On Worry
De Simple Silence.
I will begin the talk by telling you not to worry! Whatever suffer- ing may befall you, you should put up with it with full faith in and love for Baba. At the most what could happen? You might die. And it is so very obvious that you have to die one day; you have to drop this body sooner or later. Why not then think that your body is not there already and so act detached? One more thing you must remember: that is, be honest. I am in everyone and in everything. God is in everyone and in everything. And, because God is in everyone and everything, He knows every- thing. So be resigned completely to His will.
Once you were a child; now you have grown up. During the period from childhood up to now you have gone through moments of great joys and sorrows. Where has all that gone? The fact is neither joy nor sorrow was there; it is due to maya that you think of and experience things, which have no foundation. Within 20 or 30 years you will also forget the thoughts and events of today. So the best thing for you to do is just to love me. Love me honestly, work for me, I alone endure; all else is but a passing show! There should not be any trace of show in the work you do for me. You should have no expectations of reward for any work you do. In fact, I am much pleased and happy with your love and work. Don’t worry.
Do not worry. Be happy in my Love and continue to hold fast to my daaman[1]* to the very end. Rest assured that all will be divinely well. God does not abandon those who trust Him.
Those who love me and obey me as I should be loved and obeyed, will one day be similarly loved and obeyed. Those who have today willingly chosen to become my slaves, will become true masters tomorrow.
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are you worried? Didn’t you hear what Hafiz said-not to grieve? Who else is worried? No one answered. If no one is worrying, Baba gestured, I have to worry. But my worry is great fun for me! It’s a very old habit of mine to worry for the whole creation, to worry continuously for the release of souls from the bondage of life and death. It’s great fun. Some come to me to heal their diseases, to bless them with better prospects in life, or for a job or for children, or because they have too many children! And I have to worry about all those things, in addition to my universal worries. You see me sitting here with you, but I am simultaneously on all the planes of consciousness, on all those stations on the chart[2] that is here before you. There are souls in the Subtle World who want me – and I am there with them; and there are those in the Mental World who want me – and I am there with them. You are in the Gross World, so you find me with you in the Gross World; those in the Subtle World find me in the Subtle World, those in the Mental World find me in the Mental World. And one rare one who finds me as I really am is blessed . . .But remember not to worry! Take the advice of Hafiz and do not worry!
Don’t worry. Worry accumulates and grows in strength, becomes a habit long after the original cause has ceased to be. When you were young, this and that happened, you cried, you felt sad, and worry began, and after 50 years you still worry, although the time when worry began in you has gone. If anoth- er 50 years passes you could at the end of that time be still wor- rying about something which was happening now. It is crazy.
You worry now about some condition, yet you have experi- enced all conditions. You have been blind, sick, poor, old, young, beautiful, ugly. You worry about your children-you have had numberless children, and they have had numberless parents and children. You worry about your job – you have been in every sort of occupation. You worry about your wife – you have had so many wives. You have been everything and experienced all conditions, and yet you worry about the slightest thing that happens to you.
Everything emanates from me but is not real. If you were dreaming and I appeared in your dream and told you you were dreaming, it is not real, you would say, “Baba, I am enjoying these things, I know they are real.” It is hard to understand. In your awake dream, I tell you now, nothing is real, so don’t worry. How to stop? Think of me. Love me. Christ said with Divine Authority, “Your sins are forgiven;” and I say with Divine Authority, “Love me, and your worries will vanish.”
Reality is impossible to describe – it is difficult to attain. One in a million becomes a lover of God and of a million lovers one gets Realization. It sounds impossible. Baba says, you have an opportunity because I am here with you and I say, “Love me.”
Duality signifies separateness. Separateness implies fear.
Fear causes worry.
The way of Oneness is the way to happiness. The way of manyness leads to worries. I am the only One without a second; so I am eternally happy. You are separate from your Self; so you always worry. To you, what you see is absolutely real; to me it is absolutely false. I alone am real and my marjee (will) governs the cosmic Illusion.
It is the truth when I say that the waves do not roll or the leaves do not move without my will. The moment the intensity of your faith in my will reaches the apex, you bid adieu to worry for good. Then, all that you suffered and enjoyed in the past, together with all that you may experience in the future, will be to you the most loving and spontaneous expression of my will; and, as the lover places the will of the Beloved above all else, there is nothing which can cause worry.
Think of me more and more, and all your worries will dwindle into nothing for they are really nothing, and my will works out to awaken this in you and in all.
