FEAR OF LOSING
Have you ever noticed a bird eating the grains that are spread on street roads. Is it peacefully eating with its beaks ? No, it is in constant anxiety - anxiety of falling prey to someone, anxiety of losing its part of diet. It is continuously turning its head left and right, up and down to avoid the awful situation. Not only the bird and beasts, even we as human beings suffer from this ailment of being fearful.
We have the tendency to acquire something big and once we get that, we develop fear of losing the same. Getting the things in this world needs some effort, perseverance but the success of achieving comes along with the fear of losing. Bollywood stars have fear of losing their glamour, sport stars have fear of losing their hold on people's heart, business people have fear of losing their richness, young people have fear of getting wrinkles, old people have fear of losing everything which they have accumulated all through their life, small children have fear of losing their toys, boys have fear of losing their girl friends, girls have fear of losing their charms, whole world is living under the fear.
Why do we have fear - fear develops when we attach ourselves to what we possess. When we know that what we possess is actually not ours, then there is no fear of losing it. The process of Krishna Consciousness takes us away from these fears. Krishna Consciousness helps us to know our real position – that we are not the proprietor of anything that we possess but we are just a care taker. Krishna Consciousness is to give us the feeling of gratefulness for what we have achieved in life and to take us out of material hankerings and lamentations.
By Ashish kumar
ISKCON Convention Centre
Bangalore
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