The great Acharyas have said that having discovered a great goal, surrender yourself to that goal and act towards it drawing your inspiration from that goal whereby you will get a new column of energy. Do not allow this energy to be dissipated in the futile memories of the past regrets or failures, nor in the imagined sorrow of the future, nor in the excitement of the present. And thus bring that entire energy focussed into activity. That is the highest creative action in the world outside. Thereby the individual who is till now considered most inefficient finds his way to the highest achievement and success.
This is said very easily in a second. But in order to train our mind to this attitude it needs considerable training because we have already trained the mind wrongly to such an extent that we have become perfect in imperfections. Not knowing the art of action, we have been master artists in doing the wrong thing, the totality of activity will bring the country to a wrong end indeed.
If each one is given a car, to achieve an ideal socialistic pattern and nobody knows driving but everybody starts driving, what would be the condition on the road? Everybody has equal right on the public road. Then each car must necessarily dash against the other, and there is bound to be a jumble. This seems to be the very pattern of life that we are heading towards. Everyone of us is a vehicle. We know how to go forward. The point is, intellect is very powerful and everyone is driving but nobody seems to know how to control the mental energy and direct it properly or guide it to its proper destination.
What does having a goal help us achieve?
A. helps to remain energised
B. helps score a goal
C. leads towards competition
D. Proper training of mind to achieve perfection
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A only
A. helps to remain energised — Correct. The passage says that by surrendering to a great goal and drawing inspiration from it, "you will get a new column of energy". Being energised is what the goal gives us.
B. helps score a goal — Incorrect. Wrong meaning: this plays on the word "goal" as in sport; the passage uses goal to mean an aim in life.
C. leads towards competition — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the passage says nothing about competing with others; the goal concerns one's own energy and action.
D. Proper training of mind to achieve perfection — Incorrect. Wrong link: the passage says our mind has been trained wrongly, so that we are "perfect in imperfections", and that the right attitude needs considerable training. It never says that a goal by itself trains the mind or brings perfection.
Tip: In this question the options do not follow the order of the statements (Option 1 = B only, Option 2 = C only, Option 3 = D only, Option 4 = A only). NTA often jumbles the options in this way, so after finding the correct statement, read the options carefully and mark the one with the right letter.