A thousand feelings: envy, fear, hatred, competition will come to you. You cannot fight them all, and there is no need to fight them. Be courageous when that feeling comes, and sit down like friends and talk. Be honest that you are the one who is nurturing that feeling all the time. Be aware that it is coming. Let it not enter like a thief. And when it comes, don’t feel small. You only need to understand, not control.
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Questioner: Sir, there is something negative in our mind. And the more I suppress it, it keeps on increasing. So, what’s the way out?
Acharya Prashant: The only reason, why negative feelings keep on increasing, is because you want to suppress them. There is great pleasure in the suppression of negative feelings. You see, whether you enhance the feeling or suppress it, ultimately you get a sense of power. The Ego says, “I am suppressing,” or “I am being entertained.”
A far better thing is to just see what that feeling is all about. You have a healthy mind. Look at that feeling. Why do you repeatedly keep getting this feeling? What does this feeling say? Ask the feeling, “What do you want? Miss feeling, what really is your demand? Why do you keep coming again and again? And you are welcome, it is not that I want to expel you from my house. I am not suppressing you. But I want to know why you are a recurrent visitor to my home?” Ask it. And to ask that, you will have to be friends with that feeling. Do not think that, that feeling is your enemy. Because, a thousand feelings will come to you: envy, jealousy, fear, hatred, competition, ambition. You cannot fight them all, there is no need to fight them. What to do with them?
