Let’s try and accept a simple truth that
we can never be in control of what happens to us or of what people around us
do. Much of our frustration with Life comes from trying
to control everything and everyone around us. What we have control over is how
we respond to situations and not really in the way the situations themselves
occur! When we live our lives as if we are just witnesses, observers, we will
be perpetually happy.
Osho, the Master, tells the story of the Buddha. The
Buddha was passing through a village. The people of that village were against
him, against his philosophy, so they gathered around him to insult him. They
used ugly words, vulgar words. The Buddha listened. Ananda, the Buddha’s
disciple, who was with him, got very angry, but he couldn’t say anything
because the Buddha was listening so silently, so patiently, rather as if he was
enjoying the whole thing. Then even the crowd became a little frustrated
because he was not getting irritated and it seemed as if he was enjoying. The
Buddha said, "Now, if you are finished, I should move – because I have to
reach the other village soon. They must be waiting just as you were waiting for
me. If you have not told me all the things that you thought to tell me, I will
be coming back within a few days, then you can finish it.” Somebody from the
crowd said, "But we have been insulting you, we have insulted you. Won’t
you react? Won’t you say something?” The Buddha said, "That is difficult.
If you want a reaction from me, then you are too late. You should have come at
least ten years ago, because then I used to react. But I am now no longer so
foolish. I see that you are angry, that’s why you are insulting me. I see your
anger, the fire burning in your mind. I feel compassion for you. This is my
response – I feel compassion for you. Unnecessarily you are troubled."
So beautiful, isn't it? Another's thoughts and
actions are not in your control. What happens to you in Life is not in your
control. When you awaken to this reality, you discover that you are in control
ONLY of yourself! From that clarity, bliss is born! Then everything that
matters fills your Life__love, peace, good health and joy!
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