You are the leader

Everyone one of you is a leader. You lead somebody somewhere—either the right path or astray. You lead people either towards light or towards darkness.

Every individual can instill faith or destroy faith, although you cannot destroy someone’s faith forever but only temporarily.

If there is humility then you always move forward; there are no pitfalls. In order to lead on the right path, you need to be pure.

And how do you become pure? Purity comes with knowledge, wisdom and pranayama. Knowledge is like a detergent. Every individual is pure in the present moment.

Whatever your past was, it does not matter. Dump those things and surrender. The word ‘surrender’ or ‘offering’ is only about the past.

In the present moment you are innocent. Believe in your purity. Knowledge purifies you, but if you think, ‘I am the purest person. I have a very good heart and a mind,’  then that ego can also be dangerous and makes you impure soon.

Honouring the purity and not ascertaining it is important. Be humble but do not claim that you are the most humble person on the planet. If we are pure we can lead the whole world in the right path through thought, word and deed.

You might say, ‘My deeds are very correct and clear, but how do I handle my thoughts? Without doing anything, thoughts of strangulating a person comes to my mind, what do I do?’ If you are in the company of positive people or in the right atmosphere, such thoughts don’t come.

They come when you are in the company of people who are uptight, angry and agitated. You seem to pick up their vibes.

Now, every time you get a negative thought, don’t blame others and say, ‘That person is putting this thought into my head.’ This mind is so tricky that in any situation it can get trap you. Make a sankalpa, ‘I’m not going to say these unpleasant words.’ We need to culture our speech.

And then deeds follow. Good leaders are ones who bring enthusiasm, happiness, energy and encourage others to move ahead.

A bad leader is one who finds something wrong in the best human being or even in a child and try to prove they are bad.

Just know that you are a good leader and that is it; no doubting and no questioning. And then you should forget you are a leader.

You are simple, you are nobody. When you feel very lazy and laid back and completely overtaken by inertia, then you should know you are a leader.

And when you are all worked up, tensed and feel the burden of responsibility, know that you are just nobody. That is the best way.