The door was closed. He tried hard to get in but could not. The door just would not open. He started banging the door. Five minutes later the owner of the house opened the door and slapped him hard on his face. He fainted. He did not dare to push the door again. He never returned back... Ten years later he met the owner of the house on the street. The owner slapped him again...

We think we own our body and mind. But the reality is we are thrown out of our own house. Try getting in one great idea into your mind and see whether your mind accepts it. It would not. It would slap you in your face. Try suggesting something innovative, something disciplined and it would give you a sound trashing.. There is not a single cell or fibre in our body and mind which we own.....We are all sold out ....

We have no control over our fingers, hands, legs and mouth. We are in possession of our body and mind but we do not own them. We have failed to get into our own house and we talk about building new ones. We have never seen even square feet of our brand new house and we flaunt about our possessions to the world... We are standing outside this house for ages slapped and trashed everyday and we talk about courage, confidence, security and what not....

Then we do something more stupid... We try to get into other people's house and suddenly we find that the owner of that house is happy to welcome us. We get a thrill reading about other people's lives appreciating some and criticising many. The newspapers, media, close friends and collegaues become the key through which we are able to enter into other people's house. We are overjoyed that finally we are able to enter into a house. We look at other people's house and dream about building our own one. In the night we go back to our own house. We sleep in cosy beds which are kept outside our real house. We want to get into our house but we fear the owner.. The first few minutes of the morning we dream about building a new house. The owner yells and we mellow down...

Wake up my dear friend. First get into your own house. It is a palace and it is built only for you. It has got all the richness you ever dreamt of. Your mind is not the owner of your house. You are knocking at the wrong door. If you think that the mind is the owner of your house you should be in complete control and possession of your house. Think about it. The mind has fooled you all along your life.... This is a fact not an opinion...

Your house has two doors. The one called the Mind will feed you all through your life but it will treat you like a servant and you will have to stand outside your own house.. It will provide you all the luxuries of life but it will not allow you to enter into your house. It fools you everyday by saying that tomorrow it will let you in but the next day it ditches you. You rebel and it rips you apart. It has fooled you for ages and keeps doing so... You are its victim, its easy prey...

Said my spiritual master to me " Vish, there is one more door which will allow you to enter into your house. You might have to wait for a month or perhaps a year but it will open for sure. This is guaranteed. Now do not ask me to reveal that door. I will trash you if you ask me to... It is so close to you. . I can only teach you how to knock at that door so that it opens quickly but you have to find that door for yourself.... "

I could locate that second door instantly but did not believe in it.... A year later day I again spotted the owner of the house in the street. He wore a slightly different look. I ran away from him. He chased me and caught hold of me.... He did not slap me. He hugged me and told me that he is the real owner of my house. He gave me a lift in His vehicle... He dropped me near my house and pointed me to a direction. I proceeded that way. As i walked in there were no walls and obstacles. It was hard to imagine a house without a wall and a door. Yes it was my own house, a palace which took me thirty years to enter... The first breath inside it blew away all my ordinary desires and wants, the second one was even more fulfilling... The third one drew me crazy...The fourth one I tell you what ......

Get into your own house my dear friend. Your mind is not the owner of your house. It has fooled you enough. No more will you stand outside your own house.... Knock at that second door and Thy will open it for you......