How can we stay spiritually focused and respond appropriately amidst situations of distrust?
Answer Podcast
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So if an environment has a lot of people and there is some amount of distrust, at that time, how can we remain quiet and agnostic? Actually, the focus need not be on being quiet or agnostic or becoming assertive or alluring.
The point, focus can be on our focus. Now, what am I here to do? It’s like if I’m driving on a road, the most important thing for me to know is, okay, what is the traffic on the road? Which road, which turn I am to take? Which turn I’m not to take? Now, if along the way there is scenery, I can look at the scenery. If along the way there is some dirt and foul smell, I just pass through it.
The important thing is not whether it’s beautiful scenery or whether there is dirt and nastiness. The important thing is whether I’m on my journey. So if we keep our purpose clear in any situation, what am I here for? What am I trying to do? Then that purpose creates focus.
See, if the purpose is not strong in our mind, then our mind does not have purpose. Think about this. Think about that.
Think about that. If our purpose is clear, then that focus on itself helps us understand, okay, which situation I need to understand how much? Where I need to clarify? Where I need to understand? Where I need to judge? How much I should spend my energy in what? All that falls into place once our purpose is clear and we are focused on the purpose. But if, say, we are going to some office or some appointment, we don’t bother too much about what is the scenery around us.
It is just going on a casual stroll and we’ll see everything. So like that, you know, if you understand that this world itself, it is not our destination. It is not a destination.
It’s a station. We are in a multi-lifetime journey. We are evolving towards God.
The situation that we are in, it’s just one station in the journey of our life. We keep that in mind. We have to grow spiritually.
We have to do whatever it takes in terms of our responsibilities in this world. Our purpose is all being responsible and growing spiritually. Once that purpose is clear, then how much time and energy to invest, how to approach various situations, all that becomes much clearer.
So if you keep the focus in mind, then whether to stay quiet in some situations, whether to express our concern in those situations, whether to take a stand in a particular situation, all that will fall into place once the priorities are clear. If you keep our focus in mind in all these questions.