Dear,
Let us start with the basic and understand them first.
Who is losing something? If you unnecessarily identify yourself with somebody who has possessions, only then you feel that you are losing something. We will understand a few things.
First, there is no need to take any of your possessions seriously. Because what is really yours can never be taken away. You will be wasting your energy by being serious about it. If there is the fear that you might lose something, then this fear is the proof enough that, ‘that’ thing is external. It is not really yours.
You can lose it for a while. If needed you can be with it, you can interact with it, but you need not claim to posses it, because it is anyway not yours. Had it really been yours, then there was no question of it being taken away, and hence there was no question of feeling afraid. You couldn’t have felt that fear. If you find that you become afraid of losing something, then it is the proof enough that, that thing, or person, or thought, or idea, or relationship, is not yours.
Whatever has come to you will be sooner or later be taken away, and that is not a bad news at all! Because if it is not yours, and it is taken away, how can it be a bad news? It only means that the load is relieved. If you unnecessarily carry some burden from here and there, and now it is gone, then it is a relief. But it appears as bad news, when you take it seriously, when you identify with it, when you feel that your very existence comes from the things that the world has given you.
I am asking you to realize that even if the world takes away everything it has given you, you are still wonderful! And that will give you so much of sureness and lightness. All your fears, all your tensions arise because you are afraid that this or that might be taken away from you. And when it is taken away, then ask yourself, “When was it mine?” Then tell yourself, “It surely came to me in the past. If it can come to me in the past, why must I be surprised if it goes away in the future? Let it go away. It was anyway not mine.”
But this sureness has a precondition. A man who feels that he has nothing, will desperately try to clutch a five-rupee note. A man who feels that he has no money, will desperately try to hold on to an old, five-rupee note. Why will he hold on to that five-rupee note? Because he feels that except this he has nothing, and if somebody comes to him and takes that five-rupee note from him, he will feel bad. He will feel that now he has become worthless. The note can actually be taken away! It’s a five-rupee note, an external thing. Anybody can take it away.
But if that man comes to know that he is a billionaire, and his riches are so secure that nobody can touch them, that he is a multi-billionaire, and his riches are so secure that nobody can touch them, will he still hold on to this five-rupee note? Will he still say, “Sir, whenever I hear you I feel that your words are cruel and dangerous. I feel that something will be taken away”? He will say, “No, I have a great richness within me, and if you want to take this five-rupee note, you can take it away.”
He will not feel bad when five rupees are taken away from him, and he will not feel good when five rupees are given to him. To not to identify with the external, you need to have a great faith in the internal. The question that you must ask yourself now is, “Do I have that faith in the internal?”
Understand this. The ones who have faith within, are never afraid of losing anything outside. They never feel that they can be robbed, or cheated, or deprived. It is not that they cannot be robbed. They can be robbed, but they know that whatever can taken away, is anyway external and petty.
They say-
It’s a simple statement to make, but people find it very difficult. “I am great, irrespective of what I get or what I do not get. I might run in a race. If I win the race, I am great. And even if I lose the race, I am still great. My worth does not depend upon the medal that you give me. I work, and if from that work some money comes, it is wonderful. And if the money does not come, I am still great. I am living a life where others might be looking at me. If others appreciate it, wonderful. If others don’t appreciate it, more wonderful.” Nothing can be taken away from you. Nothing.
Now you won’t feel afraid of the truth. The truth does not give fear. The truth gives unparalleled security.
You see, all of us we want to act cool. Is that not cool? Very, very cool. Ultra cool. “I am always cool. If it is cool outside, I am cool. And even if it is very hot outside, still there is something here (pointing at the head) that remains cool.” This is freedom. And now you won’t be afraid that something might be taken away. Cool! Isn’t it?
“I might lack in skills, I might lack in knowledge, but I am still great.”
Everybody lacks in knowledge.
- Is there anybody who has all the knowledge?
- Is there anybody who has all the skills?
- Is there anybody who can be called a master in any field?
- Is there anybody whose records can never be surpassed? I
- it possible? Is there any peak that can never be climbed again?
- Is there anything that man has done, and that cannot be done better?
“Let nobody come and tell me that I am worthless because I could not achieve this or that.” If there are people around you who keep telling you that you are worthless if you do not achieve this and that, then get rid of those people. They are diseased, and they want to spread their disease.
I am not asking you all to be losers. I am saying, “Whether you are a winner or you are a loser, you are always a winner. A great winner.”
“I am not a loser even if I lose. When I win, then obviously I am a winner. But remember, I am not a loser even when I lose. I am always a winner.” Have this faith within! And this faith is not a cultivated thought. It is not an artificial belief. It is what I just said, “Faith. A deep-deep faith.” And without that faith, life is meaningless. There is nothing in it.
Have you seen a young tree? Do you know what is means to be young?
A young man is the one who does not accept limitations, who casts away influences, who shrugs off all his conditioning. It is the greatest announcement of existence, “I am”. And I keep searching for that young man, for that young woman. Rarely do I find him or her. Rarely!
Such a wasted opportunity – what you are and what have you made of yourself!
SB
Let us start with the basic and understand them first.
Who is losing something? If you unnecessarily identify yourself with somebody who has possessions, only then you feel that you are losing something. We will understand a few things.
First, there is no need to take any of your possessions seriously. Because what is really yours can never be taken away. You will be wasting your energy by being serious about it. If there is the fear that you might lose something, then this fear is the proof enough that, ‘that’ thing is external. It is not really yours.
You can lose it for a while. If needed you can be with it, you can interact with it, but you need not claim to posses it, because it is anyway not yours. Had it really been yours, then there was no question of it being taken away, and hence there was no question of feeling afraid. You couldn’t have felt that fear. If you find that you become afraid of losing something, then it is the proof enough that, that thing, or person, or thought, or idea, or relationship, is not yours.
Whatever has come to you will be sooner or later be taken away, and that is not a bad news at all! Because if it is not yours, and it is taken away, how can it be a bad news? It only means that the load is relieved. If you unnecessarily carry some burden from here and there, and now it is gone, then it is a relief. But it appears as bad news, when you take it seriously, when you identify with it, when you feel that your very existence comes from the things that the world has given you.
I am asking you to realize that even if the world takes away everything it has given you, you are still wonderful! And that will give you so much of sureness and lightness. All your fears, all your tensions arise because you are afraid that this or that might be taken away from you. And when it is taken away, then ask yourself, “When was it mine?” Then tell yourself, “It surely came to me in the past. If it can come to me in the past, why must I be surprised if it goes away in the future? Let it go away. It was anyway not mine.”
But this sureness has a precondition. A man who feels that he has nothing, will desperately try to clutch a five-rupee note. A man who feels that he has no money, will desperately try to hold on to an old, five-rupee note. Why will he hold on to that five-rupee note? Because he feels that except this he has nothing, and if somebody comes to him and takes that five-rupee note from him, he will feel bad. He will feel that now he has become worthless. The note can actually be taken away! It’s a five-rupee note, an external thing. Anybody can take it away.
But if that man comes to know that he is a billionaire, and his riches are so secure that nobody can touch them, that he is a multi-billionaire, and his riches are so secure that nobody can touch them, will he still hold on to this five-rupee note? Will he still say, “Sir, whenever I hear you I feel that your words are cruel and dangerous. I feel that something will be taken away”? He will say, “No, I have a great richness within me, and if you want to take this five-rupee note, you can take it away.”
He will not feel bad when five rupees are taken away from him, and he will not feel good when five rupees are given to him. To not to identify with the external, you need to have a great faith in the internal. The question that you must ask yourself now is, “Do I have that faith in the internal?”
Understand this. The ones who have faith within, are never afraid of losing anything outside. They never feel that they can be robbed, or cheated, or deprived. It is not that they cannot be robbed. They can be robbed, but they know that whatever can taken away, is anyway external and petty.
They say-
- My worth is independent of the respect that you give me.
- My worth is independent of the money that you give me.
- My worth is independent of the qualifications that you accord me.
- My worth is independent of the relationships that I have in the world.
- I stand alone. I do not need support.
It’s a simple statement to make, but people find it very difficult. “I am great, irrespective of what I get or what I do not get. I might run in a race. If I win the race, I am great. And even if I lose the race, I am still great. My worth does not depend upon the medal that you give me. I work, and if from that work some money comes, it is wonderful. And if the money does not come, I am still great. I am living a life where others might be looking at me. If others appreciate it, wonderful. If others don’t appreciate it, more wonderful.” Nothing can be taken away from you. Nothing.
Now you won’t feel afraid of the truth. The truth does not give fear. The truth gives unparalleled security.
You see, all of us we want to act cool. Is that not cool? Very, very cool. Ultra cool. “I am always cool. If it is cool outside, I am cool. And even if it is very hot outside, still there is something here (pointing at the head) that remains cool.” This is freedom. And now you won’t be afraid that something might be taken away. Cool! Isn’t it?
“I might lack in skills, I might lack in knowledge, but I am still great.”
Everybody lacks in knowledge.
- Is there anybody who has all the knowledge?
- Is there anybody who has all the skills?
- Is there anybody who can be called a master in any field?
- Is there anybody whose records can never be surpassed? I
- it possible? Is there any peak that can never be climbed again?
- Is there anything that man has done, and that cannot be done better?
“Let nobody come and tell me that I am worthless because I could not achieve this or that.” If there are people around you who keep telling you that you are worthless if you do not achieve this and that, then get rid of those people. They are diseased, and they want to spread their disease.
I am not asking you all to be losers. I am saying, “Whether you are a winner or you are a loser, you are always a winner. A great winner.”
“I am not a loser even if I lose. When I win, then obviously I am a winner. But remember, I am not a loser even when I lose. I am always a winner.” Have this faith within! And this faith is not a cultivated thought. It is not an artificial belief. It is what I just said, “Faith. A deep-deep faith.” And without that faith, life is meaningless. There is nothing in it.
Have you seen a young tree? Do you know what is means to be young?
- To be young means to not be in doubt, to not be in self-doubt.
- To be young means to be what you are, to be fully expressed, to not be repressed.
- The voice of a young man booms.
- The sureness of a young woman expresses itself.
- A young woman or a young man don’t talk in whisper, they don’t hide their faces.
A young man is the one who does not accept limitations, who casts away influences, who shrugs off all his conditioning. It is the greatest announcement of existence, “I am”. And I keep searching for that young man, for that young woman. Rarely do I find him or her. Rarely!
Such a wasted opportunity – what you are and what have you made of yourself!
- Why have you made this out of yourself? Why?
- Do you have any idea of your greatness?
- Why do you act like a pervert?
- Do you have any idea of the Godliness within you?
- Do you know how big you are?
- Why must you act so cheap?
SB
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