HOW TO GET FREE FROM ALL WORRIES AND FEARS AND LIVE HAPPILY?

HOW TO GET FREE FROM ALL WORRIES AND FEARS AND LIVE HAPPILY?

HOW TO GET FREE FROM ALL WORRIES AND FEARS AND LIVE HAPPILY?

HOW TO GET FREE FROM ALL WORRIES AND FEARS AND LIVE HAPPILY?

In this article, I intend to share my learning through own experiences in life regarding my attitude towards worries and fears and how I overcome them effectively.

It was my observation that fear and worries are related to the past and future. 

And the past is over and cannot be undone and corrected. 

Therefore one thing is clear.  It is not going to serve any purpose to think about past.

And regarding future one goes on imagining all the probabilities. One dreams the things happening and they do not happen and hence  gets anxiety,tension and what not.

One of my colleagues had this habit. He used to start imagining about what his boss will remark about his performance,the shortcomings,the anticipated questions and answers, and how he will justify and substantiate his own acts in a a way full of his claim about own sincerity,feelings and what not. Therefore once I explained to him how he was wrong in engaging his mind unnecessarily and wasting his energy and time. Fortunately he understood and mended his ways.

Thus, it was my learning that thinking about future only results in worries, anxiety, and disturbed state of mind.

HOW TO GET FREE FROM ALL WORRIES AND FEARS AND LIVE HAPPILY?

I find there is a strong analogy in this regard with the attitude of a saint. It is worth to observe a saint, his attitude, his approach to life in general etc. See how tension free he always is.

A saint will never speak about his own life,his past life,his parents,his childhood,his background like educational, financial,social. To that extent his mind is free of any agitation. Similarly a saint never speaks of future in his own context. He may speak so about spiritual path, the achievement of transformation in life relating to his followers. As his mind is free of all the worldly botheration, one can find him always happy.

Having avoided to think of the past and worrying about future  is not enough to be happy like a saint.

HOW TO GET FREE FROM ALL WORRIES AND FEARS AND LIVE HAPPILY?

What is the reason one has fears and worries in mind?

The answer is we are very much attached to our collections and relations.

Generally we are entangled in the collections of things and the relations. We are inclined to give so much importance to these two aspects that we utilize our entire life but still we are not having peace of mind.  Happiness is next thing.

All we worry about is what will happen to my family? My assets? And so on.

Another reason can be attributed to the conditioning of one's mind regarding hell and heaven.

It is natural one wants guaranteed place at heaven. No body is prepared even to think of hell.

But what about the bad things one has done or caused to happen knowingly or unknowingly? 

Thus one gets fears and worries. 

Now how to overcome this ?

HOW TO GET FREE FROM ALL WORRIES AND FEARS AND LIVE HAPPILY?

Our sarasar vivek buddhi tells us that one must be able to discrete between truth and untruth, justice and injustice, right and wrong, moral and amoral,love and hatred and so on and adopt the right one in his life so that there is no probability of committing any wrong act leading to bad karma.

At the same time one should respect the supreme values in life like freedom, love,peace, compassion,respect to every living entity on the earth on the way of doing good karma, ie good acts, acts of merit.

Thus one will become Ajat Shatru ie one who has no enemy.

We human are rational and hence superior to animals.  Therefore, we must apply our own sarasar vivek i.e. power of discretion in this regard and adhere to the good values of life while adapting to more practical life.

This approach will enable one to achieve peace of mind and will not have even any trace of fear and worry.

Next time.....