DESIRE THE ROOT CAUSE OF SORROWS

By HH Shri Babaji Bhagwan, (1867-1940) a Great Enlightened Soul of his time.

By HH Shri Babaji Bhagwan, (1867-1940) a Great Enlightened Soul of his time.

"If you do not get what you desire, there is sorrow,
If you get what you do not desire, there is sorrow!"

"If you do not desire anything, then there is no sorrow at all!"

Thank of a situation in which you are restless for a desire to be fulfilled, and until the desire is fulfilled there is no peace in your life.

For example you desire a car. You remain restless till the car is obtained and you remain in sorrow if it is not.

If you get rid of the desire for the car -- all your sorrows will vanish in an instant.

Imagine a situation in life when ALL your desires are fulfilled. Imagine the state of your happiness.

But this is unlikely to happen.

However imagine a state in life when you have removed all desires from your mind.

You are then in an indescribable state of happiness. You are exactly in a state in which all desires have been fulfilled.

But you will say: "If we remove all desires from our hearts how will we survive?"

But remember, when you breathe you do not do so with your own desire. Your breathing is something spontaneous which comes to you even without your desiring it.

You twinkle your eyelashes, this is not with your own desire.
Your heart beats, and this is not with your desire, all your bodily functions,and there are millions of them, carry on their work, and this is not with your desire.

When you do not desire, it does not mean nothing happens for you!

Then a Higher Power takes over, a Power we call God, who takes care of you - who brought you into this world without your desire and who will take you away from here even without your desire.

Then you are working through His Desire, which is perfect for you and which does not go wrong, like so many of your own desires do.

So leave your desires to Him who is Desiring everything for you and who knows better than you what is for your betterment.

As Shri Babaji Bhagwan used to say in impeccable English:

"I AM CONVINCED THERE IS NO CONDITION HIGHER THAN THAT SILENCE WHICH COMES OF THE ABANDONMENT OF ALL LATENT DESIRES!"

"IT IS A CONDITION THAT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO GOD WHERE HE COMES TO FULFILL YOUR DESIRES HIMSELF!"