Aptavani-2 209
He sacrificed his kingdom and was exiled for fourteen years in the forest. His misery of one day in the forest is equivalent to an entire life’ s misery of these people. And yet these people do nothing but complain about their imagined sufferings!
Pain and pleasure are like invited guests. Instead of pushing them away, one has to receive them as one would welcome an invited guest. The worldly life is an ocean of misery. One should not be afraid of carrying out the worldly interactions( vyavahar). If you do not like to be ill-treated and want to close the book of your karmic account, then think before you ill-treat others; think about the consequences and whether you will be able to face them when they return to you.
There are three kinds of painful suffering. Physical suffering is called‘ kasht’; it is direct and real suffering. Toothaches, eye aches, paralysis etc. are all bodily pains. The hurt suffered from harsh words is a‘ ghaa’. It will never leave. And the third suffering is of the mind, which is called‘ dookha’. We should no longer have the effect of pain due to the mind or speech. We will have an effect from bodily pain and this has to be suffered. But you should suffer it by remaining as the Self, the knower and the seer of the suffering. You should not have suffering of the mind and speech. When a tax officer tells you that you have to pay so much tax, it is just a‘ record’ that is speaking and therefore it should not hurt you.
When someone has a heart attack, he has severe chest pain. Upon hearing this if one starts thinking, what if I have a heart attack, then he is inviting and increasing mental pain. Instead one should tell such thoughts to,“ Get lost.” This body will leave when it is time for it to do so. Is that not dependent on vyavasthit? Then why create unnecessary misery with such thoughts? Just become an observer of all the ailments of the body and if you have none, why not remain in worldly fun? Or keep singing,“ I will never tire of saying Dada Dada Dada!”