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Fire warms you when you are at a distance. As you go nearer, it starts becoming hotter. If you throw a log into the fire, the log crackles, burns steadily into ashes and becomes part of the burning embers.
Similarly, it is easier to pray to God from a distance. As you draw closer to Him, He will test you to check your faith in Him. The tests grow more intense as you move nearer and nearer, that it seems almost torture. Despite all the trials and tribulations that He hands to you as tests, you must hold on, contemplating on nothing but Him. Then He will reward your faith and you will melt into oneness with Him.
Face whatever life has to offer you, with absolute patience and do not miss out on God. At some point of time, you will start seeking God for the sake of God rather than pray to Him as a means to fulfill your materialistic desires. Then you will realize that He is ultimate and nothing else counts. Once you reach this state, whatever you think, materializes.
Initially, the mind focuses on what it deems to be its own priorities rather than listen to your inner wisdom. You lose focus because the mind disturbs you with a thought that seems more important to it. Try to identify those thoughts – whether it is about your family or office or the world at large. Do not try to run away from that thought. Just witness it, allowing the mind to run its own course. How long can you keep harboring a thought? The mind will soon get tired of its chase and become serene like the calm after a storm.
Every thought has a definite time limit and it does not linger beyond that time. All that you have to do is to continue watching it till it dies naturally. Then you will get the inner focus on whatever form you want because that is the only thing left.
Just like when you eat the various delicacies on your plate, when you come to the last piece, it is only that which remains, so too, when you have finished with all your thoughts, what is left is the wisdom of God. But this process cannot come by force, it has to happen naturally. And then you will travel beyond thoughts, beyond thinking of God too. That is the true state of bliss. Even the thought of God is subject to limitation. It means your mind is not totally tamed.
Do not be restless to go to that stage. Just allow things to take their own shape. There is nothing else to do. Nothing rests on your plans. All plans are ordained by God on the basis of your deeds in your previous births. Leave them to take their own course. Do not expect results immediately, and if you are wise enough, do not expect any results. It is only then you will see them happen. If you seek something, it eludes you. Be detached and results will seek you!
Do not worry! God is capable.
You should have everything; but you should not want to have. You must be wealthy but not crave for possessions. You must be able to care for your family and friends but not become attached to them. Be an all-rounder, perform well in all the roles you take on as an individual but do not get attached to anything worldly.
Accept life as it comes. Accept that it is God who has assigned you a particular life style and if He has already cast you in a particular role, He is capable of directing your further steps.
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