What Does It Mean To Sacrifice

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What does it mean to sacrifice something? Does the universal law of sacrifice say that we should lose something precious to get what we want? This post will be answering many such questions that pop up in your head whenever you think about this particular subject. Generally the word “sacrifice” has a lot of negative beliefs attached to it, which makes us to see it as something that will cause suffering that is how we have been taught about it by the society. Our society believes that a true sacrifice is when someone deliberately gives away what mattered a lot to him/her. If you want to be a happy person, I would advise you to discard all such notions that make you to compromise something that you love. The “price” about which we are going to …show more content…

Let us take another example- A person desires to have a good job but is not willing to leave his old unsatisfying job. In this case, the “safety” matters more to him than his desire. Your priority is the deciding factor, you can sacrifice your current life for the one that you desire or you can sacrifice your desires for the convenience of the current life. Paradigm Shift Sacrifice is not about losing something in the external world, but it is about making a change in one’s own inner world, in other words, you can say that it is about sacrificing the old “You” to create a new “You”. And this process is mainly about clearing the old paradigms. Paradigms are the set of ideas present in a person’s subconscious mind which controls his habitual behavioral patterns. In order to make a change in one’s life, a person must clear these old limiting beliefs. Discarding these old beliefs is the real sacrifice that is to be made to get a different life; there are many methods available to do this. I have discussed a few such techniques that I use in the post named “Allow Your …show more content…

I am not saying that you should not be working, what I am saying is that before you start to work find out “what works”. You will have to organize your day in a way that you will be taking baby steps to achieve your goals. The law will work based on what you value in your life so, if you are not prioritizing your desired goals in your day to day activities, then what you have in your life right now will continue to exist. Everyone understands the importance of discipline in life as we have been taught about it always from our childhood to our adulthood but, we find it extremely difficult to organize our day, you know why? It is because the “desire for discipline” is essential before one implements it. We lack that desire for discipline because we are not passionate enough for our goals. You cannot get any different result without sacrificing your current lifestyle and your willingness to make this sacrifice depends upon how much you love your

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