By Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar┃Posted: May 08, 2019

Millions of years have passed and millions will come. What is your life: 60, 70 or 100 years? The span of life is insignificant. It isn’t even a drop in the ocean.

In terms of space, you simply don’t exist! This understanding dissolves the ego. Ego is ignorance of your reality, your existence. Just open your eyes and ask, “Who am I? How I am on this planet? What is my lifetime?” Awareness dawns in the mind, and you’ll stop worrying about little things like, “This person said this thing to me and that person broke away with me and this happened with that person and I’m going to say this.…”

All smallness will drop away and you’ll be able to live every moment of your life with awareness. You should be happy in life. All other businesses involve ups and downs, which is natural.

If there’s a body, then it will get a cold, cough, fever or something else, and those problems will go away. But take care to see that happiness is always established in you. That’s known as purushartha.

Our love, faith, and belief should be deep-rooted; then, everything else moves on its own. Are you able to maintain your equanimity? Not everything in the world is sweet. If you’re grounded with faith, you’ll progress.

Keep your mind at peace in all situations. The rest will be taken care of. You have to take at least one step forward, which is to be in peace and equanimity. The world is filled with love. Everybody has love inside them.

You have to see that love in your mind. If you review the context of your life, the quality of your life will improve.

This article was previously published on Linkedin, and is re-posted here with the author’s permission.

By Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar