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Aptavani-4
Entering into Thoughts Is the Obstruction
Worrying will delay all your work. Is the morning likely to come any earlier if you spend the whole night, sitting outside, worrying about how soon it will come? On the contrary, it will come even later. Why don't you just get under the covers and go to sleep? Worrying will delay your work. If you worry about whether or not you will find any vegetables, then you will not find them either.
Why worry about something that you have no solution for? There is no remedy for death, so does anyone worry about dying?
What do you do when you worry? Questioner: Recite the Lord's name.
Dadashri: Do you have a friend with whom you are not acquainted?
Questioner: No, how can one have a friend without being acquainted to him?
Dadashri: Then how can you recite the Lord's name without being acquainted with Him?
When you start worrying, you should know that the work at hand will be ruined, and if you do not have worries, then be assured that it is going to turn out good. Worry is an obstruction to any work. It will ruin the business.
Questioner: What causes this worry?
Dadashri: You have the aropit bhaav (a wrong belief): 'I am Chandubhai’. It is because you do not know your `real' self. When does one worry? Worrying occurs when you become one with (tanmayakar) the thoughts that arise in the mind. Thoughts are inanimate (jada) while you are chetan (living). Worrying occurs because of a mixture of jada and
