Cleanliness Essay

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What is Cleanliness ? When we say cleanliness, the first thing that comes to everyone’s mind is shower, bath, clean cloths, clean house and nice clean kitchen tops, well cared lawns, etc. Even though it is important and necessary for us to keep our home and ourselves clean to prevent diseases and to be more acceptable in the society, there is one other aspect of cleanliness, which we always miss and forget. What we discussed above is external, the other important aspect is internal, CLEANLINESS OF MIND, which is a clean outlook and approach to life. What is Cleanliness of mind? It is a mind which can think clearly, which is free of clutter (negative thoughts), free from jealousy, hypocrisy and bad intentions and a mind which is compassionate. Building a strong Self discipline is a contributor to a clean strong mind. Basically a healthy living not only depends on physical cleanliness but also depends on a clean mind which includes positive mental attitude, where our thoughts are rehearsed and which contributes to a strong character development. An unclean mind is more turbulent, disturbed and has no peacefulness whatsoever it is. Clean mind should embody virtuous qualities like patience and compassion and sound thoughts. An unclean mind often leads to depression, guilt and dissatisfaction. “Mind is an ocean of thoughts”, good and bad thoughts, positive and negative thinking, the more you think positively, the more your mind is clear and you contribute to the world. Negative thoughts bring destruction and at the end you pay the penalty for it. How to keep your mind clean? A 5 yr old in the conference said, “ Throw your brain in the washing machine, put some soap and wash it for 30 minutes, my mom always says this to my dad.” Won’t it be nice if we could do that to our mind? We always try to keep our kitchen table, floor and refrigerator spotless,
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