Words of wisdom

Words of wisdom

FPJ BureauUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 04:41 AM IST
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LUST

Lust grips the mind, tires the body and dulls the intellect. Lust when indulged brings inertia, and when suppressed brings anger. Lust is nothing but primordial unharnessed energy. The same energy when harnessed manifests as enthusiasm, sparkle, sharpness of intellect and love.
What can you do to sublimate lust and transform it into love?
• Be playful. People who are in the grip of lust cannot be genuinely playful. When you are playful, then there is no lust.
• Be generous. When you realize that you are here only to give, then lust is sublimated. Lust makes you possessive and greedy.
• Take cold-water baths.
• Moderate your intake of food.
• Undertake creative challenges.
• Remember death.
• Be in love with the Divine.
Cochin, India
Dcember 3, 1998

FEAR

Because fear is love standing upside down, everything that can be interpreted with love can also be interpreted with fear. A child clinging to its mother can be understood in both ways – the child clings out of love, or out of fear. This primal instinct of fear can be totally transformed through awareness of Divine love.
Fear is an impression of the past reflecting the future of the present. When people deny fear, they become egocentric; when they recognize and accept fear, they go beyond it – they become free from it.
Total lack of fear is possible only in utter chaos or in utmost orderliness. Neither a saint nor a fool has fear, but everywhere in between there is fear. Fear is essential to preserve orderliness in the world. It is a primal instinct.
Fear of death preserves life.
Fear of wrong maintains right.
Fear of sickness encourages hygiene.
Fear of misery makes you righteous.
A child has a pinch of fear so it is careful and alert while walking. A pinch of fear is necessary to keep things moving smoothly. Do not try to eliminate fear. Just meditate and know that you are nobody or that you belong to someone special.
Rishikesh, India
April 10, 1997

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