Worries

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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worrying? When will it come to an end, tell me?
this.' That is what he believes. Worry means I am the doer of all this. This is a disease that plagues all human beings. It cannot be purged quickly. Once a habit becomes established it does not leave.
Your daughter has brought her own events of this life with her from her past life. You have brought your own life in the same way. Your daughter will be married at the right time. Have some patience. You are on the path of the Enlightened Ones. All worries in this path are adverse meditation, which will bring adverse results.
It is simply not in your interest to worry. In reality things simply happen.
Questioner : It will go away once we come to you!
Dadashri : Yes, it will go away, but it will happen slowly. It does not happen instantly.
Involvement in that which is beyond your control
causes worries How is it with you? Do you ever get stressed out? Do you ever worry?
Questioner : My eldest daughter's engagement is not working out, and it causes me a lot of worry.
Dadashri : If it is in your control then go ahead and worry. Is this matter in your control?
Questioner : No.
Questioner : It is not like that but just a natural concern.
Dadashri : That natural concern itself is adverse meditation. Within us we are inflicting suffering on our own self. If you are not making others suffer it is okay but here you cause suffering to your self.
Worries bind obstructive karma
Through worries you bind obstructive karma, which prolongs the work at hand. If someone tells you that at such a place you will find a boy for your daughter, then you can make an effort to meet him and his parents. But you are not to worry about this. God tells you not to worry. Worries cause more obstructions. The Vitarag Lord has asked, Are you the one running this world? You are the owner because you are doing the worrying? When you really look at it, you do not even have the independent strength to evacuate your bowels. You have to call a doctor when you are severely constipated. Until then you feel that everything is under your control, but that strength is not yours. Should you not know whom the strength belongs to?
Who runs all this? Is there someone else that is running it or are you running it?
Dadashri : When we worry without knowing who has all the controls, what would that be equivalent to? What would happen if ten of us were sitting in a horse-drawn carriage and we start yelling at the driver and tell him how to drive his carriage? Why don't you just watch the one that is doing the driving? We would not have any worries if we knew who the driver is'. In the same way if you come to know who makes this world run, you would have no worries. Do you worry day and night? How long will you carry on