Pain/ Sorrow - Negative Thoughts
- Identity of pain/ sorrow/ fear
- What is pain/ sorrow/ fear?
- Where is the abode of pain/ sorrow/ fear?
- Where is the temporary and permanent address of pain/ sorrow/ fear?
- What is the role of pain/ sorrow/ fear in one's life?
- What is the ultimate goal of pain/ sorrow/ fear?
- What are the factors that cause pain/ sorrow/ fear?
- What are the factors that can help to reduce the pain/ sorrow/ fear?
- What is the only proper remedy to overcome the pain/ sorrow/ fear factor - Unconditional and complete surrendrance of myself to the Almighty Authority.
Everyday, all of us, come across the most familiar terms of our life- pain/ sorrow. Early, as soon as, I wake up in the morning and get along with the daily core activities of my life - I start feeling Pain within myself. The pain is not in the arm or leg or elsewhere in any physical organ i.e. the pain is not physical but it's mental. Somewhere, in my mind or in my heart, I start feeling the pain or sorrow or rather fear. In our lives, we face pain/ sorrow due to two basic activities - firstly, due to our actions done in the past and secondly, due to the actions being done in the present time i.e. the actions performed by us in our everyday moments.
For a layman, like you and me, pain is the worst feeling in one's life. We, ourselves have made pain so common in our lives that pain has replaced salt in our daily meals. Now, instead of adding adequate quantity of salt in our everyday meals, what we do? We add sometimes more, sometimes less Pain in our meals - either at the time of cooking, our mothers do or at the time of eating, we ourselves do.
The above means- pain has caught hold of all our small bits of happiness. In earlier times, we all used to put efforts to spend time with our family members - sharing our good or bitter experiences. The time spent together was enough to be happy for all the family members. But today, pain has replaced our togetherness. All family members due to some or other issues are filled with sorrow and pain. So, instead of spending quality time with our family members, we feel relaxed being alone/ aloof. Being alone - with our pain/ stress/ tension/ mental irritation.
In today's era, the pain causing factors are simply endless. Even a Nursery class child says he/ she has so much of task to do that he / she is filled with tension. At home, his mother gives work to do; in school, his teacher gives daily class work and homework; his music teacher tells him to practise all musical traits on daily basis. So, the nursery class child is fully occupied - mentally and says He is having so much of tension. Listen to Mom, Obey your teacher, Respect your grandma, etc.
If we talk about elders, imagine every moment spent and every task started with or accomplished with - gives pain accompanied with stress, tension and finally Sorrow.
If the task ends up well, sorrow gets transformed to Peace, Happiness, Bliss. This gets possible when we combine - the work started & accomplished by us - with the Divine virtues and powers of the Almighty Authority.
Explanation :
How to get rid of pain in the present (by our present actions):The moment we assign any piece of work to ourselves, immediately surrender that particular work to the Almighty Authority. As discussed, we are mere players in the hands of the Almighty Authority. It is God, who makes us to complete His Piece of Work - we need to remind this to ourselves every moment. We say, I am doing my work or I have a lot of work to do for myself and my family or at the workplace. Let's correct ourselves - it's not my piece of work to do - it's God's piece of work which he wants to be done by me; God wants me or rather God has appointed me to accomplish his this particular piece of work. Eg. If I am working as a Teacher in any one of the schools in the city. But I never wanted to work as a Teacher in any school, still under some circumstances, I am performing the task of/ role of a Teacher in that particular school. Why am I doing something which I never wanted to do? Why am I agreeing to the wish of Almighty - to work as a Teacher in that school? The answer to first question is - We are mere players in the hands of the Almighty. What to do, when to do, where to do, how to do - all depends on the Almighty - how He wants his work to be accomplished and by whom. The reply to second question is - I am agreeing to the wish of the Almighty because I am fully surrendered to Him unconditionally. I want to do only that piece of work which the Almighty wants me to do irrespective of my choice, my interest, my ability or my need or necessity. The moment I perform the task which God wants me to do - it forms a positive action for my life. On the other hand, the moment I disagree to perform a particular piece of work assigned for me by the Almighty - I react to that situation instead of silent acceptance for the action - this forms a negative action for my life. This present action (rather reaction) for declining (not accepting) the work forms the reason or cause for pain/ sorrow in the future actions of my life.Here is a flowchart to show the method - how to overcome/ lessen the pain or sorrow created by our own actions being done in the present time/ present moment of our life.
Steps to be followed unconditionally to get rid of pain/
sorrow (in our present day actions) :
CONCLUSION-
Before beginning with any work / new work, I remind
myself – I am a
Knowledgeful Soul. Then, I start a work, continue with the work,
finally complete the work. Whatever is the end result- is as decided by
God because with utmost faith
& belief, I had surrendered the work & it's successful result to the
Almighty. To
be more practical, I have done the work of the Almighty so the end result is His
concern. Let me be at peace internally. I am A Peaceful Soul!
I am A Pious Soul.In case, the work ends up with a negative result,
RELAX, it's God's wish to have a negative effect of that particular work
on few people who perceive the result of the action directly and
immediately. But, to be very sure, the end result of the work in due course of time will be most fruitful
and sweetest for all and everyone in the whole universe. We are well
acquainted with Nature’s Law which says – Every act on this Earth is for the benefit of all- today or
tomorrow. The manner & time of benefit differs for one and all.
Maybe, today the result is good for me, for someone it’s not equally beneficial
today but definitely, it’ll prove beneficial in the future time for one and
all. For this, the divine
virtues of patience, humility, knowledge with immense faith & love for God
is required.
So, Relax, even if the work ends up with any Negative
outcome, God will take care of the same provided you
whole-heartedly surrendered the work & it’s outcome to the Almighty without
any feeling of selfishness for yourself. Remember, complete unconditional
surrendrance to God is mandatory else, you have to again suffer the pain / sorrow – even if the
result ends up with a positive outcome. Why? Why will I suffer if the result
ends positively, in that case I would be the happiest for accomplishing the
task successfully. Because,
the end result of the work is not as per God’s wish. I could not
complete the work in the manner as God wanted me to do, I added my own thoughts
to the work which acted as impurity to the work and the end result varied from
that as God wanted / expected. The expected result would be beneficial
for all creatures of the Universe but
the result which I brought would be beneficial only to a handful people
– only to those people whom we love, we know and we are aware of.
Trust God
Love God
Believe God
Have Faith on God
God is on Earth
God is taking care of all things
God is saving us from all miseries.
