Get Out of that Frame

We are never without an identity. In the system in which we are living, there are set patterns of life. Yogi, doctor, master, genius, this, that.....,  you are choosing your identity, so good, choose any identity, have full faith in that. If you feel like you are an artist then be an artist, never doubt your identity. Ninety percent of people have identity but no faith in their identity, and they confuse themselves and have a miserable life.

We should have the courage to break the system and discover a new identity in which we have faith. Then you can create better possibilities for life. Everything is in your hands; you have to decide what you want.

First of all understand your life, value it and then make your life useful, purposeful. If the definition of your life is limited your life will always be limited; if your definition of life is vaster, without boundaries or frames then you can live without limit. Every day, write your definition of life and in a few days that will give you a complete picture of you, you can check your frame - or whether your picture is frameless.

Due to our ignorance we create frames. A framed life is never happy, never satisfied because we really belong to the frameless source. If our life belongs to the frameless source, how can you confuse it in a frame? Can you capture the whole of the ocean in a cup?

Our ideal identity is no identity - to become zero, to live with zero identity. We worship those who have attained this state. Either acquire a zero identity, or become everything. Never identify yourself with one thing, you are all. Either identity with nothing or identify with everything, never be in-between. That is the faith you should have in yourself.

Faith is an important tool in life. Consciously or unconsciously we are living every moment with the help of faith. Take, for instance, the fact that this very moment you are perhaps seated on a chair - you have faith that the chair won't break. Or if you are seated beneath a tree, you have faith that the tree will not fall on you. If you had any doubt you would not sit on that chair or under the tree. Faith is there, even if you are not aware of its presence, but blind faith sometimes becomes an obstacle to progress on your path. Hence take care not to let your faith become a rigid one.

Listening to the soul is one way by which faith grows. The other way is when your consciousness grows - for then, your faith changes. Today you have faith in the tree. In 10 days your understanding becomes deeper and changes your faith completely. You may think the tree is hollow inside and so may not have as much faith as before.

Faith makes everything possible; this is the work of faith. You just have to be determined about something, have full faith and then faith will take you where you want to go; if you have determination and no faith then you will not reach anywhere, so this is the power of faith.

First have faith in yourself, with whatever identity you are living have full faith in that. If you have no faith in yourself, faith in the Divine alone will not work.