A farmer’s younger brother’s wife a widow had a poor crop in her fields one year. The elder brother felt he should offer some financial help, but his wife hijacked the feeling disputing it strongly and nothing was done. A few years later the widow was getting her daughter married. The elder brother being spiritual was aware, feelings are true and they often justify whatever it may cost, so this time he extended financial help in spite of his wife’s attempts hijacking his feelings.
Few years went by the elder brother who had a late girl child was preparing for her marriage. The marriage was once postponed by the family because of low yield of crops and poor savings. The next season’s crop also did not grow well leading to financial constraints and marriage pressures. The widow got to know her brother-in-law was going to meet a money lender to sell his field, she came and offered her agricultural land to be cultivated together sharing the proceeds from the yield, should they have to sell their field. The elder brother’s wife was very ashamed of her past feelings always protesting whenever her husband wanted to extend help to his late brother’s family.
On reaching the money lender the couple pleaded he buys their field for 1.75 lakhs. The money lender recognized the farmer who a few years back borrowed money for his late brother’s daughter’s wedding and which was promptly returned. Today to meet marriage expenses for his daughter he is making a distress sale. The money lender being a God conscious person realized that land with a bore well was worth much more then what they were asking. He understood the farmer’s feelings and his desperate monetary needs.
To briefly explain God conscious beings; they know the nature of the soul, they hold their wandering mind under control, spiritual wisdom is their food, always impartial, delight in doing well and show kindness to others, have no worldly entanglements, helper of the helpless, love the one lord alone, someone who has renounced their proud ego, God conscious people are made so by God Himself because of their Naam Smran as their support.
After thinking for a while the money lender spoke to the couple, you can keep your land. I will pay you 75K for immediate marriage expenses of which only 65K to be returned in 2years. Unthinkable, unexpected happened for the couple, their feelings of joy were seen in unstoppable tears. Walking back the farmer’s wife recalls the widow’s offer and now the offer from money lender, realizes this happens with divine's intervention should one exercise good deeds for others. She offered her apologizes to the Lord, husband and the widow.
One must not hide wellness feelings from others but act on them: you never know when someday others feelings will act as blessings for you. Hijacking feelings is a state where negative emotions take over, leading to impulsive and often regrettable reactions. Feelings are purest form of communication, how you make others feel about them says a lot about you. Stop letting people easily hijack your feelings by controlling much of your mind, feeling and emotions. Sincere in your thoughts pure in your feelings you will not have to run after happiness, happiness will run after you.
Do what it takes to be a God conscious being, awake and aware forever and ever.
Gurbani says “In the “Company of the God-conscious beings all are saved. O Nanak, through the God-conscious being, the whole world meditates on God.” (SGGS Ang 272/273)
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