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circumstances in a matter of just one hour. But who has the right and the manifest energy to do so? Only the Gnani Purush.
There are only two things in the world: sanyog (circumstance) and sanyogi (entity that has to face the circumstance). If the sanyogi is straight forward, so will be the circumstances. If you have to face a disagreeable circumstance, you have to immediately realize that because you had been disagreeable in the past, you now have to face a circumstance that follows suit. There is no need to 'straighten out' the circumstance. Rather, become straight your self. There are infinite circumstances, so when will they all become agreeable? People in the world try to make the circumstances agreeable, but if they were to become agreeable themselves, so will the circumstances. If one becomes straightforward himself, he will still encounter circumstances that are disagreeable but after a while the circumstances will change.
When there is no superior above you, why do you have to face disagreeable circumstances? It is because you had been disagreeable that you have to face disagreeable consequences. If a person has dysentery, is his illness an immediate consequence of his neglect? No, the seeds of dysentery had been planted twelve years ago, which has now come into effect. And this effect has to break a twelve-year-long mistake, does it not? If he does not make the same mistake again, he will not have dysentery again, will he? If you board a train and find it crowded, it is because you had created a cause for such an effect. If you come with a large load of karmic baggage, the circumstances you will be obliged to encounter will also be heavy and if you come with very light baggage, your circumstances too will be very agreeable. Your own mistakes are your superior; do you have anything to fear anymore once you understand this? No matter who sees 'us', they feel happy. When 'we' become cheerful, the other person will feel the same. One doesn't just feel happy and cheerful, when he sees 'us'; he
becomes speechless and awed. The other person is your own reflection
Who are you amidst the circumstances?
If you have the punya, whatever circumstances you have to face, will all help you. And if your paap is in effect, all circumstances will be disagreeable and if they unfold one after the other they will make you suffer before they leave! Some say, "My circumstances are not good." This is a statement of a Gnani; however who are you in this and what is all this about?
Everything else is circumstances. So then who are you? At least try to find this out!
When a person falls sick and gets better, healing is a circumstance and if he becomes sicker, that too is a circumstance. Even the medicine, which is supposed to heal, will make him sicker if he has to face a circumstance that induces more sickness. Along with just one weak circumstance there will unfold many other such circumstances. If a circumstance of drought comes along, many cattle will die as a result. One circumstance of weakness will be followed by more circumstances of weakness. And if these are all circumstances, then who are you?
Circumstances are constantly undergoing changes. Let me give you an example of this. You are going out at around five o'clock in the evening. There are rain clouds in the sky. A little later you see a rainbow amidst the clouds. Who made the rainbow? Why was it not there earlier? It manifested because of the rain clouds and also because of the sun. All circumstances come together in this way, and the rainbow is visible from only certain places.
There are only two things: the Soul and circumstances. But the soul has become entangled with circumstances. To become entangled is not an inherent characteristic of the Soul,
