The illusion of fear strikes again. This time a dread about the future. Uncertainty looms large. However, that which is real is absolutely certain. Uncertainty is an illusion. Uncertainty is the nature of illusion. Absolute certainty is truth. Because the future does not exist, it is always uncertain.
There can be no certainty in that which is not present now. No thought can be confirmed as true, either yours or someone else's. Since the future is fundamentally uncertain, no amount of thinking or planning can eliminate this dread. Right now, there is nothing to fear. Root yourself completely in this moment. All your fears are mere thoughts. By considering your present state just as a reference point for the future state, you are unable to root yourself in this moment. What is there to be afraid?
It is just the mind playing tricks. This is what the mind does. Be aware now.
There is no future now. Why then does the future seem more real than the present moment? Why does the future always command more attention? There is a habit of thinking which keeps referring to the future. Keeps imagining the future. Is addicted to thoughts about the future. And hence always afraid. What will other people think of me? How shall I survive? Shall I remain a failure? Shall I become bankrupt? Who is this 'I' who is always terrified? How shall I manage? Why am I wasting time? Why am I not working?
Am I really in control here? Am I really the thinker of these thoughts? Have I made the right decision? Am I making progress? When ther is no right or wrong decision, how should I choose? When the result is uncertain, how should I choose? What is uncertainty? Why is it so terrifying?
Let us become deeply aware of this moment. Let us look at this very moment. Forget for a while, thoughts of future, past and yourself. For a moment, let us assume that what happens to me is irrelevant. Now, what remains? Just this. Isn't this what you seek? All your fears are fears of losing this. Anxiety about the future is due to possibility of losing this. Uncertainty is the possibility of losing this. Now, is it possible to lose this? It seems as though this would be lost after death. There are two cases. Either this is lost. Or this is never lost.
In the first case, who is aware of losing this? If this is lost, there remains nothing. No fear. No sense of loss. Nothing.
In the second case, this is never lost. Hence, no fear. No sense of loss.
In both cases, there remains no fear and no sense of loss. Hence both fear and loss are not real. Yes, you may have to endure thought of humiliation and loss of honor. But this is not lost. This is never lost because even if this is lost, there is no one to there to be aware of the loss. Hence this is forever. Since loss is not real, it can only exist as a concept. Never actually. Now, this can NEVER be lost. Therefore rejoice. Humiliation is just a thought. An idea. Not a reality. All that can be lost is just thought. Nothing more. All that can be gained is also just a thought. A mere idea. All thoughts are not real. Therefore, ONLY this is real. This cannot be lost. This cannot be gained. This is always here. Right now. It never leaves because it never came. This is clarity. This is absolute certainty.
Thoughts come and go. Fears come and go. Uncertainty belongs to thought. Thoughts can create massive delusions. But this is forever untouched. This is supreme confidence. Absolute certainty. Nothing else. No idea or thought or relationship (also a thought) is reliable. When you forget this, you are lost in thought. You are subject to hallucinations like fear and anxiety. Can the thought of failure ever touch this? It is not the world but this which is the treasure. This is the cure for all sorrow. This is untouchable. Thought intimidates. But this liberates. No circumstance can stand in the presence of this.
There can be no certainty in that which is not present now. No thought can be confirmed as true, either yours or someone else's. Since the future is fundamentally uncertain, no amount of thinking or planning can eliminate this dread. Right now, there is nothing to fear. Root yourself completely in this moment. All your fears are mere thoughts. By considering your present state just as a reference point for the future state, you are unable to root yourself in this moment. What is there to be afraid?
It is just the mind playing tricks. This is what the mind does. Be aware now.
There is no future now. Why then does the future seem more real than the present moment? Why does the future always command more attention? There is a habit of thinking which keeps referring to the future. Keeps imagining the future. Is addicted to thoughts about the future. And hence always afraid. What will other people think of me? How shall I survive? Shall I remain a failure? Shall I become bankrupt? Who is this 'I' who is always terrified? How shall I manage? Why am I wasting time? Why am I not working?
Am I really in control here? Am I really the thinker of these thoughts? Have I made the right decision? Am I making progress? When ther is no right or wrong decision, how should I choose? When the result is uncertain, how should I choose? What is uncertainty? Why is it so terrifying?
Let us become deeply aware of this moment. Let us look at this very moment. Forget for a while, thoughts of future, past and yourself. For a moment, let us assume that what happens to me is irrelevant. Now, what remains? Just this. Isn't this what you seek? All your fears are fears of losing this. Anxiety about the future is due to possibility of losing this. Uncertainty is the possibility of losing this. Now, is it possible to lose this? It seems as though this would be lost after death. There are two cases. Either this is lost. Or this is never lost.
In the first case, who is aware of losing this? If this is lost, there remains nothing. No fear. No sense of loss. Nothing.
In the second case, this is never lost. Hence, no fear. No sense of loss.
In both cases, there remains no fear and no sense of loss. Hence both fear and loss are not real. Yes, you may have to endure thought of humiliation and loss of honor. But this is not lost. This is never lost because even if this is lost, there is no one to there to be aware of the loss. Hence this is forever. Since loss is not real, it can only exist as a concept. Never actually. Now, this can NEVER be lost. Therefore rejoice. Humiliation is just a thought. An idea. Not a reality. All that can be lost is just thought. Nothing more. All that can be gained is also just a thought. A mere idea. All thoughts are not real. Therefore, ONLY this is real. This cannot be lost. This cannot be gained. This is always here. Right now. It never leaves because it never came. This is clarity. This is absolute certainty.
Thoughts come and go. Fears come and go. Uncertainty belongs to thought. Thoughts can create massive delusions. But this is forever untouched. This is supreme confidence. Absolute certainty. Nothing else. No idea or thought or relationship (also a thought) is reliable. When you forget this, you are lost in thought. You are subject to hallucinations like fear and anxiety. Can the thought of failure ever touch this? It is not the world but this which is the treasure. This is the cure for all sorrow. This is untouchable. Thought intimidates. But this liberates. No circumstance can stand in the presence of this.
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