Be kind to yourself, take life easy

I see so much reaction all around me. Loud and violent. People are getting louder and louder. They speak loudly, they fight more, laugh loudly, hug and kiss publically or scream loudly. I wonder why are we being so unkind to ourselves? Loudness leads to stress, blood pressure shots up, heart beats increase and toxic chemicals flow into the blood stream. So many and such loud reactions.....Why? What for?

Have you ever noticed the child like smile of His Holy Highness "The Dalai Lama"...so sweet...so tender...he speaks like an innocent child...every sentence ends in a genuine crackling soft laughter!!!Always at peace within himself. Nothing is exaggerated about him.Even the killings of beloved Tibetans did not draw a harsh criticism from him. Nothing can shatter his peace of mind....so I think.

Shri SaiBaba (Shirdi) once said "Samadhi is not about yoga or retreating from the world on a mountain. Samadhi is about remaining in the world and attaining a state of mind where one is neither happy nor unhappy. It is that state where the mind is still like a pendulum....right in the middle."

But what do we do? Our mind keeps swinging like a pendulum. Between happiness and unhappiness...continuously ...every second...every minute...we get extremely happy and then extremely unhappy...there goes the pendulum.

It is all about restraint and controlling our reactions. Remember a pendulum next time you become too happy or to unhappy...And think of the center of the pendulum. Calm your self. Remember the pendulum as still..right in the middle. Tell your self....."..there goes my pendulum...I must stop it..."

"People keep throwing hot balls at us. They expect us to catch one of them and burn our hands. Surprise them by dropping these hot balls." - is my mantra to peace and happiness.

One does not have to react to everything that happens around us. Learn to let go reacting. Remember every time you react/over react; you are doing maximum harm to yourself. Be kind to yourself. Take it easy.