Winning at Life: Lessons from Gunatitanand Swami

What if you could win at everything—and still lose at life?

Gunatitanand Swami gives us a powerful reminder: You could spoil ten million tasks and still make progress in your liberation. And on the flip side, you could perfect ten million tasks—and still lose everything that actually matters.

Think about that.

We chase careers, promotions, wealth, reputation. We pour our energy into building lives that look successful from the outside. But if we lose sight of our soul’s purpose—liberation—what have we truly gained?

Because real success isn’t about how much we accomplish. It’s about whether we’re moving closer to freedom from attachment, ego, and illusion.

Liberation isn’t some abstract concept—it’s the deepest yearning of the soul to be free. Free from the endless cycle of wanting and worrying. Free from the identities we build and defend. Free from the illusions that keep us running in circles, even when it looks like we’re winning.

The world might applaud your victories. But your soul asks a quieter, more important question: Are you succeeding in what truly matters?

In the end, the only success that endures is the one that liberates you.

The rest—status, wealth, admiration—fades like dust in the wind.

So today, pause and ask yourself: Am I chasing the kind of success that ends, or the kind that lasts forever?

Because in the story of your life, true victory isn’t measured by how much you’ve achieved—but by how free you’ve become.

To know more about Gunatitanand Swami: https://www.baps.org/About-BAPS/TheFounder%E2%80%93BhagwanSwaminarayan/TheSpiritualLineage-TheGuruParampara/GunatitanandSwami.aspx

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