Dr. Vijai S Shankar MD.PhD.
Published on www.academy-advaita.com
The Netherlands
8 May 2020
I try, I tried, I am trying (5)
“I believe”
Understand that objects that are meant to come to you will come to you because the object and you are in the same moment. Understand that objects that are not meant to come to you will not come to you because that object and you are not in the same moment.
Understand that man or woman, who is meant to meet you, will meet you because the man, woman and you are in the same moment. Understand that man and woman, who you are not meant to meet, will not meet you because that man, woman and you are not in the same moment.
Understand that knowledge that is meant to you will come to you because knowledge and you are in the same moment. Understand that knowledge that is not meant to you will not come to you because that knowledge and you are not in the same moment.
Understand that an action that is meant to happen to you will happen because that action and you are in the same moment. Understand that an action that is not meant to happen to you will not happen to you because that action and you are not in the same moment.
Understand that a situation you are meant to be in, you will be because that situation and you are in the same moment. Understand that a situation you are not meant to be in, you will not be in because that situation and you are not in the same moment.
Understand that success meant to come to you will come to you because you and success are in the same moment. Understand that success, which is not meant to come to you, will not come to you because you and success are not in the same moment.
Understand that failure meant to come to you will come to you because you and failure are in the same moment. Understand that failure, which is not meant to come to you, will not come to you because you and failure are not in the same moment.
Similarly, understand that your children, your house, your garden in the front yard and in the back yard, your society, your lineage and everything that is meant to come to you has come to you and not because you try, tried or are trying.
The wise understand that try, tried and trying is precisely where it is meant to be.
The enlightened live with those who try or do not try.
Author: Dr. Vijai S. Shankar
© Copyright V.S. Shankar 2020
Editor’s Note:
Mind with thoughts has been gifted by life with a comprehensive and almost impenetrable web of illusion that is protected by the 2-headed spider of logic and reason. Thus, man is consigned on his journey in life to ignorance of the provisions that have come to him by the intelligence of life and not, as he believes, by his own efforts, however worthy.
The enlightened have penetrated this web so that man may be released from the authority of logic and reason, if he is meant to be, together with the freedom to live life as it happens.
Julian Capper. UK