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PROBLEM

Oh God! I have a big problem. You hear this quote almost everyday by more than ninety out of hundred people you meet. It looks synonymous with life; eternally attached and life is nothing but a bunch of problems. Then the replies also fluctuate from- You will not understand. It is my problem, I am stuck up with. You can not solve it.

But everyone has a problem, when I asked, pat came the reply, No, dear! I am in a big problem. You can not even imagine. It forced me to sit down and analyze, what a problem is this problem?

WHAT IS PROBLEM?

When I put this question to some of the people, many had no specific answer. One could tell me about some financial difficulties, he was facing, while other had some family misunderstanding and he tried to utter some more words, but failed. One friend was unhappy because it was raining.

It left me thinking that are we not exaggerating our day to day routine? Shortage of money, lack of love in relations, children not doing as per your wishes, people non-cooperative at work, no body understating you and so on and so forth.

But do all this make the situation a Problem? Can we define it?

Problem, in essence, is a situation, we normally face every moment. It is a situation, when you seem to be undecided about your path of action.

Now, it is you, who is undecided or is unable to take a conclusion about what to do; you have created a big name for a routine situation- a problem. You have to go for shopping and it is raining or sun is very hot outside and you named it a problem. In this way you start calling every situation a problem.

Yes, there are problems like natural events one has no control over, and these may be death, accident or natural calamity. One is helpless in this type of situations. The best available way is to accept the reality, the law of nature and live with it. Accept the situations as it is, and most of the times it helps.

Man might have conquered the nature, the sea, the mountains and now even planets around us, but he is still a naive to have understood totally and completely the laws of nature. These are so unknown, so unpredictable, so new every time that he is still groping in the dark on many issues. Though man had tried since time immemorial to find the depth of it, to comprehend the laws of universe, but only very few spiritual visionaries could experience and see the realities behind cycle of life.

But who listens to those sane voices, today? Those seem to be good to remain in books. We might have become religious, but do not know about the religion.

Created Problems:

Sit down calmly. Be a watcher. Observe, just observe. What is that situation, that is disturbing you. Analyze with a clear mind. If you observe sincerely, you may find most of your so-called problems are your own creation. You are the generator.

Are you not working overtime, taxing your body more than required? Your expectations might be the cause of your bad relations and extra ambitions might be for poor finances. Try to analyze sincerely.

I am not trying to belittle your situation but try to understand that it is your amplifying mind that cooks and fabricates stories; it is your minds game plan that you start seeing results before the action. It is the laziness that attracts problems. You may be surprised more than ninety five percent of these are imaginary situations, you have yet to land into. But many of these so-called situations are at your door since you have sent an invitation to these. All modern day dis- ease like hypertension, high or low blood pressure, diabetes, heart problems are set first as problems in your mind before these manifest bodily.

Creation and invitation to a situation like this start with our way of working, our life style, our craving for more than we can handle and above all being un-natural. Un naturalness involves almost all aspects of life or simply ignoring the natural laws that govern not only our lives but also our universe. If you follow the single law of nature and that is LOVE, your many a problems will be over within no time.

Problems are in the brain. It is in the mind.

Stop thinking of a problem and it will vanish. Just do nothing. Stop thinking about it, by doing something you love. Take away your thoughts from it; it will vanish in thin air.

People usually say that it is easier said than done. We never think about these, but problems, tensions come automatically. It reoccurs at its own. It disturbs us. We have tried many a times, but since problem has to be solved by me, I have to think of it.

Remember, problem or situation is not a tragedy. It is a situation. Firstly, remove that word from your mind-the problem. Real problem if any, is your own indecisiveness to act in that situation. And you go on blaming the whole world. It is your own reaction to the situation that may be called a problem. You must respond to a situation and not react. Reactions aggravate situation while response solves it.

Analyze if your over reaction to the situation is not a part of the problem.

SOLUTION Problem is not a mountain that can not be surpassed.

Situations change faster that your expectations.

If we have clearly understood that it is the response to the situation and not reaction, which is more important, we can go ahead to find the solution in a calm and quite way.

Have two to three glasses of water; sit calmly and relax. You are not going to die of this problem.

Take a deep breath. Exhale slowly, concentrating on your out breath, inhaling will be done by the body. You may just start exhaling only. Deep exhaling. Repeat four to five times.

Dont make something bigger than your life. All events in life are part of life so those cant be bigger than life. Have trust in yourself and that natural power people call God.

You say, Oh God! I have a big problem.

I say, Oh Problem! I have a big GOD.

Narendra Grover