It is our most common daily mental activity. It is the greatest misuse of our mental energy. It is a complete waste of time. It’s called WORRY.
It’s good to worry, isn’t it? Worry shows you care, doesn’t it? It means you are cleverly anticipating the future … yet?
No!
Worry is anxiety based on fiction. It is a series of negative thoughts which disempowers the natural creativity of your consciousness. It is the dredging up of memories of hurt, rearranged into an imaginary tale of conflict or loss still to come.
The most surprising fact is that despite the majority of us acknowledging worry as a waste of time and energy, it is still one of the most common lessons we learn from our parents. The prevailing myth that is handed down from generation is, ‘it’s good to worry, it shows you care.’
Worry is fear, and care is love, and fear and love are polar opposites. If you stop for a moment and become aware of why you worry about someone else, you may also find it is motivated by selfishness — you actually are really worried for yourself.
You are worried about how you will feel if something bad happens to someone else. In fact you are already feeling it. Worry is simply a learned habit, an addiction that is fed by a toxic diet of bad news, unfortunate events and tales of personal traumas of others.
The best and the easiest way to get rid of this habit of worrying is “to live in the present”, rather than escape into a negative future or a painful past.
Remember, we can only find peace in now, we can only live with love now and be fully present and available for others now.
Editor’s note: Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj ji is a writer at www.brahmakumaris.com and can be reached at nikunjji@brahmakumaris.in.
