Can you say that this is difficult?🔗

Actually, you cannot even say that it is easy – because even 'easy' means it needs a little effort. But this process is already happening in you, constantly, naturally.

Now just be aware that it is happening, that's all.

Once you realize that a thought can only occupy your inner space for a few seconds, will you be afraid of it anymore?

Will you respect a phobia that can be wiped out in a moment by another thought?

For instance, if the thought of death comes up, why should you be afraid? Simply replace it, that's all!

A person once came to me and said,

'Swamiji, I am haunted by the fear of death. Please tell me a way to come out of it!

I told him, 'Every time the fear of death comes up, just decide to have a cup of coffee.'

He was shocked!

He said, 'What do you mean, Swamiji? How can that help me?'

I said, 'The moment you are able to think of having a cup of coffee, it means the thought about death fear has already left your inner space. Am I right?'

Then he said, 'No, no, Swamiji, it looks too simple! And even if I do that, the death fear will come back! Then what should I do?' I said, 'If it comes back, have one more cup of coffee, that's all!' He protested, 'No, no, you don't understand how serious this is for me. You are playing with me.'

I said, 'I am not playing with you. Now you know the method how to replace the death fear once; do the same thing again and again, that's all.'

Why are you afraid that you will bring your old thought back? It is like trashing your e-mails and then bringing them back from the trash bin. Why would you do that?

Relax

You have the intelligence and the independence to replace any suffering, any fear, any negativity that enters your inner space.

If a thought can be replaced once, it means that it can be replaced as many times as it comes. If you can replace it ten times, the eleventh time the thought will not arise; the frequency will come down. This is the truth.

Fortunately, you have a pure inner space which can never be corrupted by the thoughts that flow through it. Your inner space is simply like a screen on which your thoughts are projected for a few moments and then fade out. If you project a scene of fire on a cinema screen, will the screen itself get burnt?

No!

In the same way, your inner space can never be polluted or possessed by any particular idea or thought.

Understanding this deeply can completely liberate you from all the sufferings you create for yourself. It can bring tremendous self-healing to you, tremendous freedom, tremendous courage and confidence.

If this one truth clicks, it can destroy the root of ignorance, the root of the mind. Nothing else is needed.