Miseries and Joys as Aids to Bliss
A favourable or unfavourable
circumstance is a conception of your own mind. The same circumstance appears
favourable to one and unfavourable to another. Even to you a certain circumstance
may appear favourable at one time and unfavourable at another. The likes and
dislikes of your own mind are responsible for presenting a situation as
favourable or otherwise.
Apart from the fact that a
situation is coloured by your imagination, whatever situation comes before you
does so for your own good. For your part you should neither covet a favourable
situation nor fear an unfavourable one. Turn to account whatever situation
comes before you. Using it to a best advantage by thought and action, make it
helpful to your spiritual discipline.
Want or loss of things you
seek in the world and continuance of or influx of things you like is regarded
as a favourable situation. Really speaking, both are fanciful conceptions built
on the bedrock of your own desire. Your wisdom, nevertheless, lies in
exploiting both for your own real purpose.
Infliction of what you do
not want goes by the name of misery in your vocabulary and acquisition of what
you hanker after is termed as happiness. You know and believe that misery or
misfortune is the outcome of sin and happiness is the reward of virtue. Therefore,
whenever you are visited by affliction, conclude that your sins are being
liquidated through suffering—you are being purged; hence, being the resolver of
your sins, misery is a blessing in disguise. To conclude thus is to exploit a
painful situations.
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