Guest guest Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devoh Maheshwara Guru Sakshat Parabrahmah Tasmai Shree Guru Veh Namah Om Sri Sai Ram Om Sai Jai Sai Jai Jai Sai Om Sai Namo Nama Sree Sai Namo Nama Jai Jai Sai Namo Nama Om Sree Sdguru Sai Namo Nama Overcoming the fear of failure We have to know what failure is and what failure can do. Fear is bound to go when we know that failure is not something shameful, damaging, destructive or painful. Feel that failure is something natural. When a child starts to walk, he often stumbles and falls down. But he does not feel that stumbling is a failure. He thinks that it is a natural process to stand up for a moment and then fall again. If we think of failure in that light, not as something that is against or totally distant from reality but as something that is forming, shaping, molding and becoming reality, then there cannot be any fear. We take failure as something contrary to our expectation and our realization of Baba. But failure is not contrary to our realization. Failure is something that is urging us towards our realization. What we call failure, in Baba's Eye, is only an experience. Always take failure as an experience. Do not take it as a finished product or as the culmination of an experience, but rather as the process of an experience. If we think that failure is the end of our experience, then we are mistaken. In a long race, one may start very slowly, but then gradually he increases his speed and eventually he reaches his goal. If he thinks that since his start was slow, he will not be able to reach the destination, then he is making a deplorable mistake. If there is no failure, naturally we will run the fastest. But if there is failure, take it as an experience that is just beginning. The end will be success. And then who can say that we have failed? Baba Said.... "Who so ever devoutly offers to me a leaf, a flower, or fruit or water, of that pure hearted man, I accept that pious offering". Shri Sai does not make things difficult for anyone. We at times, suffer the result of our past actions. Please pray to Him sincerely. He only helps, faith without patience is not consistent. Human beings will always have problems in one aspect of life or the other, whether they are big or small, whether they are evil or pure. All such sufferings are correlated to earlier life's action plus this life's. It is better to remember God more in happier times than in sorrow, as Saint Kabir said. For those who want to come closer to Baba the only way is, to keep unshakable faith in Him under all circumstances. But, some people come to Sadguru with the desire of worldly gains or exhibit their devotion with such expectations in their heart. Sometimes, when their desires are not fulfilled or when they have to suffer consequences of their own past actions they tend to lose their faith. In the time of any Avtar or Sadguru every wish of every man was never fulfilled. Sadguru never fulfills those desires, which would become barrier in bringing them closer to God. There is His hand behind unfulfillment of such desires. Therefore, one who can see Baba both, in pleasure and pain, is the true devotee. The pleasure seekers are bound to deviate from the path. Baba is every where just feel him and keep on saying `Om Sai Ram' to whom so ever you meet. OM SAI SRI SAI JAI JAI SAI!!! Let us pray at the lotus feet of Bhagwan Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him Jai Sai Ram Swamy Mahadevan Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all Baba Bless you ever!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 SAI RAM Dear Brothers and Sisters Swamy says,"There is no such thing as failure in the Universe. No life will be a failure." Fear of failure comes in our minds when there is attachment to our actions and when we start entertaing expectation of favourable results of our actions in mind. The only way to overcome the fear of failure is to cultivate Vairagya or non-attachment to our actions." Only through non-attachment and renunciation can one overcome fear of failure" the Upanishads and Bagawad Geetha point out. One should understnd clearly that we have no say on the result of our actions. Our duty is only to perform actions. "Perform actions ,but dedicate them to Me",says Lord Krishna in the Geetha.We have no control on the Karmaphala or the results of actions. This being the case, why should we entertain fears about results of our actions. Let us think with a calm mind. With Loving Sai Rams, G.Balasubramanian Swamy Mahadevan <mahadevanvnswamy > wrote: "Swamy Mahadevan" <mahadevanvnswamy > Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:58:54 -0000 [sBOI-post] Overcoming the fear of failure Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devoh Maheshwara Guru Sakshat Parabrahmah Tasmai Shree Guru Veh Namah Om Sri Sai Ram Om Sai Jai Sai Jai Jai Sai Om Sai Namo Nama Sree Sai Namo Nama Jai Jai Sai Namo Nama Om Sree Sdguru Sai Namo Nama Overcoming the fear of failure We have to know what failure is and what failure can do. Fear is bound to go when we know that failure is not something shameful, damaging, destructive or painful. Feel that failure is something natural. When a child starts to walk, he often stumbles and falls down. But he does not feel that stumbling is a failure. He thinks that it is a natural process to stand up for a moment and then fall again. If we think of failure in that light, not as something that is against or totally distant from reality but as something that is forming, shaping, molding and becoming reality, then there cannot be any fear. We take failure as something contrary to our expectation and our realization of Baba. But failure is not contrary to our realization. Failure is something that is urging us towards our realization. What we call failure, in Baba's Eye, is only an experience. Always take failure as an experience. Do not take it as a finished product or as the culmination of an experience, but rather as the process of an experience. If we think that failure is the end of our experience, then we are mistaken. In a long race, one may start very slowly, but then gradually he increases his speed and eventually he reaches his goal. If he thinks that since his start was slow, he will not be able to reach the destination, then he is making a deplorable mistake. If there is no failure, naturally we will run the fastest. But if there is failure, take it as an experience that is just beginning. The end will be success. And then who can say that we have failed? Baba Said.... "Who so ever devoutly offers to me a leaf, a flower, or fruit or water, of that pure hearted man, I accept that pious offering". Shri Sai does not make things difficult for anyone. We at times, suffer the result of our past actions. Please pray to Him sincerely. He only helps, faith without patience is not consistent. Human beings will always have problems in one aspect of life or the other, whether they are big or small, whether they are evil or pure. All such sufferings are correlated to earlier life's action plus this life's. It is better to remember God more in happier times than in sorrow, as Saint Kabir said. For those who want to come closer to Baba the only way is, to keep unshakable faith in Him under all circumstances. But, some people come to Sadguru with the desire of worldly gains or exhibit their devotion with such expectations in their heart. Sometimes, when their desires are not fulfilled or when they have to suffer consequences of their own past actions they tend to lose their faith. In the time of any Avtar or Sadguru every wish of every man was never fulfilled. Sadguru never fulfills those desires, which would become barrier in bringing them closer to God. There is His hand behind unfulfillment of such desires. Therefore, one who can see Baba both, in pleasure and pain, is the true devotee. The pleasure seekers are bound to deviate from the path. Baba is every where just feel him and keep on saying `Om Sai Ram' to whom so ever you meet. OM SAI SRI SAI JAI JAI SAI!!! Let us pray at the lotus feet of Bhagwan Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him Jai Sai Ram Swamy Mahadevan Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all Baba Bless you ever!!! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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