'In fact there is nothing wrong with your memory power. There is only a shortage in your desires,' I said.
Yes, the real thing is, memory, understanding, ability, executing capacity, application, enthusiasm all these things emerge from the seed of 'desire.'
Your memory power, executing capacity, etc, get formed in you depending upon the quality and the magnitude of your desire.
To understand this, a small story:
One John Millan belonged to a middle-class family which was bound by meaningless controls in the name of morals, justice and straight-forwardness. All such controls, as well as his poverty led him to decide that 'only authority and wealth' will give peace to a man.
Due to that young man's view (for whatever he had decided), only his principal appeared as his model. He wanted to become like him.
For a person to reach that status, good education and good virtuous qualities are required. The desire to become like the principal changed Millan completely. He became very good in his studies. He exhibited himself as a good person and also got a good name easily.
Suddenly, an incident occurred. One day in the evening, long after the school time was over, he had to pass by the principal's room. In the principal's room, the principal was standing and somebody was scolding him. The principal was only answering his questions politely and never retorted in any manner.
Next day, it was known that the man who was scolding the principal was the chairman of the institution. That chairman was a politician. John Millan's desires now changed their direction. His desire and aim was only authority and money. Now he came to the conclusion that only the chairman was his model.
This desire became deep-rooted in him, because if he became a chairman, the entire and total control of such an institution would be solely with him. For one or two years he observed keenly the activities of the chairman and began to change himself in a similar fashion.
The quality of 'intelligent study' which he had acquired when he wanted to become like the principal left him. The desire to change like the chairman caused him to nurture 'political qualities' within himself. He lost many good friends.
He changed his aim and nature, thinking, 'What is there after so much of studying? Life means, you have to achieve something, somehow."
John Millan, who had changed his directions, could only think of anything in a villainous way. Studying became rather difficult. Even after studying, nothing was retained in his memory. So he started saying, 'Nowadays, I don't like studying at all.'
We know the fact as to how John Millan once was, and how he has changed now. But John Millan does not know. John Millan will now be only of the idea that his memory power has decreased.
In the same way, every one of us, even without our knowledge, has been affected in many ways by various factors such as society, relatives, and due to some matters seen or heard by us. Our desires and aspirations will also have changed many times.
Our minds are not with us due to reasons of there being very many ways to distract our minds, and also for the reason that education has become like a big burden. As in the case of John Millan, all our desires are ever changing as per the circumstances that exist.
Whatever desires and ambitions we now have, there is 99% chance that they are not really our own, true ambitions.
If we know this truth and also understand how education is of basic importance in the present day world, and use the God-given intelligence, we can really shape up our actual desires and ambitions.
Let us enhance the breadth and depth of our desires. Application, enthusiasm, memory and such things will reach us by themselves automatically. This is the straight path; an easy path.
It will be a difficult path if we think of merely enhancing our memory. That is the reason why studies appear difficult for many.
To study well, it is enough if we learn to divert our minds from unnecessary, useless and time-wasting activities. The memory power within us will begin to bloom and bubble up!
Enhance your desires and attitudes. (In studies) memory power will increase by itself automatically!