Posted on 08.05.2023 08:53
We have literature handed down to us of 2,500 years ago. If you read the biographies of great personalities and seers you will see how much tolerance they had. They were often abused and criticized. Sometimes, they were even punished or assaulted, yet they never got stressed or tense. If tension is the nature of the man, then we could say Bhagavan Mahaveer's life would have been the most stressful. History recounts that many people insulted him, used bad words in his presence, and made him suffer, yet he kept himself free of tension. See the life of Krishna, Rama, Nanak, Samarth Ramdas, etc. How much abuse and uncultured behaviour they had to face! Did they ever react by losing their peace of mind? A person who has held his emotions in check does not get agitated because of others’ misbehaviour. Who are those who get tense? It can be said that those whose emotions are not in control get tension.In the present generation it is commonplace for one's mood to go awry. Even a small child will say: "I am in a bad mood." Both men and women face this problem. You will find very few people whose mood does not go off. Why? This happens because they have no control over their passions. The very first step in Preksha Meditation is to learn how to control our emotions. After the session of Preksha Meditation people say in general that they have got peace of mind, happiness and goodness. That this happens is a sure fact, but these are mere formal truths. In fact, the point, which we need to focus on, is to gain control over our emotions and passions. If we do not aspire to reach this point, it is worthless to practice Preksha Meditation.
Nowadays, there are many ways to manage stress. Many seminars and workshops are held for stress management. It is good to think over ways to manage our stress, but before that, should we not see how stress arises in the first peace? That it should arise time and again, and that we should keep on managing it: how long can this go on? It seems like every time we fall down, we must put a bandage on the injured part.
To be continued...
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