Desires arise from thoughts but all thoughts are not desires.

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Every little activity starts from thoughts, when they turn into desire. Every desire has a thought as its origin, but all thoughts are not desires. When you simply witness the thoughts, and let it pass on without getting entangled in it, it will not create any ripple in your conscious. We have noticed jet planes and rockets cruise through the sky. Though there may be a white trail of gasses for a while, it vanishes from our sight. Swami asks us to remain as the 'pure sky' wherein nothing ever makes a permanant mark. Even atom bombs were hurled during world war, and there was a huge cloud of atomic energy. But it faded away after some time, though the effects of the atomic bomb was felt badly in the scorching of lakhs and lakhs of human beings and maiming many due to radioactive rays. But we do not see any visible distortion in the sky. We are aware that the sky is emptiness. A solid or liquid or gas will get affected due to external forces. But the sky remain as the sky, whatever may happen. Likewise our body may undergo many pains or even fractures and cuts. But we should not let the mind to become panicky due to the above. Pain is a temporary passing phase like pleasure. Swami has said, "Eppudu Undathu" meaning it won't remain for ever. Most of the human beings undergo pleasure and pain in alternative succession. It is only to remind them, that he should neither exult over the pleasure, nor become dejected due to pain, God has ordained thus. Only after a painful period, we are fit to enjoy relief from the pain. Only after a scorching 'summer' season, other seasons follow suit. Hence we must maintain 'equalmindedness' in sorrow and joy. We must move beyond the pairs of opposites which are inevitable part of Life. We must remain 'still' as a pendulum that remains at the centre of the wall clock when there is no 'winding'. Sairam.