Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 FREEDOM FROM UNHAPPINESS Do you resent doing what you are doing? Are you carrying unspoken resentment toward a person close to you? Maybe you are being taken advantage of, maybe the activity you are engaged in is tedious, and maybe someone close to you is dishonest and irritating. But all this is immaterial. Whether your thought and emotions about the situation are justified or not makes no difference. The fact is that you are making the present moment into enemy. You are creating unhappiness, and causing conflict between the inner and the outer. Your unhappiness is not only polluting your inner being and of those around you but also the collective human psyche of which you are an inseparable part. Either stop doing what you are doing, or speak to the person concerned and express fully what you feel, and drop the negativity that your mind has created around the situation, as this serves no purpose whatsoever except to strengthen a false sense of self. Recognizing its futility is important. Negativity is never the optimum way of dealing with any situation. You can drop negativity by recognizing that you don't want to suffer the pain or carry the burden any more and then letting go of it.(Source: The Power of Now by Ekhart Tolle) prof laxmi narain (prof_narain) Source and courtesy: Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad This article was published in Sri Ramana Jyothi, monthly magazine of the Kendram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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