Wisdom by Spiritualleader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Q: I am not able to do my sadhana properly because of my job,
but I really want to do it more regularly. What can I do?
Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar:
Alright, I want to ask you a question.
When you have to go for work, do you ever leave without brushing your teeth?
Even if you have a lot of work to do, do you leave without brushing your teeth?
I also had a lot of work to attend to today. I was meeting thousands of people
today since morning. But do you give up drinking water because of so much work?
Suppose today you know you have a lot of
work in the office. Do you simply get out of bed, change into your shirt and
trousers and run off to work? Do you go to the restroom or not before leaving?
If you do not brush your teeth one day, no one will be able to sit near you. So
it is necessary to brush your teeth every day. This is dental hygiene. In the
same way, doing pranayama and meditation every day is mental hygiene.
To free the mind of all stress and to go
to work with a cheerful and happy mind, you need to invest a few minutes every
day for this as well. Take some time out for this. Once it comes into your
routine, then it becomes a part of your day and it does not disturb your
schedule anymore.
No matter how urgent things may be, just
have this firm determination that I will sit for 10 minutes and leave only
after completing my pranayama and meditation. Once you discipline
yourself this way, then that’s all that is needed. Even if you do it just once
in the day, that is good enough. And if by chance you miss it one day, it is
alright; do not worry too much and do it the very next day. But I am not
willing to agree that one does not get time to do this.
See, everyone
has only 24 hours at their disposal. One who works in a job too has only 24
hours, and even the Prime Minister has only 24 hours for himself. Both of them
feel that there isn’t enough time. How much we are able to do and achieve in
the time we have is a measure of our skilfulness.
Q: My dear Gurudev, we often commit mistakes and when we do so,
you punish us. But when we do not realize that it was a mistake, what do we do?
Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar:
Listen, I do
not punish anyone. I do no such thing at all. You simply bear the effect of
what you did. That’s all. There is cause and effect. If you overeat too much
food, then I will not punish you. It is you who will get a tummy ache, or you
get diarrhoea or constipation. That is the effect of what you ate. Got it? I
would say, learn from your mistakes and move ahead. Do not sit and keep
cribbing or brooding over it. Where is the time to turn behind and cry over
what is past? Look forward and march forward.
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