How can we be concerned but not disturbed – is it simply by faith?

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So I said we should be concerned But not disturbed about change How do we actually sustain that? Is it simply based on faith? Not just faith There is intelligence And there is experience See when we talk about faith Faith can be blind or Faith can be reasonable Every time we go to a doctor The doctor tells us to take a pill Taking that pill is an act of faith Because we don’t know whether that pill is going to Cure me or not But that faith will be A reasonable faith If we use our intelligence This person is a trained professional And is recommended by other people also And the diagnosis that was made Also makes sense So we use our intelligence And then along with the intelligence If we have the experience That means okay I have taken this medicine for three days I am feeling much better now I got the experience Or last time I took the medicine from the doctor I have improved So when there is intelligence And experience Then that faith is not just Blind faith It is not just faith It is actually conviction It is a realized faith It is a reasonable faith So when you talk about Be concerned not disturbed How do we do that? First of all, intelligence Intelligence means with philosophy With studying the Bhagavad Gita Understanding its message We understand that Actually I am more than my body I am different from my body Therefore, whatever happens at the bodily level Whatever happens at the bodily level That doesn’t have to shake me Whatever happens at the bodily level That doesn’t have to disturb me Because I am different from it It’s all See how much we are affected by something Depends on How much we identify with it Say a cricket match Is going on in India And now we are sitting here in America Now if I think Oh this cricket match is my favorite team And it must win And we identify with that cricket team Then what happens if that cricket team loses We get devastated But if somebody is not identifying with the cricket team We say okay the team lost It’s an event that happened That event does not lead to any major experience for us Because we are not emotionally invested in it So there is event There is experience What transforms an event into an experience Is the emotion That is invested in it There is no emotion Invested in it So if we come to know that say a particular political party Lost the election in China That’s an event. I don’t experience anything based on that Because I am not emotionally invested in it So what happens is Right now we are very Emotionally invested in certain things And if we are emotionally invested in those things Then changes in those things will shake us enormously So with our intelligence If we study the Bhagavad Gita We understand what is worth Truly being emotionally invested in And gradually We Become emotionally invested in Krishna And in serving Krishna Now the things of this world, the relationship of this world The achievement that we want in this world Whatever it is in this world That can be also a service to Krishna And in that sense it is important But it is not all important Yeah sports is a nice thing Nice thing if we want to entertain ourselves If we want to exercise ourselves But sports If it becomes a mania Then it can be unhealthy There are times when a team loses a match And the fans commit suicide Because their favourite team lost the match It’s horrible There is no need To get so emotionally Fixated with sports So the point which I am making is When do we get disturbed By something when we are Excessively emotionally invested in it And When are we concerned When we are emotionally invested in something But we are not emotionally fixated in that We are not emotionally sheltered in that So if I think that If I lose this exam If I can’t crack this exam Then that is the end of my life And I am doomed Then what will happen Then we will be devastated if I don’t do well in that exam But if I understand I am a soul I am a part of God, I am indestructible Krishna loves me always And Krishna will always Guide me, take care of me If I understand this with the intelligence And then as a service to Krishna I am a student, I have to give this exam I want to do well in this exam So I am concerned because this is my service to Krishna But I am not obsessed with it I am not fixated in it Then I can do my responsibility But without getting consumed by it So that way If we have some higher Shelter for our emotions Then The changes in this world Will not disturb us If we are disturbed by something In this world that means We are disproportionately invested In that To be proportionally invested is not a problem That’s natural But if you are disproportionately invested Like in a body, growth is natural But what is cancer Cancer is disproportionate growth When one part of a body grows So much that it injures other parts So like that We are conscious beings So emotions are natural for us And to be emotionally involved in things is natural But when there is disproportionate investment Of emotions Then that causes disturbance So with our intelligence we understand This is where I should be emotionally invested in And by our experience Gradually we will start realizing When I took shelter of Krishna last time When I tried to divert my consciousness to Krishna That big problem was there I was able to deal with it Problems come, problems go I don’t have to get so worked up about it So by experience it will become easier To take shelter of Krishna And then to see things in perspective So basically To be concerned But not disturbed We need to use our intelligence To understand who we are And where we should be invested in And then with our experience of how Taking shelter of Krishna calms us down And helps us to function better Then we will be able to function more effectively This is not just a matter of blind faith But it is a matter of reasonable faith Just as when we take a doctor’s medicine We know we are using our intelligence This is a good doctor and our experience This doctor has worked for me Therefore let me do this once again Let me take this medicine Similarly let me take shelter of Krishna once again Does it answer your question?