*The Cause of Return* - Jai Gurudev

*The Cause of Return* Most of us come into this world with the seed in us – 'It’s not OK'. And all our life, we try to correct events, people and situations. How much can you correct? It’s like trying to rearrange the clouds in the sky. This seed does not allow you to be happy, to smile from your heart, to be loving and be lovable. It’s there all the time like a thorn - irritating you. This seed – 'It’s not OK' – brings you back into this world again and again. How do you burn this seed? 1-First recognize that it is there. This can happen in deep introspection and meditation. 2-Sometimes you feel your body, mind, intellect, memory and ego are also not OK. You justify them or find fault with them. These are also part of the world. Acknowledge what you see as an imperfection and offer it to the Divine. 3-Have faith in the infinite organizing power of the Supreme Intelligence and have the sincere feeling, 'Let Thy will be done'. Then the seed – 'It’s not OK' – gets burned. 'Thy will be done' is a state of total contentment, a state of just love. We need not even make it a statement about the future: 'Thy will alone is happening now'. Question: So, everything that happens is God’s will? Gurudev: Yes, including the thought, 'This shouldn’t be happening'