Q&A with Swamiji .....115...Stress

[Guest guest]

Question from Brian :

(Condensed version of his question posted here)

 

Currently in my life I have a lot of stuff going on. The

complication revolves around my skills at working with

"technical"Maya. I'm in high demand because of those skills.

 

Because of my nature I find it hard to say no to these demands

and because of my past successes I find myself drawn in many

directions.

 

My mind is reacting to all this. My body reacts to my mind by

cramping my back muscles and causing me pain. I guess this is stress.

 

I simply don't know what to do with it all.

 

I'm trying to say, "Okay God, as you wish." And I just keep trying

to do my best to accomplish what I can.

 

I just want to know if there's a way to let go of the stress while I

do that.Why must I feel badly about doing my best? Why can't I just

let it go, why must it tie my muscles in knots? Why can't I really

mean it, when I say it?

 

Swamiji's response :

 

Because you care!

 

Now let's reorganize our priorities, so we put less emphasis on the

mundane.

 

Take my love.

[Guest guest]

Namaste Swamiji,

 

The word mundane is highly subjective. From god's perspective everything is

mundane, from mine, nothing is. I see purpose in everything.

 

Maybe I need to be a better sadhu. I need to be more efficient. Maybe I need to

find a perspective somewhere between the little me (ego) and the big me

(consciousness) and hang out there for a while. Maybe that's what you mean by

focusing on the less mundane things.

 

At any rate, just talking about my stress made it all but disappear. Once I put

it before Lord Shiva, it seemed to become less important. Or maybe I just

recognized that compared to you, it is unimportant.

 

Thank you very much,

 

Brian

 

PS Thanks Latha!

 

 

"In the begining, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very

angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch

Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Radio Program.

 

--- On Wed 08/11, Latha Nanda < lathananda > wrote:

Latha Nanda [ lathananda]

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:43:03 -0000

Q&A with Swamiji .....115...Stress

 

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