Positive Aids to Peace of Mind - Believe Utterly in the Unreality of the World

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23. Believe Utterly in the Unreality of the World

 

The fundamental mistake that people without peace of mind make is to

imagine that the whole world is made for their enjoyment and that

everything and everybody in this wide universe should subserve their

individual ends and that the whole world should bend to their plans.

Do not try to extract enjoyment from this world. You can as well

extract nectar from cobra’s fangs! You will meet with disappointment,

frustration, failure, misery. Rather know the world for what it is.

The world is made for your experience, for your evolution. Grow wiser

and spiritually richer with every experience. Experience is

education. Experience is the greatest teacher. It is only the fool

who thinks that this world is made for his pleasure. Says the

scripture: Anityam Asukham Lokam. Asasvatam Duhkhalayam (Impermanent

and joyless, verily, is this world). Read your scriptures with

respect. Ever remember their teachings. Live by their teachings.

There is no other way to peace of mind.

 

Lastly, believe utterly in the unreality of the world. Believe,

because all the seers of yore have proclaimed in no uncertain terms

that the phenomenal world is only a dream world and that phenomenal

experience is only a dream experience. And remember: they said that

only after personally experiencing the unreality of the world and the

Reality of pure consciousness. They were not fools. Nor are you

wiser. Even when confronted with bitter experience, tell

yourself: " All this is unreal. I am Pure Consciousness. I am God. "

 

Harih Om Tat Sat

 

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