Krishna in the Gita said, “If someone puts poison in your
mouth, there is a chance to cure that. But if someone puts poison in your ear,
there is no medicine for that.” So save your ears!
Poison can come from anywhere – negativity comes so fast,
you don’t have to chase it down. It comes without asking.
How can we deal with these things (that threaten to distract
us from our path)? The laziest and easiest way is to get satsang. Nowadays there
are hundreds of mahatmas on youtube, so you can listen on your phone. Here you
cannot turn it off, but with your phone, it’s easy.
So because it’s so easy, you can’t say, “I wanted to listen
to satsang, but I didn’t have time.” God gives you 24 hours a day. It’s up to you how much of
that time you’ll spend on yourself. Then you might even start singing bhajans!
When you have a good thought, it’s good to share it. Because
if you have one dollar, some people might say “Give it to others.” What is left? Nothing, right?
But if you have one good thought, and you are sharing it
with other people, what happens? You still have it – nobody can take it away.
While we are sitting here (in satsang) it’s up to you, you
can think whatever you want. If you want, you think, “Oh my God, why do we come
here? The baiji, she takes too much time. We get bored, we’re yawning, she
never keeps track of the time.”
You can think that, or you can think, “We are so lucky. By
the grace of God we get the opportunity to hear a good satsang. Our mind is not
wandering here and there; we are able to keep our mind steadily in place.”
It’s up to you what perspective to take.
