Life Playbook — 2
Everything the universe wanted to tell you the day you were born …
(This is a multi-part series celebrating 35 years of loving, caring, sharing and uniting the world into one global family through the legacy of yoga andmeditation, culminating in the euphoric World Culture Festival from March 11 to 13 in New Delhi, India by the Art of Living Foundation.)
Contd… from Life Playbook — 1
My Dearest Child,
You will meet me in your sleep. In me, you will find your own reflection! You will find no difference between me and you, because there is none! In this blissful union, I will give you strength, energy and refresh you, so that you can once again come back and enjoy the world. When you awaken, all your senses will re-engage with the world. The world will light up for you… onlywhen you are awake! When you are awake the world exists, when you are asleep it ceases to exist. This is the magic of the world that you will call home!
In this world, the only way you will know something is through its opposite. You feel the fond touch of your mother only after the absence of it even for a short while. You can understand the pain of hunger only because you have experienced the contentment of a full-tummy!
You will know joy through the sorrow you have experienced. You will know sorrow through the joy. Yet to the untrained person it will seem like joy stands on its own and sorrow stands on its own. In this illusion, they will lose their peace, happiness and purpose whenever an unpleasant opposite knocks on their door. Anyone who is not awake to this fundamental law of this Universe will play hide and seek with comfort and discomfort, happiness and sorrow. They will run away from discomfort and run after comfort. You see, too much comfort will eventually find its opposite — discomfort too! Ask a person who has acquired all the riches and comforts in life. They may be unhappily looking for purpose, meaning and adventure and well… some discomfort to make them feel alive again!
Instead celebrate the opposites — negative and positives in this world, for together they keep you connected to me.
The secret to win over these opposites is to live a life of “balance” between these opposites. Too much comfort makes you lazy, too much discomfort makes you bitter. Too much of anything will make you dull and douse the the flow of life essence coursing through you! Craving for comfort or becoming averse to the discomforts that come your way will take you away from the beautiful connection that you and I share together. It will make you insecure, fearful and lazy.
Therefore keep your mind open to the opposites in life and embrace them. Then neither will take you away from that equanimous connection that we share together. Comfort, discomfort, sadness, happiness are just a play of the opposites inherent in this world. Knowing this, rest your mind in me. This will keep you happy and peaceful just as you are now!
Inspite of knowing this you may still lose your way in the maze of opposites. But don’t worry dear one, for the very same opposites will bring you out of the maze as well. There is a switch inside you that snaps when you have indulged too much in one opposite. When you inhale, how long can you keep the breath in. You are compelled to exhale! The opposite will naturally push you towards a life of balance, and that my little one is the natural pull of the river called life…
