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Worries
What are you worrying for? Nothing in this world is worth
worrying about, not even for a second. Now face those
entanglements and bring a solution to them.
Questioner : If we go against and try to resist adverse
circumstances, will doing so increase the ego?
Dadashri : It is better to oppose, than to worry. The ego
of opposition is less than the ego of worrying. God has said,
“Oppose adverse circumstances, look for solutions, but do not
worry.”
Double punishment for those who worry
God says that there are two punishments for those who
worry and just one for those who do not. If an only son of a
couple dies, then all the mourning, crying and worrying they do
as a result, they will have to suffer double the punishment. The
first punishment being the loss of their son and the second being
the grief of mourning. I never suffer both punishments. I tell
people that if a thief robs them of five thousand rupees, they
should realize that it is ‘Vyavasthit’ and just move on.
The first punishment is an effect of your past life karma.
And that is ‘Vyavasthit’; you must remember that whatever
happens, is correct.
If you worry about a task, you ruin it.
Nature tells us to put forth tremendous effort in order to
accomplish a difficult task. But at the same time we should not
worry about it. By worrying, your effort will be jolted The one
who worries takes the reins into his own hands and believes, ‘I
am the one who is making it work!’ There is a punishment for
taking on that kind of a control.
Dependence on the non-Self (complex of thoughts, speech
and actions) results in worry. Currency specific to a certain