Defaulter

To strengthen the mind, some seek refuge with gurus, some read books on the subject, some meditate, some attend lectures by great personalities, some seek the company of saints, some go for counseling. People try so many things to build mental strength! Saints, maharajas, mahants, ascetics, masters, swamis, priests, pastors, fathers, bishops, bhantes, monks, pirs, fakirs, babas, mothers, maulanas, dervishes—people lose sleep chasing these local servants of God, hoping to increase their mental power.

Why do people do this? The real work here is simple: don't think of pressure as pressure; accept it with a smile, naturally. Whatever happens wherever, one must continue their work with unwavering composure. Don't panic; keep yourself calm and make all decisions with a cool head. Think that pressure is beautiful, pressure is natural. Let people say what they will, let whatever happens around you happen—don't pay any attention to such things.

Come, let's look at the loan defaulters for a moment. There's much to learn from them. Even with debts of hundreds, even thousands of crores of rupees, how imperturbably they roam about, doing business, living healthy normal lives! Salute to them! Looking at them, you couldn't even tell they're carrying such a burden, walking with their heads held so high, so untroubled! Where else will you find such rock-solid mental constitution capable of bearing infinite pressure?

So I say, instead of frantically chasing after gurus, saints, motivational speakers, religious people, solitary meditation, sincere friends, books-lectures-movies and such, try rather to mix with the country's loan defaulters, learn about them if you can't mingle with them. Even if you can't get close to such great people, then mix with those who borrow money from people and, without returning it, live shameless worry-free lives through the infinite power of their minds. Talk with them, get acquainted. These people don't consider pressure as pressure at all, they can even become so absent-minded as to forget about returning money whenever they please! Their line is always the same: "They gave me the money, that's why I took it! So where's my fault in this? If I have to return the money, I will! What's all this fuss about? If they needed the money so badly, why did they go and give it away?" These are the Dale Carnegies of our age; if you go to them to build mental strength, your work will become easy.

What shame? What fear? What anxiety? What pressure? Even seven murders are forgiven to the shameless! So to build mental strength, mix with shameless people; you'll see that no pressure will feel like pressure anymore. To the shameless, the world is beautiful.