Mental Anguish

Voice : What are you thinking ?

Me : Well, I have a friend who has been trying to overcome her problem of hypertension, anxiety and fears. She cracks up all of a sudden and her health gives in. She is a lovely person, has a good heart and believes in divinity.

Voice :  Hmm…

Me : She has begun exercising a little, eating right and works really hard on facing her fears and fighting anxiety. How does she work hard on being less anxious ?

Voice : By ‘not' working on being less anxious.

Me : Do always have to talk like this ??

Voice : Sorry to sound this way. Let me explain this more clearly. Imagine a completely dark room. Now, if you want to get rid of the darkness, how will you do it ?

Me : By bringing in some light.

Voice : And would it be possible to remove darkness without bringing in any light ? Try to think hard and tell me if you can fight it any other way ?

Me : Its impossible to eliminate darkness any other way. It can’t be fought with and it can’t go away by itself no matter what I do or how hard I try. The darkness will always remain unless I bring in some form of light.

Voice : This is the point. People have being doing the same with their lives. Even those people who know of Higher Power have struggled and continue to struggle with this. The struggle exists because of the reverse way of dealing with things. The focus is on the darkness to eliminate it. How can weakness disappear if you focus on it to disappear ?

If you focus on Divinity and make this your only goal - you will hold the power of the strongest force in the Universe - Love. Where there is love, there is no fear, no anxiety, no weakness.

All weaknesses dissipate on its own when the focus in not on the shortcomings but on Divinity. Everything melts in the ocean of love. Nothing is more powerful than love. There is only one solution and that is Divine Love. It has unparalleled power and majesty. No darkness can remain in this pure light of divinity.

Me : So, if I have this light...

Voice : You ‘are' the light.

Me : And how does one become alive in the purity of this magical force of love ?

Voice : By thinking of the Divine constantly. Unfortunately, the thoughts, words and deeds of most people are immersed in everything but the Divine. There is worry, anxiousness, bitterness, grudges, hatred, jealousy, distrust and disharmony. How can this ever give one peace, joy and love ? You bring this upon yourself in your own ways.

The funny part is that you know how to work this but the grip of falseness has got stranglehold of you and you seemed to be ever bound and create mental anguish which manifest into physical symptoms of suffering.

Me : So just keep Divine thoughts and it will all go away ?

Voice  : Yes, its that simple.

I thought of keeping it very simple so people can alleviate themselves easily and focus more on God, and Divinity is kept within reach of every living being.
But, because its so simple - the very simplicity has gone against it. People can’t seem to accept that its so easy and simple to connect to the Divine. Therefore, with lifetimes of conditioned thinking, they are in quest to seek various ways and methods to make their life happier and they fall short. 

Even a small child holds this remedy in his hands.  

I think I am simple. Do I seem complicated to you ?

Me : Well..you seem to contradict my thinking most of the time. But, with you I have realised that things are not that unattainable, honestly. You are pretty..simple...yeah. No intellectualising works with me.  

When I see my mind getting lost and chaotic, I often tell myself, 'Its a simple math, Somit. How many hours within 24 hours have you thought about world affairs and how much time have you thought of God ? If the math is in favour of worldly distractions - you have created that result and there is no point in complaining. If you want love, peace and Divinity, then that maths need to be reworked. Simple.

Voice : Yes, and I assure you its impossible for this approach to fail. A troubled mind and troubled emotional state needs to be fed increased dosages of Divinity in ways of remembrance, chanting, mediation, silence and gratitude. I have made a fool-proof system that won’t fail anyone who makes a choice to seek the spiritual treasure. This means you must always make time for it and seek to increase that time. 

Take the name of God when you peeling a potato, making tea, walking in the garden, having a shower, driving, cleaning your house, watering your plants, waiting for a taxi, running on a treadmill, eating in a restaurant, waiting for the elevator, walking to pick up groceries, lying in bed, shopping, waiting for someone, sitting on the couch, serving a meal, combing your hair...

Me : Ha ha ... and more time if I get my phone and TV out the way for most part of the day !         

Voice : You can live in the world but to enjoy everything without being slave to possessions, ambition and wants - you must think of Divinity more. No fears, anxiety, tension, sadness, grief, hatred, anger, attachment, insecurities, jealousy, lust, remorse, pride, then can ever grip you in spite of living in the world.

So, what will you tell your friend, now ?

Me : I'll tell her  - ' Let see your maths. '

....And if you are suffering, its only your fault !

Desires of Higher Ideals

Me : Thanks for bringing me back, again. 

Voice : I am always around. 

Me : I know why you had to do it. The injury was the only way and surprisingly I am not feeling unhappy - even though I was at the peak of my physical conditioning, even though I now face a possible abandonment of my expedition and months of hard work going down the drain....

Voice : I am very pleased to know you have remained positive. 

Me : I was lost and I didn't realise I was fuelling such a deep desire that I was loosing myself ! I was excited and my mind was fixed on this goal. That was all I was thinking. I thought it was great to lead an inspirational life and I knew I could do it. My thoughts, words and deeds lived for this dream and I thought that climb was just a harmless passionate pursuit. 

Voice : And nothing wrong with that. However, would you care to be enthusiastic about it instead of passionate ?

Me : Whats the difference ? 

Voice : You approach the same goal with equipoise and let that occupy a 'secondary' spot in the head. Its very much there - but not in the forefront but at the back of your mind.  

Me : Why ? 

Voice : Cause the danger of attachment doesn't come in. 

Me : But, don't you have to work towards it ?

Voice : Here is the subtle difference - instead of working towards 'it'...work towards 'YOU'

Me : Please explain..

Voice : In order to climb the mountain on the outside, you climb the mountain inside. Its not the external world that must lure you, its the attention to the inner world that brings you the summit. Focusing on something 'out there' easily brings anxiety, agitation, fear of failure, discontentment, pride, restlessness, despair and attachment. 
Its great to feel you can climb any mountain and you can, but do it with a difference. Climb the way it must be climbed with peace, serenity, stillness, merger, detachment, humility and importantly with submission to the Higher Will.           
   
Me : But isn't it normal and nobel to have a desire to do something that is inspirational and uplifting for the human spirit ?

Voice : Yes, by letting it happen naturally in your life like its just another chapter.  
There is nothing wrong feeling happy by wanting to do things, having certain things and becoming someone. You may not realise it, but soon you spend all your time nurturing your desires and thats when fail to be in the present. and I have to pull you back again to remind you to unburden yourself.

Under the garb of nobility, inspiration, passion, you have begin to dissipate your precious energy. Are you not inspirational right now ? 

Me : Not sure. 

Voice : One of the most inspirational things you can do it able to focus on Divinity with all the chaos around you. You know that everything around you is ephemeral and yet you stay in the falseness without running away. You have been struggling to stay on the Path of Divinity with all its challenges but you dont give up. You battle temptations on daily basis. You have some so far from where you started - this is inspirational existence. 

Walk into your past and you will realise, you never really lived with desires for any of the things you have now like a beautiful home, adorable daughter, great spouse, best of health and fitness, flowing abundance and prefect career ? You wanted to be a wanderer in the Himalayas with nothing.  

Me : Hmm….you are right. I didn’t actively pursue anything at all and it all seemed to have happened like accidents! 

Voice : And now what happened with the other desires that you actively fuelled and harboured ? 

Me : Damn you are right….nothing of that happened for some silly reasons or other. How is that ? 

Voice : Desires, Wants, Aspirations  … thats the one thing that can bring an unfulfilled existence. 

Me : And when I have you - I should be happy to know I don’t have anything more to desire !

Voice : Don't even desire Me. Remember that. Desire NOTHING. 

Let things happen. When you are in the moment - you permit Me to bring you goodies. 
But your desires keep you away from being in the NOW. When you hold desires, you dwell into the future. 
You may think that dwelling in the future will help you manifest your desire, but the manifestation happens in the present moment. 

Me : Hmm..

Voice : Thats how you been 'accidentally' shaping your life. Why do you see a need to create and harbour more desires  ?

Me : Cause I though it would be inspirational to achieve that feat in the mountains. 

Voice : Thats very good but its still a desire. It doesn’t keep your mind empty. 
You had thoughts about failing and that brought you anxiety. And more your thought about it, the more you lived in the future and less with Divinity - in the Now. 

Try not to be mistaken by analysing desire as good, noble, bad, inspirational or evil - they are all desires and have the same result in the head. 

Me : I think I am just gonna go about leading a simple life and let things happen…cause really nothing is by chance. The trick is to be in the present, want nothing and revel in joy of my being as I am, where I am and how I am. 

Voice : You can still climb that peak...but just about 'accidentally'.

Me : You have given me some exceptional gifts like will power, determination, discipline, resilience, endurance and balance of heart and mind - its perfect to use them to scale high mountains and achieve the impossible. What do you expect me to do with these strengths, now ?

Voice : Your strengths will be more needed, than you know.

Me : And just how and where ? 

Voice : At around 29,000 feet, Mount Everest is the highest point on earth. Few people can make it there. 
Even fewer can make it to a place higher than the summit of Everest. I AM at that height !
It will test your courage, tenacity, will power and demand mental toughness and unmatched conviction and here is where you will need all those strengths that I have given you. 

The point is - which climb are you focused on ?