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Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.): That is a dangerous, evil desire. It is the worst thing. It is the most evil desire in man. This is called the nafs amara (the seven base desires). It says, “Ahh, ahh, ahh.’ It is more discarded than a dog. That is the section that is called ammara. A lot of people are like that. I have spoken about that before. About eighty or ninety years ago I spoke about this to many people. The memory comes to me now of what I said to them. Bring all the things desire asks for and keep them in front of you. Then continue to perform your other duties. When desire cries, “Give it to me. Give it to me, I’m hungry. Give it to me. You have to say, “It is for you. Just wait a little while. I have to finish my work, and then I’ll give you some. “Aiyo! I’m hungry I’m hungry I’m hungry. You say, “Just wait a little. It belongs to you.” “Don’t be hasty. I’ll give it to you. Come at the time that you need to eat and then I’ll give it to you. I’ll give it to you. Just wait for the right time. If you ask before that time, and if I get angry, it is dangerous to you. Therefore, wait a little.” Just put the food there and tell it like this. Then continue to do your work. While you are doing your work, desire will say, “Aiyo! I’m hungry.” But you must say, “That is for you. Just wait a little.” It might cry a little, and it might get a little sad. It will say “Aiyo, you are such a fool” It will say, “You’re such a fool. You have those things, but you won’t give them to me.” It will howl for about fifteen minutes. It will cry and howl and yell. Later on it will get angry and sulk. Then you can do your work. After about fifteen more minutes, it will say, “Aren’t you going to give it to me now?” You must say, “It is for you. But you have to have patience. Now I’m seeing that perhaps we alone cannot eat this. If anyone comes, we have to share this food. You and I have to share and then eat. If someone comes who is hungry, then we have to share this food. So just be patient.’ “Aiyo! I’m hungry Aiyo! I’m hungry Aoooo!” “Just wait a little. There is a little work to do.” Then go on doing your work. It will howl a little more for a little while. It will say “He is such a fool I shouldn’t even stay with him,” and then it will howl some more. Then say, “Didn’t you hear what I said?” and just take all the things and throw them away. “Now there’s nothing for you or me. I’ve thrown it all away. It’s all gone.” Give it to a dog or give it to someone else, saying, “Here! Eat!” And to the mind say, “Since you didn’t listen to what I said, you don’t get anything now. If you have no patience, this is what happens.” Then the mind will go and will not speak. Before it was howling, but now it will not speak anymore. If you do this for a few days, then it will say, “He’s such a fool. There is no reason for me to stay with him. I have to go and find another person.” Then it will leave you. If one does this, then later he will not have that desire. It will have gone away from him. Try to do this a little. When you try to do this, if that desire comes, you should finish all your work first and then you can eat. If it is quiet, then you can feed it. But if it howls, or it makes a lot of noise, saying, “I want this, I want that then say, “I won’t give you anything.” Do it like this and control it a little. Then it will come under your control. No matter what it does, this is what you must do. It might say, “I want this. I want that.” If there is something that tastes really good, it will say, “I want a little more of that because it really tastes good.” Sometimes it says, “I want this. I want a little more.” If it tastes good, put a little hot water in it and mix it up and then taste it. Tell it, “just taste this and see. “Ooh, it’s no good now.” Then it will go away again. This is how it can be controlled with wisdom. It will say, “Shree, shree, it’s no good. It doesn’t have any taste.” If that doesn’t work, pour some cold water on it, and you will not be able to eat it. Then the desire will lessen, because the taste will be a lot less. Until the mind is controlled, do that. In any kind of situation, do that. No matter what your mind brings to you, control it in that way. Then it is easy. It is very easy. Do you understand? Please do that. “M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen- a Sufi mystic, can best be remembered for his efforts to bring unity through understanding to the faithful of all religions.” Copyright: Truth and Light, Number 10 Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Family Newsletter Oct - Nov 2001
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