28th November, 1996
Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change
Day 27 - Sorrow (Continued)
If you are unhappy, check if any of these are lacking - tapas, or penance, vairagya, or dispassion, sharanagati, or surrender. Tapas is agreeing with the moment, a total acceptance of pleasant or
unpleasant situations. Vairagya means “I want nothing” and “I am nothing”. Sharanagati is "I am here for you, for your joy”. If you are grumbling, it is because these are lacking in your life.
When you accept your situation you cannot grumble, when you take it as tapas you will not grumble. When you come from a state of dispassion - “I do not want anything”, you do not grumble, and if you are surrendered you will have no complaints. If you do not do it willingly, you will do it later out of desperation.
First you will say, “Nothing can be done”. Then in anger and desperation you will say, “I give up, I want nothing, I have no choice, to hell with it”. All 3 of these - penance, dispassion and surrender, purify your mind and uplift you in joy. There is no problem that cannot be solved.
When you have a problem that you think cannot be solved, you have accepted it Then it is no longer a problem, it is a fact. Suppose you think it is a problem that the ocean in Norway is too cold. Obviously, you cannot heat the ocean So it cannot be changed, you accept it and it is no longer a problem. Only when you are searching for a solution is there a problem. Thus there is no problem that cannot be solved.
The moment you realise there is no solution, a problem ceases to be a problem. The solution is the tail of every problem. Solutions comes to you when you are calm and collected, when you use intelligence, when you are not lethargic but active, and when you have strong faith in divine law.
