Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 Q. I have no peace of mind. Something prevents it - probably my destiny. A. What is destiny ? There is no destiny, Surrender and all will be well. Throw all the responsibility on God. Do not bear the burden yourself. What can destiny do to you then? Note : The questioner is a lady - a maharani - in great mental distress. Bhagavan is touched. He gives the solace that everything is borne by God, and on Him all one's burden should be laid through surrender. This appears to play a tune different from the previous answer, where the worship of God has been recommended. Here the tune is ' surrender', which amounts practically to the same thing as worship through contemplation. Contemplation or meditation is also surrender; for relinquishing all thoughts but that of the meditation is relinquishing the whole world. In fact cessation of thinking is the greatest of all surrender. Although meditation can be sustained for only a limited time every day, it becomes very powerful if repeated daily for years. By 'there is no destiny ' Bhagavan does not mean that there is no prarabdha: we are all agreed that there is , but his meaning is that once we surrender genuinely and truly, prarabdha will pass us by unnoticed : it will work itself out while our mind is immersed in its thought of God. After all destiny is as insentient as the body and thus has no power over the mind unless the mind has fallen an object prey to its own thoughts and emotions, like that of the common man. -- Sri Ramana Maharshi Hari Aum !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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