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Worry is over if wish is gone, One who desires nothing is a supreme king. One who has no yearnings, no wish, no greed, no selfishness, is the only emperor. What to think of that which has not yet occurred. When it occurs, we will think and face it. People often ask me, “Does anxiety not make you puzzled?” I then reply, “Anxiety did make me puzzle but when I comprehended the essence of life, the anxiety has disappeared since then.” And if you develop the same sense in your life, you can cool down the temperature of anxiety existed in you. May it not be one hundred percent but certainly you will be eighty percent able to get over the anxieties. You know that mother's breast gets filled with milk before a child takes birth. The lord Almighty makes all arrangements. You may keep a good deposit for tomorrow but if he does not give you tomorrow, then? If he has to give you the day of tomorrow, he will undoubtedly provide you all the required arrangements.
One of my familiars is a government officer. He was to be retired after six months. In the meantime, the festival of Deepawali took place. Since he was a high ranked officer so like every year, that year too people gave him great gifts and sweets. He was taking food. He glanced at the heap of sweets and gifts and suddenly he got upset and sad. On being asked the reason of sadness by his wife, he replied, "Now he is an officer but he will get retired before the next Deepawali, then will the people keep on giving sweets and gifts in the same way?” To be puzzled this way is futile, one who destroys his present for the sake of future anxiety, is infact a stupid creature. You must enjoy what you possess today leaving the matter of future aside.
Today, man has a diamond set to put on, a sofa set to sit on, a T.V. set to watch, but his mind is upset. His mind is facing a constant struggle of anxiety and worries. He is 12 |
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