“Self conquest is the greatest of victories” Plato, Greek Philosopher. I define self conquest as the ability to control and influence ones’ matters or affairs, to move in the direction of his or her purposes and to achieve their goals. I think the greatest obstacle to achieving an inspired harmonious life is ones’ self. It is therefore crucial for us to conquer or master the self if we are to live an inspired harmonious life. Self conquest is comprised of a myriad of components. One such component is self control. The book of Proverbs in Chapter 16:32 says “One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And one who rules his spirit, than one who captures a city.”  It is a powerful thing to be able to control one’s spirit and one’s passions if you may. I recall a certain advert  by Pirelli Tyres that would run on the Television some years ago, it ended with this adage “power is nothing without control”. If you think about it, everything we have access to or that is in nature can be useful or dangerous. It is useful if it is controllable, it is dangerous if it is uncontrollable. Take fire for instance, under control, we use it to do good stuff like cooking meals, when it goes out of control, it destroys, burns up people, burns buildings, forests etc. Same goes for water, if it is under control, we use it to drink, wash, irrigate farms, run industries, however if it is out of control, it is disastrous. It causes floods which destroy buildings, kills people and destroys entire cities. I think there are two ways to achieve self conquest. The proactive way or the catastrophic or challenging  way. The catastrophic way is one where a momentous occurrence causes one to make sweeping changes to make progress and survive.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/harmony-deconstructed-podcast/donations

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