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ocean itself, unaffected by these small, transient things.
So many times we act as though we are the waves of the
ocean. Up one minute, down the next, changed by every
gust of wind, by every passing boat. Yet, we are not these
waves. I am using the analogy of the waves of the ocean,
but you must realize that the waves I am really talking
about are the waves of anger, anxiety, jealousy, greed, and
lust that are just as vast, just as strong and just as restless
as the waves of the sea.
We are not waves, pulled this way and that by every
passing breeze, by the daily changes in the moon. Yet we
act like that.
We act as though we are light bulbs and anyone who wants
to can simply switch us on or off. Isn’t it true? Can’t the
slightest comment or look or action of another change our
mood 180 degrees? Isn’t it so frequent that we are in a
wonderful mood and someone at the grocery store is rude
to us, or someone on the freeway passes in front of our
car, or a friend is cold and distant? Any of these things can
immediately switch our mood as though we were a light
bulb.
from a person have so much control over us? Are we so
volatile in our emotions that others have more power over
our moods than we, ourselves, do?
Aren’t we more than this? Aren’t we bigger, more divine,
and deeper than this? Isn’t there more to this human
existence than the law of action and reaction? We must
learn to keep that light switch in our own hands and to
give it only to God. Otherwise we are switched on and off,
on and off, all day long and the only effect is that the light
bulb burns out!
Let us take whatever comes as prasad, as a gift from God.
Let us remain calm and steady in the face of both prosperity
and misfortune. We must not lose our vital energy in this
constant action and reaction to everyone around us.
But how? How to remain unaffected by the waves of life?
This is called spiritual practice! I always say that one of
the best ways to learn “no reaction” is through silence.
When we are anxious, angry, tense or frustrated, we tend
to say things which we later regret; we tend to let our words
fuel the reaction in our hearts. So, let us learn the power of
silence. Silence on the outside will lead to silence on the
inside. This is why so many saints and other spiritual people
have “silence time;” it’s a time of remembering that we
are more than our reactions, a time of tuning in to the
Divine Insurance Company, a time of charging our inner
batteries.
So many times I hear people say, “Oh, I was in such a good
mood, but then Robert called and told me what Julie said
about me,” or “Oh, that phone call just ruined my day.”
And the same works the other way. We are sad or
depressed and we get a nice phone call or letter in the
mail or we eat some good cookies. Then we feel better.
How is that? How can one phone call, or one rude comment
So, let us learn to meet life’s waves with silence — that will
make “no reaction” much easier to achieve.
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