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broader perspective on the benefits of Yoga to human beings, to
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Q: How to stop worrying?
Know one thing – one day you are going to go under the ground. You will be finished. Everybody else will also be finished. What are you worried about? You are worried about money? You are worried about somebody’s opinion? You are worried about prestige? You are worried about your health? There are four things that people worry about –Money, Relationship, Prestige and Health! All of them is going to go away one day. Then why worry.
See life from a bigger context. Ten years ago, didn’t you worry? You are still alive. Five years ago, didn’t you worry? You are still alive. Three years back you worried. This worrying did not do anything to you. You only created more toxins in your body. Life anyway goes on.
Life is a balance between free will and destiny. How many of you have this question about free will and destiny? (Many in the audience raise their hands). Is life all destined or is it all free will? I tell you, life is a combination of both free will and destiny. Your height is your destiny but your weight is your freewill.
You can’t say this my destiny is to weigh 100 kilos. I will tell you to get on to the treadmill. And don’t eat those burgers. So, your weight is your free will and your height is your destiny. Similarly, it’s raining is destiny, whether to get wet or not is your free will.”
This knowledge is truly liberating. It gives perspective about the power within, to change or positively influence our life’s game plan. We are not just the referee but are also the players who are expected to score goals.
Our worst enemy is stress, and it takes us out of our true nature. When we de-stigmatise stress and deal with it through the Yoga practises, life starts to make sense.
The fullness of Yoga can be experienced in the upcoming 3 day Happiness program by Art of Living. The registration link is tiny. cc/HP22APRIL2024 for the Monday 22nd course. The Happiness course presents the “how” or the answer to the many questions about how one can happily navigate through life without worrying about ‘what ifs’ and ‘if only’.