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Guruji's Knowledge Sheet: Seek Comfort In The Self
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Only speak Knowledge. Don't repeat anything that someone tells you or
opinions about anyone that someone states -- "That so-and-so said
such-and-such about you." If someone comes to tell you such things,
discourage them. Don't believe it.
If someone blames you directly, know that they are taking away your
bad karma and let it go. Don't believe in it, and if you're one of the
Guru's close ones, you will take all of the blame of the world with a
smile.
Conflict is the nature of the world; comfort is the nature of the
self. Amidst the conflict seek the comfort.
When you are bored with the comfort, get into the games of the world.
When you are tired of the games of the world, get into the comforts of
the Self. If you are one of the Guru's close ones, you do both
simultaneously. Trying to end conflict prolongs it. Face the conflict by
seeking the comfort of the Self.
God is alive in the world and has been putting up with all the
ongoing conflicts throughout the ages. If God can put up with all the
conflicts, you can too. The moment you agree to be with the conflict,
the conflict disappears.
People who love peace do not want to fight, and those who fight do
not love peace. Those who want peace want to run away. What is needed
here is to be peaceful within and then fight. The whole message of the
Gita is to be peaceful yourself and then fight. Krishna tells Arjuna to
fight but be in peace at the same time. Does this ring a bell?
In the world, you resolve one conflict and another one comes up. For
example, Russia is solved and then Bosnia arises. You make one better,
and then another starts up. Your body gets a cold, then you get better;
then your back hurts, then it gets better. Your body gets better, and
then the mind goes. The world runs like this, isn't it?
Without any intention, misunderstandings happen. It's not up to you
to try to resolve them. Ignore them and be alive.
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- Sri Sri
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Your questions.. Sri Sri answers..
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Q: How can we use our love to transform nature? These days there are lots of natural disasters happening and can we do something to control them or prevent them?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: This will happen slowly. If you start loving trees and plant more trees, it will definitely have an impact. You know, mining is the biggest disaster that we have created. We put so many explosives under the ground and blast them. Earth is a living organism, it is not a dead object. So, if we put in its tummy and blast it, the earth starts shaking more and more, earth quake happens more and more. Mining is the biggest cause of natural disaster that we are creating. And second is cutting off the trees. There is so much attention about tree plantation or about going green, but, nobody is talking about the explosives that we are using for mining. This we have to see.