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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