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Am I sane?
Question: I don’t feel like meeting anyone without a reason, whether it is in office or at my relatives’ place. If I feel that there is no need to stay at a particular place then I go back home and get myself busy on Facebook and YouTube. Sir, am I alright? If I am wrong then what should I do? I always complete my work on time and everybody praises my work in office too. But I still feel that I am not working hard enough and can do much better.
Why do we perceive attraction for opposite sex as love?
Question: Hello Sir, I watch your show DeepTalks regularly on EPIC channel and I have also bought the book, ‘I am The Mind’. Can you tell me why does our brain perceive our attraction for the opposite sex as love and gets involved in it? How can we handle such circumstances? In such a situation, should I use my mind or brain? Thank You!
Why Krishna did not say the Bhagavad Gita to Yudhistir?
Question: Sir, why did Krishna tell the Bhagavad Gita to only Arjun? What I mean to say is why did Krishna not say the Bhagavad Gita to Yudhistir? Yudhistir was a followed the principles of dharma to a T, he never lied and he was a follower of truth. Then why did Krishna did not tell Gita to him? Thank you!
Why do people neglect me time and again?
Question: Greetings Sir, I belong to a middle class family and I am 34 years old. I have a simple personality. I am very friendly with my friends and family. But my problem is that without a reason, I have always been neglected, overlooked and that too time and again. So in this situation, how do I pacify my mind? This is a matter of great concern for me. Please give me tips on how I can get back my good old days.
How can the act of making a choice be wrong?
Question: Greetings Sir, you have mentioned in your book, ‘I am The Mind’, that we should not make ourselves rigid. Whatever is happening, however it is happening and when it is happening, do it at that time. Do not involve your mind in this and do not make a judgment about what is right and wrong. But sir, we have to make a decision between the right and the wrong so many times in our day-to-day life. So, as per your theory, if someone offers us stale food, then should we still eat the food knowing very well that it is stale? All this because the act of making a choice is wrong! Sir, right from waking up to going off to sleep at night, we have to make right and wrong decisions. Also, nature ties us down on many places through discipline. Just like the sun rises, the moon is visible and the change of seasons happens time to time. Are these things not the universe’s fixed nature? I hope that you have understood my concern and will enlighten me accordingly.
How can I live my life to the fullest?
Question: Sir, I am a cloth merchant aged 33. When I was younger and at an age when I could study I was forced with the responsibility of managing a new firm. At that time, I was told that it was my job to grow this firm. In this way, without my even wishing for it, I was entrusted with the responsibility of handling business. At that time I was only 17 years old. Actually my interest was only in drawing and cricket but because I was never serious about my goal of achieving it, I did not pursue it. Also, since I don’t have a brother, I thought this is my best opportunity to do my bit for my parents and repay their debt. In the meantime, I fell in love with a girl. Despite belonging to the same community, I faced a few hurdles and eventually got married to her when I was 20 years old. Sir, she made a lot of promises to me and I fell for her promises but very soon I realised that all promises can be kept but the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship and sister-in-law relationship can never be kept. I got fed up with their everyday bickering and slowly slipped into depression as I was their only brother, son and husband. My father is always busy socialising with his friends so my mother has expectations only from me. Bogged down by expectations, eventually, I drifted towards spirituality. This egged me to understand myself and delve deeper. Even after 14 years of marriage, I have not been able to keep my family happy and nor could I see them happy by themselves. I have always witnessed my family bickering as they always had a difference of opinions. In these last 14 years, I could neither be happy by understanding myself or looking at my family. In your reply to my earlier query, you had advised me to read your book, ‘I am The Mind’, after reading that I could understand my life to a great extent. Now I have understood that I was wrong at my end and not wrong as well because my brain has been conditioned by this society. After reading your book, I felt that I have to make my dream come true but time has passed by and now I can neither be a cricketer nor an artist. Now I think that since I could not do anything for myself, I should at least try to fulfil my children’s wishes. Despite earning around one lakh rupees per month, I am not able to keep myself happy. Now I understand that what I was thinking as happiness and from whom I was wishing for happiness, both were wrong. Today, I have experienced myself on the level of the heart and the mind. Today I have understood that what I know is what we get to know is different and what we know, which is me, is different. Now, I am requesting you to show me the right path so that I can live in happiness, fun and frolic till my death, so that the biggest of problems will not able to shake me up; physically or at the level of the mind and brain. Now till the time I live, I want to live like a king not like a pauper and I do not want to keep crying when my end is near; I should have a twinkle in my eye, beat my chest and say, ‘Please take me away, I have lived my life to the fullest’. At that time, I don’t want to harbour any fear nor any hope or unfulfilled desire. Sir, please also tell me should I leave my family and my business? I am asking so, because I find this world full of double standards – something else within and something else on the exterior. Thank You!
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