17. Taming Restlessness

Many people have two cars, two homes, good bank balance, good health, and the spouse of their choice. Yet, they are restless.

According to the Tantra, an arm of Hindu Philosophy, there is five types of restlessness we suffer from. The first kind of restlessness happens in particular place or situation. The cure is to move away from the place or situation, until we feel more settled. Any location can become a home to us when we find simple things that we like about the place, things that we can relate to and things that can make us smile.

We can be restlessness due to physical reasons in the form of tension within your body. Any tension in our body, any uneasiness, can be released when we express love to somebody. We think: how can love take away physical restlessness? We can see in our life- a mother who has a child to look after - she feels continuously rejuvenated; for taking care of children is not an easy job! This rejuvenation happens because of the love and care the mother feels for the child. Even a simple smile, which emanates from the heart, initiates that process.

We can have mental restlessness. This too can be healed by caring for pets or playing with kids. These simple acts help us avoid heart attacks and can postpone the onset of any fatal disease. Even stroking or caring for pets release tension. They just listen and express love. Their energy heals you.

Restlessness can also come from emotion. Mental restlessness is intellectual. Emotional restlessness cannot be controlled by words. We can heal this only when we express love. When we start radiating love, it floods our being with energy. Our being is receptive to the higher forms of energy. This heals our emotional restlessness.

Ultimately we can have spiritual restlessness. Only our love for the teacher or the Master can heal our spiritual restlessness. Many people tell THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, 'Master, just the presence of any enlightened person makes us meditate. Whenever we meet swamis and saints we are able to meditate in front of them; why are we not able to do so at

home?'Whenever we meet enlightened people, swamis and saints, we start relating to them, we begin to express our love towards them. This totally heals our spiritual restlessness. Understand! The words, 'Spiritual restlessness:' means that we can't sit with ourselves, by ourselves, comfortably, alone, in silence.

Love breaks through all these forms of restlessness. Apply it today.