' you begin to hold a 'purpose' behind doing anything. Living this way adds a great meaning and a sense of purpose to life. And this happens naturally when we start living with ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. It is as simple as that.
The Process
Before making any important decision, ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง... Go within and find your intuition, the gut feeling, and ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
โคImagine yourself making the choice/decision... Ask yourself "am i happy making this choice" (as if you are talking with your ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐-๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ who has already experienced the outcome of that decision)
๐ปThat is the way to make sure that your every decision, every choice is ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ 'where' you want to go (aim), and 'what' you want to experience. Taking a pause is what you must practise. This is beautifully explained in detail in our post ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ (must read: recommended)
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โ๏ธDo read both posts one by one for further guidance.
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๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (SBSI)
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