"Shanti nahi milti...milaygy bhi nahi...dhondhnay sey kissi ko bhi nahi milti...u r not able to find peace...u won't find it...nodbody has ever found it by searching for it"...searching for shanti/peace is the wrong approach.
And why is it the wrong approach...
"Simply because it is not a product that u can go and buy...it is not a thing which is placed at a particular spot and once u reach there u will get it...."
I come across people who say they are searching for peace and they are wandering and they have traveled here and there and more here and there...and they are still searching...from mountains to caves, to fields ,to all that their mind gets attracted to...they are mere tourists just glamourising their travel travails as search for something higher and deeper...and i am not saying that traveling or wandering is wrong...it's ur call...i m simply saying...it won't work because shanti or peace is not in "then and there...it is in now and here"...get this loud and clear "it's now and here"
So if it is "in now and here" then why is it eluding everybody?
It is eluding everybody bcos nobody is present in "now and here"...everybody is busy chasing the dreams,the mirage of the future, or what is to be done next, and how to do it and all this is endless...like the dreaded black hole...bottomless...
And if one is not in future one is in past...remembering it, cribbing about it, glorifying it or repenting it...have you not seen people saying "oh those were the best days"...)))....
"those days"...not that they were the best....when one was there in time one was still trying to sort and streamline the various aspects of ones life...behaving exactly the way one is behaving now....one was not present there at that point in time.
People are always escaping from this moment...they will travel...they will do meditation camps...they will go to satsangs...all kinds of therapies and groups and healings...flying across continents...from Europe to Delhi to Pune to Himachal to Khajuraho to Nepal to Istanbul to everywhere...traveling everywhere but not staying "in here...in this moment...neither a second forward nor backward...just this moment".
Just watch urself, r u present in this moment...no...just 2 seconds and ur mind will pull ur attention to here there and everywhere...to this thought, that though or any thought...and these thoughts will tell u to do millions of things...do this and that, go here and there...call him or her or someone...watch a movie or whatever...there is unrelenting bombardment of ideas and suggestions by ur mind...u r just a slave to ur thoughts and u r not present in "now and here"...so no peace and no shanti.
The other day i was sitting with somebody in the best condominium of the town...the topmost floor...with beautiful view...and the elderly gentlemen i was sitting with was just telling how bad things are...how everything is just getting worse, from economy to health to relationships to society to human psyche...n on n on...and he was lost in saying such things for almost an hour when suddenly i stopped him...i said "pls wait, just wait...i m sitting here with u for last 2 hrs enjoying the view and the beautiful appartment and the of tea and everything around and u r just lost in criticizing things...i can assure u...there is nothing wrong anywhere...atleast there hasn't been anything wrong in last 2 hrs...things are just fine...infact just perfect...ask me...and we r sitting at the same place"...the guy was speechless.
And i said "sir...DROP THESE IDEAS...the world has always been like that...the world will always be like that...ppl come and ppl go....the world is neither good or bad....ppl kill ppl get killed...ppl cheat and ppl become honest...ppl get angry and then ppl become silent...sun comes and goes...so does everything and it will remain so...but it's not about ppl...it's not about anybody else but u...it is what u r doing to urself that matters and what u do to urself u end up doing to others...and the process continues with everybody...and it seems as if there is nothing right here...its just bad bad bad...no it's not...its not good nor is it bad...its a flux...good becoming bad and the other way round...u dont worry abt how everybody or the world is...at least u stick to urself...take care of urself...find ur happiness...bcos u have the right to ur life and actions only"...still...it's ur choice...but let me assure u world has always been like this and it will always be like this...
Things are neither right nor wrong ...they r the way they r...u make ur choice...dont crib...sun is shinning, somebody is blabbering and complaining about the heat...how hot it is....the other person just moves to the shade without saying a single word...u decide what u want...and every moment of ur life will tell about the choice u r making...abt what u r doing to urself...abt what u r doing with ur life...what's goin inside ur head is telling what u r into...the tiredness in ur eyes is reflecting the weight u r carrying in ur head...ur walk tells as to how much u r lost and how much u r present...make no mistake, "every moment is screaming loud and clear about what u have been doing to urself in ur life"....good or bad..right or wrong...it's ur life...better be honest to urself...every word that u speak or every thought that takes away ur attention is an intense indication of ur understanding and clarity about things...dont blame others, thats the easy way out and prefered by almost everybody
So what to do ..this is always the question...)))...
Its simple,don't search for "peace and shanti"...get rid of "ashanti or restlessness"...get rid of the chaos...stop creating more of it...identify the points as to how u create uneasiness in life, THE ARGUMENTS, THE CONFLICTS and be aware of those moments. And when they come again...don't fall for them...don't fall in the same ditch...stop there...just stop being ashant and restless...just drop ur crazy ideas AND INTELLIGENCE THAT HAS MADE U REACH THIS POINT OF POINTLESSNESS...
AND IF U CAN'T STOP DROPPING THINGS WHICH BRING CONFLICTS IN UR LIFE , "KEEP SUFFERING...U DESERVE IT".
Don't worry about doing..."just be...just be aware of the moments when u are about to fall in uneasiness and stop"...
The day ur restlessness and uneasiness goes away, whatever that shall be left is "PEACE AND SHANTI".
HAVE THE GUTS TO STAY IN THIS MOMENT...
THIS IS THE ONLY DIFFICULT THING IN THIS WORLD...THE ONLY...REST IS ALL VERY EASY
IN THIS MOMENT RESTLESSNESS, ANXIETY, BUTTERFLIES INSIDE, ASHANTI IS NOT POSSIBLE...TRY IT...U WILL BE SURPRISED...U WILL BE SURPRISED HOW SIMPLE IT IS...BUT WE DON'T LIKE SIMPLE THINGS...DO U...))).....
All the best
Prem Kamal
