Even if you wish to, even if we want to run away from god, you cannot You cannot It would be just same situation as if the thread of the napkin, wishes to run away from the napkin. The threads have been weaved together to give a shape. And we have this hand towel. Now if the threads begin to think Well anyone can think and if threads begin to think and they wish to go for a ride or just a walk somewhere Why are we always stuck with these other threads, we don't want to live with this napkin. and they revolt and they say okay we are leaving, goodbye, We are going But can the thread leave the napkin? Yes we can say in one way, like if I pull one the thread and hold it, and pull it out. See, I am doing that Now this thread is out of the napkin. But the thread is not out of the cotton. Can you take away the cotton out from this thread? I can break it into two pieces or four or six or eight or ten or millions. Still the thread remains indivisible part of Cotton What is cotton? now, I'm going to use this example to explain you to the the relationship of you, world and God World is just like this napkin, the world is not a napkin, just like a napkin. And there are these threads in it, how many threads would be in this one piece? Thousands, not millions, it should be thousands. So we can pull away one thread out I'm really going to mess up this napkin today. I again pullout one thread out, the napkin still exists, thread still exists and the cotton still exists. Cotton is the thread, cotton is in the napkin When few threads are weaved together, they are binded together, then their is a cloth, but if we begin to, take out one after another after another, all the threads out, then there won't be any napkin left What would be left is, threads and what is in threads, cotton so cotton is the base from which the threads has come, from which From the threads napkin has come right? So we can say, everything has come from God. We are just like threads, and all the threads have been weaved together that is, "samsara" You, your parents, sister, brother, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, or all these relatives Well in English we don't have specific names for all relatives, we have just aunts and uncles. That's it In Hindi, Punjabi, we have bua, chachi, massi, how you'll pronounce them in English? So everyone becomes aunt Right? All these people, all these individuals are just like threads, and all threads are coming from cotton if a thread says that I don't want to be a part of the cotton, then there is no way possible, that the thread can separate itself from the cotton, but a thread can definitely, pull itself out of the networking of this napkin, so we the individuals souls have this option either to be stuck with this Napkin with this samsara with other threads or we move inwards and we recognize who we are and we know that our real relationship is with if a thread thinks and a thread would say, that my relationship is with cotton. But we think the individual self, the individual soul, then we can say, that our real relationship is with god. Now we don't have to strike a relationship, the relationship is already there We just have to see it, we just have to feel it, We just have to experience it, we just have to explore it and all spiritual practices are meant to do this only When we combine two things together then there is a possibility of breaking When we combine two things together Then there is a certainty of getting separated But if there is one thing only Then there is no breakage and bondage I and god aren't two different things which we have to join and even if we try to conjoin, then there will be a possibility of getting separated at some time but if my 'swaroop', my real identity and true self Is god only joining in that and breakage both will not be applied Those who say, that we are away from god or detached from god it sound the same, if the thread starts saying that I'm away from the cotton. Is it possible, not possible A gold ornament cannot be separated from gold. Can it be? Not possible. There was a saint from UP He used to say a Doha ' jewar dhunde sone ko, kapda dhunde sut ' ' Jeev dhunde brahma ko, teeno ut k ut ' The ornament is searching, where is the gold? made up of gold but still looking for... where is gold. and And the cloth is looking for... where is the cotton? Means cotton from which it is made from The cloth goes to search for the cotton Same way the human goes to find god. Says... all three of them are stupid. Say again ' Jewar dhunde sone ko ' ' kapda dhunde sut ' ' Jeev dhunde brahma ko, teeno ut k ut ' So the master is correcting the stupid ones So who doesn't have a master in his life, He is stupid only Do you know what is 'ut' spoiled spoiled, notorious, stupid, senseless not humane Who corrects the spoiled ones, only the master I'll tell you about 'Fareed', Baba Shekh Fareed when he was not renowned and people didn't know him as a saint, he was known as Fareed, one day he said, once he was going to Masjid from his house, and bumped into a man, so he was walking in his own jolly mood and in own inner meditative state eyes were inside, not outside, must have been a mistake, so they collided So the other person was very he must be angry from his home may be he was not fed didn't get breakfast or have got scolded Because everyone in this world is tormented by someone, this is a fact This society is doing this only, you torment me and I'll torment you. The frustration of work, business or job, father vomits it out on mother, mother vomits her frustration further on her kids, and the kids vomits out their frustration on each other, either by pulling hairs or beating by shoes. release out our frustration So we are transferring our anger to one another If someday, like someone meet who is very angry can be a teacher your master or your bus driver, or your servant or your parents or siblings. red with anger and hurling abuses. In this situation if you remembered these words of mine, this knowledge you remembered that the person who is getting irritated, because when someone gets angry, he is also getting affected. He is also getting disturbed Now he is showing his problem, so if a somebody's stomach is aching, should we get angry with him or should we help him? Should give some medicine to him If stomach is aching then we always give sympathy to the person, arrange medicines for him. The same way take anger as brain's pain, mind's ache. Mind's stomach is aching Such person who is in anger means he is in a problem. By seeing his problem you must be polite, or you should too make a new issue inside you and cause more disturbance to the one who is already disturbed Just think you have a thorn in your foot, and someone says, let's walk. It will be difficult for you. You'll say, let me first take the thorn out The same way, if there is a thorn of anger in someone's mind, then he is in a problem. So help him, so that he can remove his thorn. Same way when you get angry sometimes, you too wound yourself from this thorn of anger. See where your desire doesn't get fulfilled, you'll get angry This is my wish, fulfill it. If you won't, your mom doesn't listen or dad doesn't listen siblings don't listen Friends don't listen You get angry So what is its treatment? You are angry, wherever you will go, you'll take out your anger on others And whom you'll get angry with, he'll take out anger on you. And then you both will take out anger on someone else. It is not a good thing. If you get angry what will you do? I'll kill, tear or break What will you do if you get angry? It's matter of thinking, in anger whosoever you are angry with, anger is in your mind, You are getting troubled Actually, if you are in problem, you think how can the other person be in peace, now I will trouble him also This is a cruel thing. You should not be this cruel. If you get stuck with a thorn of anger, treat it then. There are two ways to treat sit back and think over the whole situation, and think from the other perspective of the other person, the other person was angry, or upset on you. May be the other person is suffering because of some reason. The way you like to listen to good things, In the same way he also likes listening to something good for himself May be someone had said something bad to him, that's why he is angry and now he is troubling me. Either I can break this chain of with intelligence, or I may extend this chain forward. What should I do now? Being wise... I should break this chain right there This would be sign of your wisdom That you have stopped the chain of anger there only. So what? Being cool always works. If the other person is very angry, and at that time you remain calm and give him a chance to vomit out his anger, once you'll be empty then have a talk. Should never make an angry person understand something. He'll beat you even more Let the angry man, do whatever he is doing at the moment Just be cool wait for the right time. For how long someone will stay angry? I remember once, infront of our home 2 ladies started fighting. Neighbors began to fight They shouted so much, and shouted in so... hurled abuses. This drama went on for 2 hours They got tired while speaking and what happened next, their husbands too got angry They too started fighting Voices were raised, even more... this drama was even more Then all the other neighbors came out and made them understand So the one who came to sort the matter, he hurled abuses at him too, now he started fighting with him Now the scene went like this that fifty people were fighting there Fifty people are hurling abuses at one another and it was in continuation Meantime, our Neighbor, an old lady was there tall and built and sharp tone and everyone used to respect her also heard so much of the chaos so she came out, what happened, She didn't ask anyone about the fight, what happened, what's the reason, nothing. She just came their and stood. In her heavy thundering voice She said, you fools, shut up. when everyone heard her speaking like this, all were in shock Because everyone used to respect her. She was so well built and strong lady and was empressive lady so everyone got silent and when she asked what happened, who did and nobody uttered a word. some went from here, some from there and alone she stood there, what happened, what was the drama which was going on, tell me there was no matter at all and mostly there is no matter at all By our ego get upset without any reason and when we get upset we are so bad that we can't live without troubling others.
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