Vedanta - This Too Shall Pass
SANT RAJINDER SINGH
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One moment, something good happens to us and we are joyful. The next moment, we receive bad news and we start feeling sad. Then, we get a cheque in the mail and we are happy again. Next, on the way home, someone cuts us off on the highway and we are enraged.When we get home and find our children received honours in school, we are overjoyed.Thus, if we select any one day in our life, we will find a variety of moods and emotions playing out.
How are saints and mystics different than us? Saints realise that the soul is eternal and changeless.
Life is a pass ing show and the soul is an observer.
Sometimes we see happy periods and at other times, sad periods. When we identify with the passing illusion or show, we experience ups and downs in life.
Instead of reacting to happy and sad moods as the play of our life unfolds, we can learn to remain calm. We can avoid the ups and downs of life by realising they will all pass. We should, instead, keep our attention on God and spend time daily in meditation. This way , we can remain in a calm state.
Then, like the seeker, we too can experience joy and laughter because we know that whatever happens is but a passing dark cloud that will blow away to leave the skies clear once again.
How are saints and mystics different than us? Saints realise that the soul is eternal and changeless.
Life is a pass ing show and the soul is an observer.
Sometimes we see happy periods and at other times, sad periods. When we identify with the passing illusion or show, we experience ups and downs in life.
Instead of reacting to happy and sad moods as the play of our life unfolds, we can learn to remain calm. We can avoid the ups and downs of life by realising they will all pass. We should, instead, keep our attention on God and spend time daily in meditation. This way , we can remain in a calm state.
Then, like the seeker, we too can experience joy and laughter because we know that whatever happens is but a passing dark cloud that will blow away to leave the skies clear once again.
