Share the wisdom of Sri Sri Ravishankarji - 9 & 10.

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Dear friends and devotees,

 

Bhakti is eternal.

 

Share the wisdom of His holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

 

9. BLAME

 

You ask, “What am I here for?” I tell you, find out what you are not here for.

 

· You are not here to blame.

· You are not here to cry.

· You are not here to sleep.

· You are not here to boast.

· You are not here to fight.

· You are not here to be angry.

· You are not here to be miserable.

· You are not here to worry.

 

When a worldly man is miserable, he blames the people around him, the system

and the world in general. When a seeker is miserable, he blames the world, but

in addition he blames the path, the knowledge and himself.

 

It is better not to be a seeker so that you blame less. But then a seeker – a

sadhak – has much more enjoyment. And when there is more joy, the contrast is

greater. There is more love in life and more pain. A certain level of maturity

is needed to see things as they are and not blame the path, the self and the

world.

 

When someone blames you, what do you usually do? You blame them back or you

set up some resistance in yourself. But when someone blames you, they actually

take away some negative karma from you. If you understand this and resist yet

actually feel happy about it, then all your resistance drops away. And when you

drop your resistance, your karma goes away.

 

So someone blames you and you resist them, even if you do not react

externally, you are not allowing them to take the negative karma. On the other

hand, you may resist on the outside; but if on the inside you do not resist, you

will feel immediately lighter.

 

How do you feel when some one blames you? Do you feel some heaviness? Do you

feel hurt, unhappy or sad? This is all because you are resisting. That is it;

what you resist persists.

 

The ignorant person tells someone, “Do not blame me because it will hurt me.”

They warn you not to blame them because it will hurt them and they will do

something harmful to you in revenge. But an enlightened person says, “Do not

blame me because it will hurt you.” They say this out of compassion.

 

10. ANGER AND NEGETIVITY.

 

Normally you offer your anger freely and your smile rarely. In ignorance,

anger is cheap and a smile is costly. In knowledge, a smile is free like the

sun, air and water, and anger is extremely expensive, like a diamond. Make your

smile cheaper and your anger expensive.

 

Negativity cannot remain without a hook to hang on. Positivity and happiness

can exist without any reason.

 

The mind goes on trying to find a hook for its negativity – is not this

person, then that person, then that thing or that person. This perpetuates Maya.

The creeping vine of negativity needs support in order to grow. But negativity

or aversion for even one person can guarantee a one-way ticket to hell- you need

nothing else.

 

Negativity is an indicator for you to move to your center and to broaden your

vision to cosmic intelligence. Instead of focusing your attention on a hook for

negativity look at the seed of negativity. With meditation, silence and Kriya,

the source of negativity is nipped at the root.

 

To be contd. . . . 11.

 

With love and regards,

 

Sastry.