Questioner : I pray to God and ask for His grace so that I may become free from worries. That is why I keep
repeating His name. Through this medium I make spiritual
progress. In spite of that, I have still not experienced the God
that resides within me.
Dadashri : How can you experience Him? You cannot experience anything amidst your worries. Experience (of God) and worrying are never together. You will have the experience once these worries disappear.
Questioner : How can these worries end?
Dadashri : Your worries will cease by staying in this satsang. Have you ever come to the satsang before?
Questioner : I go to satsang elsewhere.
Dadashri : If you attend a satsang but continue to have worries then you should leave that satsang and find a satsang where your worries will cease. Your worries must end if you are in a right satsang.
Questioner : I feel at peace only as long as I am sitting there.
Dadashri : No. That is not called peace. There is no peace in it. That kind of peace can be found even while we are listening to idle chatter. Real peace should be with you forever. How can you go to the satsang where you continue to have worries? You have to tell the one conducting the satsang, ‘Sir, I worry, therefore I will not be coming to your satsang, or give me some kind of ‘medicine’ so that I don’t have worries.’
Questioner : My mind is never at ease anywhere, whether I am at the office or at home.
Dadashri : You go to the office to work for your wages. You have obligations to your household so you cannot run away from it. Simply leave the satsang where your worries persist. Look for another satsang and keep on searching for a satsang, which will end all your worries. Have you been to any other satsang?
Questioner : But we have been told that God is within us and we will get peace from within and that we are to stop looking elsewhere.
Dadashri : Yes, that is true.
Questioner : But we do not experience the God within us at all.
Dadashri : You cannot experience God in the presence of worries. If there are worries, then whatever experience you may already have will disappear. Worry is the greatest ego. God asks, “Why are you being egoistic? If you are, you are not welcome here.” A person who believes, “I am running this, I am doing it,” will suffer from worries. The person, who does not have faith in God, will be the one who worries.
Questioner : I have faith in God.
Dadashri : If you truly had faith in God, you would leave everything to him and sleep soundly. Who would worry like that? So, have faith in God. Wouldn’t God be listening to a little of what you are saying? Do you have to worry at all after your meal? Do you worry whether the digestive juices or enzymes are being released or not? Do you worry whether new blood will be made and the waste eliminated? There is so much going on inside of you that requires care, and yet you worry about what is happening on the outside. God is doing all the great work inside, and all the outside work is minor in comparison to this. You claim that you are doing all the work, so naturally God will feel bad! Worries arise because of this ego of ‘doership’. The person, who worries, is egoistic. Leave everything to God for one week and stop worrying. Then one day come to me, and I will help you realize God, so that your worries will be gone forever.
Dadashri : How can you experience Him? You cannot experience anything amidst your worries. Experience (of God) and worrying are never together. You will have the experience once these worries disappear.
Questioner : How can these worries end?
Dadashri : Your worries will cease by staying in this satsang. Have you ever come to the satsang before?
Questioner : I go to satsang elsewhere.
Dadashri : If you attend a satsang but continue to have worries then you should leave that satsang and find a satsang where your worries will cease. Your worries must end if you are in a right satsang.
Questioner : I feel at peace only as long as I am sitting there.
Dadashri : No. That is not called peace. There is no peace in it. That kind of peace can be found even while we are listening to idle chatter. Real peace should be with you forever. How can you go to the satsang where you continue to have worries? You have to tell the one conducting the satsang, ‘Sir, I worry, therefore I will not be coming to your satsang, or give me some kind of ‘medicine’ so that I don’t have worries.’
Questioner : My mind is never at ease anywhere, whether I am at the office or at home.
Dadashri : You go to the office to work for your wages. You have obligations to your household so you cannot run away from it. Simply leave the satsang where your worries persist. Look for another satsang and keep on searching for a satsang, which will end all your worries. Have you been to any other satsang?
Questioner : But we have been told that God is within us and we will get peace from within and that we are to stop looking elsewhere.
Dadashri : Yes, that is true.
Questioner : But we do not experience the God within us at all.
Dadashri : You cannot experience God in the presence of worries. If there are worries, then whatever experience you may already have will disappear. Worry is the greatest ego. God asks, “Why are you being egoistic? If you are, you are not welcome here.” A person who believes, “I am running this, I am doing it,” will suffer from worries. The person, who does not have faith in God, will be the one who worries.
Questioner : I have faith in God.
Dadashri : If you truly had faith in God, you would leave everything to him and sleep soundly. Who would worry like that? So, have faith in God. Wouldn’t God be listening to a little of what you are saying? Do you have to worry at all after your meal? Do you worry whether the digestive juices or enzymes are being released or not? Do you worry whether new blood will be made and the waste eliminated? There is so much going on inside of you that requires care, and yet you worry about what is happening on the outside. God is doing all the great work inside, and all the outside work is minor in comparison to this. You claim that you are doing all the work, so naturally God will feel bad! Worries arise because of this ego of ‘doership’. The person, who worries, is egoistic. Leave everything to God for one week and stop worrying. Then one day come to me, and I will help you realize God, so that your worries will be gone forever.
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