8 Worries
somebody and I am running things,’ that he has worries. A person worries because of his false assumptions such as,‘ This case will be solved only if I am present.’ The ego must be separated, only then is it okay to go on thinking about the essential and non-essential things. If the ego is separated, worries will not eat away at you and if it is not separated, these uncertainties and worries will harm you both mentally and physically. When a person is worrying and his child comes to tell him something, he is likely to become furious with the child and hurt the child. Therefore, worries are destructive in many ways. The ego is such that regardless of whether a person is a wealthy businessman or a pauper, if someone were to say to him,‘ You have ruined everything for me’, he would have endless worries and anxiety. And the world will say such things regardless of whether you have done so or not.
What are the results of worries?
The by-production of all worldly interaction is the ego, which is in a natural and spontaneous state, and through which all life interactions are carried out. However, nowadays people’ s egos have become so inflated that there is no end to a person’ s worries. Completely new‘ factories’ of ego have been started and the ego has been allowed to increase more and more. The world is capable of functioning with a natural, normal ego. But the inflated ego of the old man says,’ I am worried a lot.’ What are the consequences of worries? A person who worries a lot will be born into the animal kingdom in his or her next life. While you are in this human life form you must be cautious, otherwise you will receive the fruit of animal life if you carry on worrying.
A true devotee will even scold God
If a true devotee of God has worries, he would even scold his God,“ You have always told us not to worry, yet I still