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Worries
would be wonderful.
Everyone knows we are going to die one day. What do
people do when they think of death? They push away the thought,
“What if something happens to me?” When such a thought
enters a person’s mind, he pushes it away. In the same token,
when worries come to you, you have to say, “Not here,” and
push them away.
Worries always ruin things. When you drive a car while
worrying about your driving skills, you may cause an accident.
If you worry while you are conducting your business, then you
will do the wrong thing. Worry has been the cause of ruin for
everything in this world.
There is nothing worth worrying about in this world. To
worry is the ‘best foolishness’ in this world. The world is not
meant for worrying. Only human beings worry, no other creature
worry. Billions of other life forms do not worry. Overly wise
humans worry all day long and roast in the oven of worry.
Worry is pure egoism, nothing else.
Questioner : In this respect they are worse than animals,
aren’t they?
Dadashri : Animals are good. They do not use their
intellect to worry about their welfare. Those who use their intellect
excessively to worry about their welfare, suffer a lot. The Indian
intellect is such that Indians suffer many worries. Foreigners do
not suffer as much.
Labourers do not have worries, whereas their bosses do.
None of the labourers worry. This will result in a higher life form
for the labourer and a lower life form for the bosses in their next
life. Therefore, there should not be any worries. Worrying is the
cause of a lower life form.
Nothing but worries, worries, worries. Just like the sweet