問題：我有很多負面思想，我應該怎麽做呢？ Question: I get many negative thoughts. What should I do ?

問題：我有很多負面思想，我應該怎麽做呢？

回答：靜心是唯一可以控制負面思想的方法。每當你有負面思想時，保持警醒並告訴頭腦，斯瓦米吉不是告訴過我不要去想負面的嗎？如果你切斷最初的念頭，念頭的環鏈就不會增長。否則就會創造出第二個念頭的空間，接著就是第三個念頭。。。最後你會被過去的念頭抓住長達半個小時以上。就如馬拉提語作家曾經寫過，當一杯酒出現在你面前，如果你能夠阻止自己不喝，那就沒問題；但是如果你喝下第一杯酒，你對第二杯酒的自製能力就會減低，慢慢的你的頭腦就會變得脆弱，最後就變成一個酒鬼。同樣的，如果你能停止第一個負面念頭，第二個念頭就不會浮現。即使念頭來了，你知道你必須小心不被念頭抓住。但是如果你的頭腦是脆弱的話，就會很難控制它。這樣的話，你應該向你的師父祈祷。你必須保持警醒，以及專注于師父所教導的。如果師父没有做出特定的舉止，信徒也無法這麽做。在這樣的情况下，你的注意力將會集中在師父身上，只有這樣你才能避免這個負面思想。

Question: I get many negative thoughts. What should I do ?

Answer: Meditation is the only way to control negative thoughts. Whenever you get any negative thoughts, alert yourself and tell your mind that Swamiji has told me not to think negatively, hasn't he ? If you cut off the very first thought, then the chain of thoughts will not develop. If you don't cut off the first thought then it will create a space for the second thought. And then the third .. .. .. and in the end you will be caught in thoughts of the past for more than half an hour. As a Marathi writer has written, when the first glass of liquor comes before you, if you stop yourself, then it is alright. But if you drink that first glass, then your self-control for the second glass will lessen and slowly your mind will become weak. And you will become a drunkard. In the same way if you stop the first negative thought, the second will not appear. And even if it comes, you will realize that you have to be aware and not get caught in it. But if your mind weakens then it will be difficult to control it. For that you have to pray to your Guru. You have to be alert and keep your mind on what your Guru teaches. If the Guru does not act in a particular way, the disciple will also not be able to do so. In this way, your attention will be on the Guru. Only then will you avoid these things.