Ask Carefully For It Shall Be Given!

Paramahamsa Nithyananda

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 9:31

Let us make a list of our wishes. Go ahead and make a list right now. Put down every wish you can think of. Now, make another list of things that you already have. Compare the two lists. Which list makes you happy? Which list makes you feel uneasy? The answer is obvious. The list of what makes you happy is a powerful list. It rekindles your joy and happiness. There is also one powerful lesson in the list. It shows what you already have.

Let us now ask ourselves why we can't focus on what we have? Why can't we offer gratitude to the Universe for providing all that we have instead of worrying, begging or asking for what we don't have? It is our choice. We can decide to continue begging for more or be thankful for what we have. This choice is important and this choice is the difference between happiness and sorrow.

In our life, as we lead it now, happiness lasts only for mere moments. Our happiness overflows soon after we acquire something. Once we acquire it, whatever we desired immediately becomes insignificant and obsolete. Instead of enjoying what we have, we hopelessly drift gathering acquisitions and possessions. This drift is fuelled by greed. Greed is a powerful force which never stops. Whatever we acquire does little to keep the greed at bay.

More possessions don't bring or guarantee any enjoyment. In fact we get more greedy without any feeling of fulfillment. A lot of things come our way. But do we have a recollection of having asked for them? Sometimes, what we get startles us. Because of our blind desires and greed, we land ourselves in a situation wherein we fail to recognize that we actually asked to be in it. We deny wanting it!

That is why it is said, 'Be careful what you ask for, for it may come true.' We keep comparing ourselves with others and keep asking for things. How can we be aware of our desire and greed? We need to first drop the attitude of comparing ourselves with others

When we compare, our mind is so entrapped in the process of comparison that it actually misses what it sees. We start seeing without observing. We start living without observing. If we list the number of things in this world that we don't need, we will be amazed! More than 80% of the things in our house, we can simply throw out because we don't really need them! This awareness is enough to set us on our spiritual journey. It will slowly culminate in Bliss, Nithyanandam

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