Take hold of the brushes and paint a constructive picture

The Voice of Babaji: A Trilogy On Kriya Yoga – Quotes

“Don’t imagine even for a moment, that any of your thoughts can be kept ineffectual. No, it can not be. Thoughts crystallize into habit and solidify into circumstances.”

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“Fear, doubt and worry are not big things in the beginning. They are just little seeds in a corner of our mind, just as dropping a burning match in a forest is after all, a small thing. Yet it starts a fire, which burns for a thousand miles, burning a whole forest before the flames die down. The way to prevent the forest fire is to put out the match in the beginning.
So also to combat fear, doubt and worry the way is not to fight them, but to prevent them. That is why prevention is spoken of as better than cure.
Fear, doubt and worry are all focused on future occurrences. They are the mental diseases. They stretch out their restless fingers for the brushes to paint their terrible pictures on the mental canvas. Just stop them then.
Take hold of the brushes and paint a constructive picture, where they would paint a destructive one. Let them be divested of tools to work with and canvas to paint upon.
You will thus find in the place of the troubles of tomorrow, the joys of today. Life becomes bright and happy, instead of dark and despondent.”

/The Voice of Babaji: A Trilogy On Kriya Yoga/