And this 10 year old kid asked me a question He said, "Gurumaa, when I sit to do my mantra, why does my mind think about the school at that time?" A 10 year old kid is asking that why doesn't my mind stay with the mantra and why do I keep thinking about the school The 10 year old kid who has understood that he must sit down to do his prayers and meditation, that he must sit down to do his Pranayama And when he has days off on Saturday and Sundays, then these kids do Yog Nidra They live in Canada, in Toronto and Vancouver and they are all doing this, they are following all these practices And they are doing wonderful in their studies, the parents have no complaints And I have some children who were fighting with me - that we are so waiting, we were waiting that once we will be 12 years then we can join the youth camp - and now you have changed the age to 14 I said, "but I had to". They said, "then I will have to wait for next more 2 years?" "How will I come to the meditation retreat, you have made it two years late for me" "I was counting since I was 8 years old that I will go at 12 but now have have delayed it for 2 more years" I said, "Don't worry, we will keep another programme for kids where 10 to 14 years olds can come." But now for those children who have become an adult, what to do about them? My mothers, now only you will have to pray for them That some event or someone inspires them to change their track That is the only thing left We can mould their brains and minds when they are younger Once they have this independent thinking then you cannot do anything for them, other than praying! Question is "How should an individual deal with hardships in life and still maintain their peace of mind?" I would say- you know, let's reverse this whole question and make it an answer I will read the question again and you just watch how we will twist it and this question will become an answer Question is "how should an individual deal with hardships in life and still maintain their peace of mind?" I am now reversing it By maintaining the peace of mind, the individual can deal with the hardships of life Every lock has a key dear, the lock is made after the key gets made The questions arises later; the answer already exists We say, how to deal with the hardships in life and maintain the peace of mind? I will say, you just maintain the peace of mind and you won't even feel the hardships Understand it like this: Once I was in Mumbai - And I said, the local train is very famous here and I want to travel in a local train They said, "no, no, no, you can't go!" I said, "why?" They said, "It's too crowded and when we reach the platform to get on the train, we stand facing the direction where the train will come from" "and with the pushing of the crowd, we get inside the train" "When the time comes to get off the train, we face the door, just turn around - rest it is like a sandwich" "and as soon as the door opens, we get off the train with the crowd that's going out" I said, "this is quite easy - it's just about facing the right direction" These pushes actually become the means to make you reach your destination What a great thing! Similarly, I am saying; when life pushes you (to the corner), just turnaround facing the Ishwara - the same push will actually benefit you! For example, one person lost his job He lost his job so he emailed me that my job is gone and I don't know when I will get a new one - So, what should I do? I said, "come to the ashram for 2 months, do sewa here, learn yoga asanas and pranayama- since now you have time!" So he came He was in bliss here, he enjoyed a lot because that's what we do in Ashram We grow our, you know, vegetables. We have farms, we grow our own vegetables and we have our own wheat and rice crops which we are growing We have lot of gardens too, so grass to mow, flowers to sow the seeds and to do the pruning and then the food is cooked and the food is to be served And it's such a great pleasure to serve everybody, you know, serve everybody Serve everybody, cook - serve, do yoga asanas and Pranayama Meditate morning and evening, do Yog Nidra in between- so 2 months passed like that In the third month, he got a job. He said, "I got a job, what should I do?" I said, "go and work now" Now see, he lost his job so he could cried and become unhappy about that But he used another way, he utilized that time in Sadhana (disciplined practice) Once I got a similar letter from Melbourne, "what should I do, I lost my job and I am in great distress" "How will I eat?" I said, "there are a lot of Gurdwaras in Melbourne, so do one thing" "Do sewa in the Gurdwara the whole day, listen to Kirtan and Path, clean the utensils, mop the floors, do Guru sewa and serve the people coming there" "Just go there" There will be no problem of food, you will get the Langar And if you do sewa properly, someone will definitely notice that this person is doing sewa with so much love, so, that will be even better for you You will make new friends with good people, so go to the Gurdwara and he started going I got another letter from him in one and a half month - "I have got a better job". I said, "This is called the Baba Ji's full grace!" Enjoy! Some said, "the house is big, I can't pay the mortgage". I said, "give the house back to the bank, get a small flat, what's the problem?" "Don't bring your pride into it" He said, "I can't even afford a car". I said, "even better, there is Bus with number 11 that Ishwara gave you- walking, walking" And then there are public buses; why do you need a car? He said, "this is really good, otherwise half the time I was worried about parking" The other day, I was in the car and Usha was getting phone calls, so she was talking on the speaker phone People were asking about Satsang, that where it is? She said that it's in Haze, they asked if parking is available there? So every time, she said, there is a lot of parking, don't worry - huge lot for parking, don't worry, don't worry, don't worry! Parking, parking, parking! Now if you travel by bus, are you worried about parking? Only people with cars are worried, are those using a bus worried? Travel by a bus, train, or tube and walk the remaining distance Your health will be good, legs will be good, your muscles will get exercise, no stress of parking You won't have spend any money and you don't need to pay the bank loan every month Isn't it beneficial if you don't have a car Learn to see things in this light then nothing can bother you We become very comfortable in everything I have a few disciples who have come from India- especially for the Satsang and they also wanted to see London It happened so that they didn't get their luggage- like it often happens with Airlines They didn't get their luggage So, for two days, they were without any luggage They said, "it was a good experience and now we understood how Sadhus live in one set of clothes" I said, "don't say that you lived in one set of clothes because you used your credit cards and bought new things - you got a chance to do new shopping!" So no complaints at all You came in old clothes and will go back in new ones, isn't that a good thing? Some people are habitual of crying - Nothing can be done about them So, stop this habit of crying - don't cry Once a woman started crying as soon as she met me. I was like, "O Lord, what did I do"? I had to ask, "why are you crying?". She said, "Oh! I have met you after several years". I said, "what is there to cry for - you should rejoice!" Dance - be happy, why are you crying? But people are used to crying Have you ever seen when there is a wedding or a birthday celebration in your home, there also you'll have a relative who will start crying If you ask them, "why are you crying", they say, "if so and so were alive, they would have loved this" Come on! Let the dead be dead! Enjoy the ones who are alive and well here, why are you cribbing about those who have died, who are not even present in their body? So, please change this habit of crying As such there is no trouble But we create them with our own thinking and then we sit down and cry Stop crying! Whatever is happening - take along a Mantra today - I am not making you a disciple with this Mantra but this is the Mantra for life And the Mantra is - it will be good if you repeat after me Whatever is happening is good, and whatever, it will happen will be good It's not difficult, right? This Mantra fits for everyone Whatever is happening is good, whatever will happen will be good - tell me what's the trouble? What more difficulty is left now? Wow - absolutely correct, rightly said! Rightly said! Keep doing your Sadhana (disciplined spiritual practice) with continuity Maintain your love for Ishwara. There are two things in this world that never change Lord's attributes never change and the deceitful nature of the world never changes Your own body will deceive you A Punjabi woman came to meet me, she sat down but when she wanted to get up she couldn't so she blurted out "I curse these knees!" In Punjabi language, it means "I curse these knees" She just blurted it out, so she said, "sorry, sorry, sorry I used this language in front of you" I said, "you didn't say anything wrong" But see, she is cursing her own knees - she can't get up and walk A time comes, when the eyes can't see, ears can't listen, stomach can't digest anything and the heart just keeps longing So, the body deceived you, right? It is deceiving you And one day, it will deceit you in such a way that the Prana (life force) will leave this body Who can be more deceitful than this! So, when your own body is deceitful; then if a friend or your spouse, relatives, kids or your company or boss deceives you, you shouldn't be surprised This is their nature! By nature, world is not trustworthy And by nature, Lord alone is trustworthy - so please make your choices correct You put your faith is world and then you get deceived and then you cry And you don't put your faith in Lord, and hence you cry You put your faith in the wrong place You put your faith where you shouldn't and where you should put it, you don't! And if you put your faith at the right place, then remember, no difficulty can ever come in your life Because whenever difficulty will come, you will say "this was your nature, what else would you do?" Lord never leaves us and the world never keeps us No one will keep you forever As soon as Prana leaves the body, they will pack you up - Ah! It's really good in England - Funeral home services - it's a very nice concept Meaning, they don't trust whether their kids will give them a good funeral service or not so they arrange it themselves After this, how can you say that your children love you a lot? Remove the blindfold of ignorance from your eyes and look - no one is yours other than Lord! No one is yours! But we trust the world so much that we don't even want to see this reality This is a Bhajan - please listen to it May my Lord is never displeased with me, let the entire world be displeased Even if the entire world is displeased with me May my Lord is never displeased with me, let the entire world be displeased I am yours and you are mine May my love grows for you immensely Without you, the entire world is dark Let the entire world is displeased with me Without you, the entire world is dark Even if the entire world is displeased with me - May my Lord is never displeased with me
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