(Below is a continuation of the post Life Moves With Trust)
Yes. It is the master's plan that is working to make you all smile unconditionally.
Of course! Everyday should be a yoga day. But there is an occasion for everyone to collectively come together and do yoga. United Nations has declared 21st June as a Yoga Day on all our requests. So, people can celebrate and remind those who have forgotten to do yoga. At least, one day you all come together and see if you can touch the floor and be grounded.
Yes, this is a whole science. By taking many types of anti-oxidants and some herbs, doing some exercises and some massages, people rejuvenate their bodies. This is an ancient technique which people in this part of the world have been using to make their body very strong.
You saw the other day, on 13th May, a 70-year-old man came and demonstrated all the different things that he could do -- bend an iron rod by just holding the breath. Through some pranayama, enormous strength can be developed in the body. With little sleep and less food you can do a lot of work.
Many times, I say, though there are many young people, I feel much younger than the young people. These days, the stamina of young people has gone down so much. A few extra minutes of work tires them so much! They keep saying, "Oh, I am so tired. I am so tired". I think we need to really look into this. How we can improve the stamina through Naturopathy, Yoga, Ayurveda and all that. There are numerous possibilities in this field.
Yes, don't worry. Even listening is good enough. You don't need to chant. Even in India, not everybody chants in the same way. You go to Bengal, the pronunciation is very different. You go to the South, the pronunciation is different. You go to Orissa, even English sounds very different. In the world, it is like that. Even in one language, people speak different dialects in different parts of the world. That's how nature has made this planet.
I heard that the Chinese they speak in North China is different from what they speak in Taiwan and what they speak in Malaysia. So, dialects are there, but the main thing is the feeling.
In the beginning, you don't find it as just an attraction, you feel it is true love. But time tells you that it was just an attraction, it was not true love. Time makes you realize. At that time, any number of advice anyone gives you, it doesn't really get into your head because you are in a starry world. But when dawn appears, the stars disappear.
I think you don't realize that you have help.
Let me ask you, how can there be suffering all the time? If it is always, you can't feel it. You can feel suffering only in contrast. And just remember, whenever you had some pain or suffering, you came out of it. You had the strength to endure it, and you came out of it. You have always found that you have had some help. Hasn't this been happening?
Look back in life. What you must take care of is not generalizing or eternalizing our problems. If you encounter a few cheats around you, you will generalize, "Oh, everyone is a cheat". If you have come across a few people who are sick, you will say, "Oh, the entire city is sick". Everybody is sick these days. This is impossible, everyone cannot be sick. We have this tendency to generalise and eternalize: I am always lazy, I am always suffering. I am always angry. Even a few moments of discomfort makes you feel like you have always had this. This is eternalizing a problem.
If you stop generalizing and eternalizing your problems, you will see that problems are just the tail of a dog. God give an animal a tail it can wag it easily. Just imagine if a dog has an elephant's tail which it can't even lift because it is so big. Everyone has a tail that they can easily wag. Similarly, everyone gets a problem that they can easily endure and get over it.
Whenever you decide. I am just waiting for you to jump into it. I think young people should participate.
1. Exercising your franchise. Everyone should go and vote whenever there is an election. You must take it as your sacred duty.
2. Be in touch with the elected members and make them accountable for what they need to do. If things are not working or not happening well in your area, don't shy away from contacting the particular representative, member of assembly, or parliament, or village panchayats. Connect with the politician, make them accountable. If things are not happening, ask them.
If 10-15 of you go together and approach the concerned person who is supposed to make the roads, make water available, or make electricity available, then they will definitely do it. You must take the lead in social transformation.
3. When you yourself feel that you can contribute better to the society by getting into an elected membership, just jump into it and do that.
4. You can just be an inspirational leader. Go and inspire people, youth and women. Go across the cross-sections of society, approach them, inspire them, and express your care for them. In these many ways you can be active.
