If you remain prayerful while you are angry,
if you close your eyes for a few moments, if you can manage to during your angry spell,
then that very anger will change its face.
It will become more compassionate. It will turn into love.
I was reading Gita.
One sloka came up and at the end of the sloka,
‘Can there be happiness without peace?’,
Lord Krishna asks this question,
“Can there be happiness without peace?”
It is not possible.
And before that, He asks the question, “Is peace possible without a contemplative mind?
Is contemplative mind possible without focus?
And, is a focused mind possible without meditation?”
So now, you can connect the link between focused mind, meditation, contemplative mind, peace, and happiness
When you forget the very root of our existence, the mental balance, how to sharpen our mind and heart,
if this is not done, if there is no synchronicity, resonance between the heart and the mind
you will be like a lost man, like a bird without a tail.
It can fly and fly and fly, with two wings in all directions,
but without this tail giving the directions,
what will become of that bird?
And so, of a human being, you can move this from this powerhouse to this water house, to this social club,
to this water or blood campaign.
What are you trying to achieve?
Even if you may succeed in all these fields,
but fail at an individual level in attaining what is minimal
in Hinduism, we call it as ‘liberation’
if that is missed out, then what is the point of success in this world?
That does not mean that we should not pursue all that. We have to pursue it.
But making the activities, like arranging for a blood donation drive
or water system that you are trying to install, or you are trying to invite a lot of tourists to your company
Great!
But if you can spiritualize all these materialistic activities,
that you are doing all these, while thinking of the Lord
that “I am doing all these in the service of God.”
In Sufism, they call “All your activities, you should do with Dhikr, under Constant Remembrance.”
When you are restless to serve God
and through this restless attitude, you are so restless to serve God, and
while having this restlessness, you are also serving the humanity, as if you are serving God
then you will have no problems doing whatsoever you like,
partaking food, spending time with family, spending time with community,
spending time with your bosses, it does not become a small task
Everything becomes spiritual in the process.
It depends on us, how we filter our thoughts and ideas and feelings.
Einstein says, ‘Energy can never be destroyed.’
Similarly, the energy that we carry within us
be it emotional energy, mental energy, physical energy
it can never be destroyed. If you are angry for a moment
will it be destroyed? No.
But if you remain prayerful while you are angry,
if you close your eyes for a few moments, if you can manage to during your angry spell,
then that very anger will change its face.
It will become more compassionate It will turn into love, and say, “Why was I getting angry?”
So, anger changes its face just because you waited for some time
and became something transformative, not only for yourself but for others as well.
And no ability or no training can be given to a person who is not receptive, interested
enough in what is being taught and also not fully aware.
Can you teach a person who is asleep? You can’t.
We are awake, we have open eyes,
but awareness is lacking. Sometimes you know your professor is teaching you something
and you are day-dreaming, and your mind is somewhere.
That means you are not aware at that moment. Your attention is elsewhere
Can anyone teach us everything in one go,
or even little by little, little by little? But life
throws many challenges In the examinations, when we were studying in colleges and schools,
often the questions that were asked
were something that you never had studied or referred to in the books.
How would you answer those questions which are not in the books?
Life is also like that
Everything in the life that we go through, it is not written in the books.
Everyday, there is a new challenge
That is why many people who are very successful academically, they goof up in real-life examinations.
They do not know how to clear those life-tests.
Only way
to solve the situations in day-to-day life is to become sensitive to
what is happening inside and outside,
become aware of the situation and remain meditative and see how the answers unfold within you,
and then use those answers.
Otherwise, something can go wrong of which you have never been given the education.
You do not know how to even behave with your own sister or brother or your spouse.
How are you going to tackle the unknown individuals that you meet every single day?
So, we have to become aware from inside. Awareness is the key,
and this awareness becomes sharper and sharper as we meditate more and more.