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under the circumstances they had no choice, but if an unsuccessful
task turns into a success, then they claim it was just the thing
worth doing. Merely by making such a statement they endorse
their doership and become liable for the consequences. Wrong
belief in my Mahatmas is gone. They still face the same
circumstances, the same karmic effects, and the same relations
with a wife, children, in-laws etc. and yet they experience
tremendous bliss.
Why should you fear a circumstance, which is destined to
pass?
‘You, the real Self’, is immortal – you never grow old,
you are never born and neither will you die. Only circumstances
come and go. For the Gnani, the circumstance of death and the
circumstance of a meal, are the same – both are merely
circumstances.
There is nothing in this world except the circumstance,
which is present and in the now (prapta). ‘Let the circumstance
in front of you discharge with cordiality and equanimity.’ This
sentence, which I just uttered, is a very powerful sentence. It
encompasses the essence of every scripture of the world. You
are the Knower-Seer of the circumstance that is present in front
of you (prapta) and not of the ones that are not (aprapta).
If you are supposed to be in court at eleven o’clock but
your meal is served to you at the same time, then that is the
circumstance directly present in front of you. You will have to
deal with that circumstance cordially and with equanimity first.
You should eat your meal peacefully and not rush through it.
Peacefully means that your chit should be only on what you are
eating and not at the court. In other words, you should not be
visualizing scenes of the court while eating. Otherwise the body
is eating here and you are in the court. First finish your meal
peacefully and then go to the court without haste. But what do