Own only what you can own
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Not owning what you cannot own, and owning what you can own, is intelligence. Unfortunately, you constantly try to own what you cannot own, and you do not own what you are supposed to own! You are supposed to own your future, but you do not take ownership for it; you do not take responsibility for it. Instead, you continuously try to own your past, which you cannot own!
Why do you feel comfortable owning the past, but not the future? This is because your mind teaches you to always own the known. The unknown is always frightening, so the mind rejects the unknown and clings to the known. But just because the past is known, do not think you own it! You only know it; you do not own it! You can only own the future. And you are supposed to own the future!
When you are ready to move out of your comfort zone and face the unknown, that is freedom. Understand: freedom from the known is the real freedom!
Just look in. 90% of your thoughts are all about the past!
When I see a person, I can tell from his eyes whether he is lost in the past
Trying to own the past is abusing Time, Mahakala! Not owning the future is shutting the door to Mahakala! Owning your future means receiving Mahakala. Brooding over your past means living with your own dead body, and not looking at the possibility of life!
If you take ownership for your future, your eyes will be shining and bright - anticipating the future, ready to receive it, planning for it, taking ownership for it. Take ownership for your future, and Time will bless you.
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You can only own your past, not your future.
Let go of what is over
Listen!
By nature, you are hardwired to move towards the future. The only mistake you make is that you move towards your future without taking ownership for it. Just move towards your future with responsibility. Then you are on the right track - you are moving towards enlightenment.
Because you moved towards your future with so many fantasies, but without taking the responsibility to fulfil them, you have faced failure in the past. Now, the failures of your fantasies occupy your inner space so much that you are lost in the past and the guilt of the past. When you do not move with responsibility towards your future, your past will naturally be filled with guilt - like the wasted pages of your biography.
I tell you, your smile and laughter mean that you are taking ownership for your future! Your long face means you are lost in trying to own your dead past! Whenever your face has a smile, your consciousness and cognition are moving towards the future. It means that you are reminded of the possibility of life. The truth of your Possibility is constantly there in your cognition.
Who's in charge of your future?
A small story:
Four co-workers were sharing a table at lunchtime.
One of them, a young man who had joined the company recently, opened his lunch box and saw that it contained tomato rice. He made a face and ate it.
The next day, the same group was sitting at the table, when the young man opened his lunch box, saw that it contained tomato rice and grumblingly ate it.
The third day, the same thing happened, and this time the young man complained loudly, 'Oh no! Not tomato rice again!'
The fourth day, when he saw that the box contained tomato rice again, he quietly walked over to the waste bin and emptied the box into it. His co-workers marvelled at his patience, but didn't ask any questions.
The fifth day, when the young man opened his lunch box, his co-workers watched anxiously. And sure enough, it was tomato rice again!