Your Happiness in your Hands

If you face criticism without having committed my condemnable act, then why should you bottgher at all? If you do good and get praises, pass them on to Him, who made you do good. In case you happen to be involved in some sinful act, just atone for it and refrain from such acts in the future, but don’t get frightened by trivial things. This is samara. You will come by sorrow as happiness, honor and dishonor, respect and disrespect from time in your life. Your wife. You husband your son will accede to your wishes now and disregard them then. The husband will have his way at time and at others the wife will have an upper hand. At time both have to yield to the wishes of their son or ever neighbor. One political party will holy sway at on time and the other one will carry the day at another. This is the way of the world.

“Sweat your brows,

Or have a sound sleep;

The boat of life wills sail on,

Whether you laugh or weep”

For the self realized ones, this world is fun. Never mind if people are unfair to you, but make sure you are not unfair to yourself. Such things you get to know is sat sang. You may not become as greater as Kabirji yet you can definitely avid being influenced by sorrows to some extent at least. You defend yourself saying, By God I am innocent. So and so is making false allegations…. God damn him false allegations were leveled against Kabir as well. People blamed Guru Nanak also. Why should you worry if the some is done to you? The indweller lord knows everything’s. You are immutable as so should be your heart.

Saints like Guru Nanak, Kabirji, Tukaramji, and Narsimha Mehta, Who had attained the kingdom of equanimity didn’t get perturbed at all on being slandered by the people. They kept their cool intact. But general people get disturbed by slander and swear people get disturbed by slander and swear by God clarifications to defeat themselves.

One may behave the way one likes, whether or nor be miserable is verily in your own hands; whether or not to be enamored is in your own hand. What you do? You have given away your very own prerogatives to other. So very generous of you. It is your not physical objects you have given. It is you discretion to keep you heart in the desired stale. You have given that discretion to others. I would be happy if so and so person acts not slander me. Things should to such and such way and only them I will be happy… You have mad e your heart a German toy the key to which is in others” hands. People make you dance to their desired tunes. People may praise you but it is up to you whether or not to be conceited. People may slander you, but it depends on you whether or not to get angered, afraid or vexed. Suppose you area being maligned without a good cause and you have done nothing to deserve it. Is it in your hands to explain things to the millions? It is not possible for you to cover the entire earth with leather; it is definitely easy to wear shoes to protect your feet form thorns. In the same way take a lesson from the lives of great men and remain eqanimous in all situates. Take good care not to be involved in any condemnable ac, but it you are condemned in spite of that thanks God, “O God. It is verily your boundless grace.”