This is a stage.
And on this stage, different actors...
...keep coming and going.
It's either a drama happening...
...or some other program.
But the point here, is not about the actors.
Right now, it is about...
The most important thing...
...right now is that you are alive.
And whatever possibilities a human can get...
...are available to you as well.
This is your time.
These are your days.
At this time, on this stage...
...you are the actor.
What scene will you show us?
What will you sing? Or what will you speak?
What form will you dance?
That is up to you.
On one side...
...we come into this world...
We are born.
Slowly, we grow up.
And then in our life...
...starts so many problems and complications.
And when problems start cropping up in life...
...we start finding ways to resolve them. We start thinking...
...how to find a solution to those problems.
And not just this...
...many other questions arise in our mind.
Why is this happening with me?
Did someone do something with my life?
Did someone plan something for me?
Is there any... I mean...
I need to discover the meaning. I need to understand the meaning...
...of why do the problems...
...in my life exist.
That is everyone's confusion.
As to how do I get out of my problems.
That's everyone's dilemma.
Whatever is happening in my life...
...why is it all going wrong?
What is right? What is wrong?
How far are the things that happen in your life, right?
And how far is it wrong?
I ask you this question.
How far are things in your life wrong?
And how far are they correct?
What do you have to say?
It's 10% wrong.
90% is good.
50% is wrong.
It doesn't happen for the good.
50% things happen for the good.
Or is it that in your life...
...you think most of the things that happen are bad?
Good things hardly come to you.
Then listen to me.
You are inhaling and exhaling.
What do you consider it as?
Is that right...
...or wrong?
If you consider it as good...
...then whatever is happening in your life...
...is mostly good. Because, you're breathing...
...day and night.
You keep breathing when things go right.
You keep breathing even when things go wrong.
You breath during the night, during the day, the evening.
During the noon. You breathe all day.
You keep inhaling and exhaling throughout.
What is it, if not good?
What is it, if not God's blessing to you?
And until and unless...
...you do not learn to accept this blessing of God...
...you won't be able to understand what life is all about.
We already know we take birth.
And we also know, we have to leave one day.
When we talk about death...
...the whole world doesn't want to leave.
People do all that is possible to increase their life span.
So, to increase one's life span...
...somebody works out, few others go on a diet.
People try different methods and ways.
But the fact is, you have to die some day.
You cannot avert that.
But whenever you depart...
...before that, you are alive.
And the two walls...
...through which you came into this world and were born...
...and the wall...
...that you have to pass through in the end.
We don't know where do we have to go.
Just as we say, a person is born...
...and then he dies.
In between, you need to live.
The question is...
...do you even know to live?
And what kind of a life?
What kind of a life?
A life...
...that in reality, is worth...
...calling a life.
A life...
...in which you experience...
...peace of mind.
People are busy trying to beautify and show off the outer things.
They say, I am...
I am alive and so, I will dedicate my life to devotion.
I will go there, on a pilgrim and do this, do that.
I will visit temples, do so many things.
This will happen, that will happen!
That is alright.
But what actually is living?
There should be peace in your life.
What is happening?
Your body is clean, while your mind is dirty.
A crane fakes its color and beauty.
Better than that is a crow.
It's mind and body, both are black.
So then what's happening?
Everyone shows off something about himself.
I am doing this, I am doing that. He closes his eyes...
...he sports vermillion on his forehead, does many other things.
Poet saint Kabirdas says...
...that from within...
...you are impure and dark.
There is no peace.
You are filled with hatred.
There is jealousy, there's anger.
But you are polishing your outer body...
...and improving your skin color.
You're polishing it.
Mind is dirty, but the body is clean. A crane fakes its beauty.
Better than that is a crow.
Both, its body and mind are dark and dirty.
If this is the condition...
This is the condition.
Then you haven't learned to live as yet.
If this is your condition...
...that you are holding grudges in your mind.
You have jealousy and anger.
This is what happens.
People say, why is he like that.
Why am I not like him?
He has every comfort, but I have nothing at all.
Why is it so?
Many times, people say this to me.
That in life...
Some people are born rich.
Some are born poor. Why is that so?
They don't think...
...poverty is also man made.
And so is riches.
They don't think...
...that there is one thing...
...common in both, the poor and the rich. What is it?
That is the breathing pattern.
As long as we...
...don't perceive...
...human life in its own true sense...
...we will never understand...
...what life is really about.
The things on the basis of which we compare human beings...
...we judge ourselves...
...you won't find peace in it.
I'm not asking you how peaceful you are.
We don't see how happy you are.
We see how rich you are.
What all do you possess?
And if by comparing these things...
...a person tries to judge or analyze himself...
...he will never be able to do so.
Even till today, they have these questions...
...as to why is this so and why is he like that.
And so on.
But to know and discover yourself...
...you will have to see all the perspectives.
When you came into this earth...
...what did you gain?
You have got a human body.
And what does it mean to have a human body?
What are the possibilities that you have?
What have you achieved because you are breathing?
What have you made it possible, because you are alive?
Till you don't understand these facts...
...as to what exactly is happening in real...
...and not what is being shown to you or what is visible to you...
People in this world...
...make huge paintings.
They draw big pictures.
And that is what is displayed in front of you.
That it is like this or like that.
But the truth is something else.
The truth is...
...that as far as your life is concerned...
...neither is anyone inferior nor is he superior here.
As far as life is concerned...
...there is no manipulation in it.
As far as life is concerned...
...it is not that...
...you belong to this caste or religion. No!
His religion may be anything, but every man is breathing.
So, your perspective...
...has changed so much...
...it has changed so drastically that in reality...
...you're not able to understand, see or perceive the real truth.
Whatever man is doing...
...what problem is he trying to resolve? What is the real problem?
The real problem is that...
...man has closed his eyes.
He isn't seeing the truth.
He isn't recognizing the truth. He isn't understanding it.
And then he has all these questions in his mind...
...as to why is it like this, what will happen with me.
What is that? What is going to happen ahead?
Man just goes on and on.
There is no happiness or peace.
There is no peace of mind.
And we're talking about attaining peace. No!
We don't even have the time to find peace.
What? What is peace?
Where is it?
We're talking to people but they...
...are in look out for peace. How will you find it?
How will you find peace?
Peace lies within you.
It's only about your perspective.
On one hand, you have a tree of oranges.
On the other, you have a banana plantain.
People who are seeing this side...
...what will they see? They will see the banana plantain.
And those who see that side, what will they see?
An orange tree.
And a person who is seeing both...
...will be able to say...
...that it is not only a banana plantain that's here.
There is also an orange tree.
And not just an orange tree, but there's a banana plantain too.
I am among those people...
...who have seen both.
I have also faced miseries in my life.
I have also gone through many sorrows.
But there is something beyond sorrows.
And whatever is beyond that is really very beautiful.
That is within me.
No matter where I go...
...what happens with me...
...it will always remain within me.
Wherever I go...
...I take my peace and happiness along with me.
However, do I understand...
...this truth or not.
Do you understand this or not?
Until you don't understand...
...you don't accept this fact...
...what will happen?
You are living such a life...
...where you are afraid of everything.
Fear.
You fear.
That is why, I say you haven't learned to live as yet.
One who lives in fear hasn't learned to live.
Because, there is a fear of everything in fear.
To the extent that...
...people also fear God.
You should in fact love God.
You shouldn't fear Him, but you do!
Did I make a mistake? Have I kept the flower in a wrong place?
Things will go wrong. God...
...will get...
...very upset with me.
That's fear! What are you fearing?
What time should I leave home?
You're afraid something will go wrong if you leave at the wrong time.
To the extent...
...that people...
...fear life!
You fear something might go wrong. You're afraid of everything.
But if you want to learn to live...
...you should be happy with your life.
There should be peace.
No one can live with fear.
No one can love fear.
That's because, it's your nature.
In your life...
...you can encourage fear...
...and also the strength within you...
...to know things, to gain knowledge...
...you can encourage that as well.
When your heart that's like a lamp...
...is lit...
When that lamp is lit in your life...
...there won't be darkness in your life.
Then you will understand or you will try to know...
Not to accept, but you will try to know...
...you will try to find out...
People say...
...they believe in God.
There are people who say they believe in God.
The most important thing...
...I'm asking you...
...do you...
...know God?
Believing? For how long?
For how long can you believe?
You are hungry and if somebody tells you...
...to believe that you have eaten.
Is that possible?
No! Unless you don't eat...
...your hunger won't be satiated.
We should know our life.
Only when you know...
...your life will you be rid of your fears.
When you know, your fears will vanish.
Only if you believe...
That can't rid you of fear.
What is the difference?
If somebody is scratching on your door...
...and you're sitting inside the room. Your door...
...is being scratched.
Sitting inside, you believe...
You don't know yet, you're only believing...
...it could be a ghost.
Or maybe, it's an animal or a beast.
Unless you don't... What will happen?
Your perception is giving rise to fear.
In your mind, you're thinking different things, it could be this.
It could be that. It could be anything.
Some people...
...literally sweat because their mind...
...is running in different directions.
It's telling you, something very dangerous is outside the door.
But knowing...
When you will know...
...it is neither a cat, a dog...
...a lion, a ghost...
It could just be a plant.
It's breezy outside and so, the plant...
...is making noise while hitting at your door.
Your fear will automatically end.
When you will know what it is...
...your fear will automatically perish.
Every thing...
It's fine.
I have to depart some day.
But before that, I have to live my life.
I shouldn't think about going.
I should think about my life because as long as I have it...
...I need to utilize it to its fullest.
People say... When one grows old, one says...
...what more is left in my life? I have grown too old.
So, you have an excuse for everything.
When you're young, you think you are still too young...
...and you have an entire life to live.
When you grow up, you have to go to work...
...do this, do that. After that...
...you'll think you're back from a pilgrimage tour.
Now, everything is sorted.
You have an excuse for everything.
At every stage of your life.
But the one who knows...
What saints and scholars have put forward is...
...that know yourself.
Recognize yourself as to who you are.
That is when you will understand...
...and it is only then...
What I told you in the beginning...
...it is this.
It is my wish for you that in the year 2018...
...your life be filled with peace.
May the year bring you a lot of happiness.
It is possible only when...
Telling each other...
There are people who just stand up and say...
...this should happen, that should've happened...
...somebody will say, I...
...bless you...
...that you achieve this or that.
When God has already...
...blessed you with this life...
...when the creator...
...has already blessed you...
...and He has showered you with such a huge blessing...
...whose blessing do you want more?
When you are already...
...having everything...
It's not that you don't have it, you do have it.
There is nothing missing in your life.
But you do not know...
...that you have everything.
It is not that you will always remain happy.
But...
Most of the time, be happy.
And be grateful within your heart...
...that the power...
...that runs the entire universe...
...makes it successful...
...that power is showering you...
...with immense blessings.
And if something like that happens...
...how happy will you be.
That you have come...
...in to this earth...
...you are born.
And you have spent all your life...
...in gathering...
...that blessing of His.
In your life...
...the peace that resides in you...
...dig into it. Dig into that treasure within yourself.
And that is how you have decorated your stage.
This is possible. Yes, it is.
The thing you are on the look out for...
...that is within you.
Peace is not away from you...
...and you are not away from peace.
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