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Worries
It does not happen instantly.
Involvement in that which is beyond your control
causes worries
How is it with you? Do you ever get stressed? Do you
ever worry?
Questioner : My eldest daughter’s engagement is not
working out, and it causes me a lot of worry.
Dadashri : If it is in your control then go ahead and
worry. Is this matter in your control?
Questioner : No.
Dadashri : When we worry without knowing who has
all the controls, what would that be equivalent to? What would
happen if ten of us were sitting in a horse-drawn carriage and
we start yelling at the driver and tell him how to drive his
carriage? Why don’t you just watch the one that is doing the
driving? We would not have any worries if we knew who was
really driving. In the same way, if you come to know who
makes this world run, you would have no worries. Do you
worry day and night? How long will you carry on worrying?
When will it come to an end, tell me?
Your daughter has brought her own events of this life with
her, from her past life. You have brought your own life in the
same way. Your daughter will be married at the right time. Have
some patience. You are on the path of the Enlightened Ones.
All worries in this path are adverse meditation, which will bring
adverse results.
Questioner : It is not like that; it is just a natural concern.
Dadashri : That natural concern itself is adverse
meditation. Within us, we are inflicting suffering on our own
self. If you are not making others suffer it is okay but here