Worries
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potato roasting from all the sides in an oven, this whole world
is being roasted. Like the fish being fried in oil, the poor
humans splutter about. How can you call this living?
Worries because of doer ship
Questioner : To keep awareness of not to worry, is that
not another form of worrying?
Dadashri : No, worrying is just egoism. People are simply
unaware of their real Self, and then they have the egoism of “I
am the doer.” One doesn’t have control over his own bowel
movements and yet he insists, “I am the doer of everything.”
Worrying itself is ego. Why does this child not worry?
That is because he is not yet aware of this false egoism. He
doesn’t care about who makes this world go around.
Because one goes around saying “I am the doer, I am the
doer!” he has worries.
Worry is the highest ego.
Questioner : Worries are a sign of ego. Can you please
explain that?
Dadashri : Why are worries called a sign of ego?
Because in his mind, he feels, “I am doing this all,” and that
is why he has worries. He believes, “I am the one who makes
it happen,” and so he worries, “What will become of my
daughter? What will become of my son? What will happen
if this work does not get completed?” He takes everything
upon himself. He thinks of himself as being “‘the owner” and
“the doer”. But in reality he is not the doer and yet he takes
the load of worries.
In his worldly interactions if he worries constantly, he will
have to undergo many more lives. That is because worries
cause bondage for new lives.