People ask me, “Swamiji, I am afraid when I think that the world might suddenly come to an end.”
So what if the world comes to an end? If the world comes to an end everyone is going to be ending along with it. There will be nothing remaining with anyone for anyone to be worried about. You were earlier worried only because there was something in the world to worry about. If the world itself is coming to an end, then there should be nothing to be worried about, is it not? But you worry about that also!
See how self-contradictory the mind is. It worries if there is something to worry about and it worries if there is nothing to worry about also. If you look into all your worries with awareness, you will understand how cunningly they are playing on you in your unconscious state. You will see that your worries are so elusive and baseless. You will never be able to pin them down because they are baseless. They are not solid.
Actually, all of your emotions are nothing but the play of the unconscious in you. When you live with total awareness, you can never be under the sway of emotions. That is why again and again I tell you to flood yourself with awareness.
You see, your worries, your words, really make or break your life. They have got that much power - to influence you and others. For eg., when I utter the word ‘cow’, immediately what happens? A figure with 4 legs, 2 horns and 1 tail appears in your mind, is it not? A simple 3-letter word can bring to your mind a whole image. Words are that powerful. When we don’t respect words and use them wrongly, we are asking for trouble.
A small story:
Birbal, an Enlightened Master, and Akbar his King were walking together on the streets.
They saw a sandalwood dealer and Akbar said to Birbal, “I don’t know why but I feel like hanging this man.”
A month later, they walked past the same sandalwood dealer and Akbar this time said, “It’s strange but I feel like giving this man some endowment now!”
Birbal replied after a long pause, “A month back, the sandalwood dealer’s business was suffering and when he saw you walking past, he thought to himself that if you die, the courtiers would come to buy a lot of sandalwood from him for your funeral pyre. He sent out these negative vibrations, which prompted you to feel hatred towards him. I immediately purchased a lot of sandalwood from him to make tables and chairs for our kingdom. Today, he feels very grateful towards you and you have been struck by these positive vibrations from him and therefore you feel like giving him some endowment!”
Understand that your thoughts have a lot of power in themselves. It is therefore very important that you have a worry-free and clear mental set-up.
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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Guaranteed Solutions.
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