Guest guest Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Dear friends and devotees, Bhakti is eternal. Share the wisdom of His holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji 5. FEAR Because fear in love standing upside down, everything that can be interpreted with love can also be interpreted with fear. A child clinging to its mother can be understood in both ways –the child clings out of love, or out of fear. This primal instinct of fear can be totally transformed through awareness of Divine love. Fear is an impression of the past reflecting the future of the present. When people deny fear, they become egocentric; when they recognize and accept fear they go beyond it –they become free from it. Total lack of fear is possible only in utter chaos or in utmost orderliness. Neither a saint nor a fool has fear, but everywhere in between there is fear. Fear is essential to preserve orderliness in the world. It’s a primal instinct. Fear of death preserves life. Fear of wrong maintains right. Fear of sickness encourages hygiene. Fear of misery makes you righteous. A child has a pinch of fear so it is careful and alert while walking. A pinch of fear is necessary to keep things moving smoothly. Do not try to eliminate fear. Just meditate and know that you are nobody or that you belong to someone special. Whenever a boundary is broken, it creates some fear. This fear creates aversion; this aversion in turn brings you back inside the boundary, and to keep yourself in the boundary, you set up defenses. But when you try to defend your position, it becomes a stress and every time you work to defend your position, it becomes a stress and every time you work to defend your position it makes you weaker. On the path, people use even knowledge as a defense against criticism. Do not use knowledge as a defense. Knowledge is like an umbrella for you – a shelter, not a weapon. Of course some times “do not use knowledge as a weapon” becomes an excuse not to be in knowledge. I say, drop all your defenses. Anyone can make a mistake – even you. Do not defend your mistakes; just accept them and move on. When you are totally defenseless, that is when you will be completely strong. To be contd. . . . 6. With love and regards, Sastry. Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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