Self Liberation from Fear, Worry, & Anger by Tejguru Sirshree Tejparkhiji - HTML preview

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The Practical Way to be rid of Worry

The law of average wrecks worry and destroys delusion

Parents frequently worry about their children. They have the delusion that unless they worry about their children, they are not being responsible parents. They think that if they don’t worry, they are not doing their duty. What they don’t know is that such negative thoughts may even harm their child. What parents should be doing is to be practical and apply the law of average. The law of average is not just applicable to parents when they worry about their children, it is applicable to most worries.

The law of average operates on a simple premise: “Worry is very much unreal since it is just in a thought form. What is real is the truth. The truth is very much real.” To apply the law of average, ask yourself, “What does reality say? What do facts say?” The application of this law may seem difficult. In reality, it is the simplest and most practical. Let us understand the law of average through an example.

Understanding The Law of Average

A mother is constantly worried about her child that he would be injured in an accident. She is plagued by these thoughts without any reason.

All she has to do is to ask herself the facts applying the law of average:

 

Q. On an average, how many times has my son stepped out of the house?

A. Around 4000 times. (Assuming that the son is 15 years old and he has been going out since the age of 5. Assuming further that in ten years be might have gone out at least once a day).

Q. In the past 15 years, how many times has he been hurt? A. Around 4 times.
Q. So what is the probability of he getting hurt today?

A. It works out to 4/4000, which is a 0.001% probability of getting hurt.

 

Q. Is there any reason that I should then worry if the odds are 1:1000?

 

A. Definitely no.

That is how you can apply the law of average. If you are worried about going bankrupt, find the average number of people going bankrupt. It is usually a negligible amount. Never more than a 1% possibility. In that case, why worry about something that might not even occur?

Some calculations about life Q. What is the biggest thing in the world? A. The sky.
Q. What is the fastest thing in the world? A. Thought.
Q. What is given out in the most quantity? A. Advice.
Q. What is the most difficult thing in the world? A. To know yourself.
Q. What is the easiest thing in the world? A. To know yourself.
Q. What is the way to liberation from worry? A. To know yourself. Any other question?

Q. (Seeker): No. I now know what the answer will be. Know yourself... know yourself… know yourself.