See ! there are many good messages in the Gita. I will share with you one of the messages. There is a description of austerities, of which one is the austerity of the mind. The first thing mentioned in the austerity of mind is –
“Manah prasaadah”
Cheerfulness of the mind !
See there is lot of difficulty in doing austerities, you have to stay hungry, you have to forebear heat and cold weather. Remaining cheerful in unfavorable circumstances is an austerity. Among austerities, it is an austerity of the mind, and in the austerity of the mind it is particularly about remaining cheerful. Remaining cheerful is a great austerity.
I want to tell you all that you abide by this point. Everything will be wonderful. Joyfulness and bliss all the time! A saint ever rejoices. He is delighted all the time. Cheerfulness is a divine gift. Remaining always joyful. Remaining cheerful all times is an austerity. It is so delightful. Keeping your feelings pure and untainted is an austerity of the mind. To remain ever cheerful is an austerity of the mind. Therefore remain happy in all situations and circumstances.
See ! I am sharing an important point. This pleasure and pain, favorable and unfavorable situations, they come and go. In those things that come and go, what is there to be happy and what is there to be sad ? I reiterate – for that which comes and goes away, what to become happy and what to become sad ?
You remain as is ! You stay all the time. Now all brothers and sisters, pay attention ! When favorable or unfavorable situations arise, I tell you to remember just one point – “Manah Prasaadah” (Let your mind be ever cheerful). That is it. Cheerfulness of mind ! Ever joyful state !
Pleasure and pain come and go. Favorable and unfavorable situations come and go. Sometimes favorable, sometimes unfavorable. Sometimes good, sometimes not so good. Such things go on happening. Now what is there to cry in these ? and what is there to laugh ?
Sometimes day comes, sometimes night comes, once again day comes. It is the kind to come and go. Now what to become happy and what to become sad ? Becoming happy and sad in these changing situations is a big mistake.
Samatvam Yog Uchyate
It is Gita’s Yog (Union).
To remain equanimous at all times. Stay Silent ! Stay Blissful ! Stay Joyful ! This is Yog (union). To remain ever joyful.
Stay happy all the time ! and you will be freed from death and rebirth. What a great thing ? What immense benefits. Now what to be pleased in this ? Money comes, then so be it, if money goes away, then so be it. What has gone away of yours ? You (Self) remain as-it-is. It is a misconception to think that money has gone away. It is the kind of thing to come and go. It is not the kind to stay. It will not stay put in one place. Tell me any one of you. Does sorrow (pain) stay all the time ? Is there anyone who is in pain all the time ? You wont find one person who is in pain all the time. Or one who is happy for several years at a time. Yes, you may find a saint, or a great soul who is always happy.
A saint is blissful all the time. For a saint it is DIWALI all the time, twenty-four hours in the day, and everyday. Forever ! What a great thing ! He is in bliss and bliss at all times. Such Joy ! Simply bliss ! Why should there be any sorrow ?
If someone dies, well and good. If someone is born, well and good ! If fever comes, well and good, if it goes away, well and good. None of these will stay constantly. Neither pleasure nor pain stays constantly. It simply doesn’t stay. It doesn’t have the power to stay.
Now accept only one thing today itself ! that whatever happens, is auspicious ! Is divine ! The end result will be good !
Simply remain joyful ! Do good work, do things that benefit others. Do this and see for yourself. You will be at peace. This is my genuine elixir. It is the kind to get rid of all diseases. Now be joyful ! Be in bliss ! Simply experience the Joy !
Narayan ! Narayan ! Narayan !
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