When the memories awaken, the memories which are stored in our subconsciousness, through some object, this is a vritti (thought wave). And now through some reason the vrittis are awakened again. Long time you don’t remember something, and suddenly you are sitting and you remember. That means that now the vritti is active.

Remembrance can create happiness, inspiration, and is supportive for our spiritual development and for the sadhana (spiritual practise). Then this vritti is “oklista vritti” – positive vritti. Where there is no thought to disturb you.
If these vrittis, through the smriti, through memory, disturbs you, takes away your confidence, your faith, and creates obstacles for your spiritual development, then such vrittis are the “klista vritti” – destructive, negative, not good. Such vrittis should be purified. Such vrittis you should purify by thinking positive. Either with forgiveness… Give the clearance to your thoughts.

Whatever happens in our lives, it has two sides. Sometimes it is unpleasant, but after some time, after some years, it will become pleasant. It will be good, will bring the happiness.
Some vrittis, which, at the time, brings feelings of happiness and joy, but after some time it, brings unhappiness.
So, what I used to say: “The joy of the joys has less joy than the sorrows.” That joy which comes suddenly and without analysing the facts. The memory can change persons entirely – positive way or negative way.

We have enough wisdom. All of you who are sitting here, you are very wise. Now if you are so very wise, then why do you have problems? How does it function? Because wisdom and problems don’t exist together. So you are very wise, but you are very troublesome.

Now, the reason is this: That we do not apply our wisdom for our self.
We do not utilize our wisdom for our feelings. And to all these problems which we have we do not use our own wisdom to overcome or solve the problems.
If someone has problem and comes to you and ask you for help, you are so wise. You talk so wisely: “No, forget it. It can happen to anybody, take it easy. That’s nature. In the nature there is life and death. You see, it is just thinking. I know it is a big problem, but take it as it is. Change your thinking…”

Krishna said like this to Arjuna, Mahaprabhuji said like this to his bhaktas (devotees), Jesus said like this. In Yoga it is like that. Now, you know how much wisdom you have? You have lot of wisdom but you do not utilize, do not use.

If you will use your own wisdom, be sure you will have very, very little problems. And if the problem comes you will be able to master your problems.

Problem becomes more stronger, intensive when you begin to compare something with something or someone with someone, and you begin to blame. So do not compare. Dissatisfaction begins there where you begin to compare. Someone has black hair and someone has white hair. Now you want to compare that you also want to have black hair, then you may colour it but still you are not satisfied. Whenever you will look in the mirror to your black hair, the vritti will come out: “they are very nice, but they are coloured.” You know the truth.
You know, sometimes some people, they colour different colours of hair and they are happy just for ten days. After ten days the reality comes out (out-growth) and you see how it looks different. Again you will be unhappy, because you tried to hide, tried to cover the reality, but you can’t.

The clouds cannot hide the sun forever. It is clouds will move, not the sun. So don’t compare. Trouble begins where we begin to compare. “That person is beautiful, that’s not beautiful.” The problem begins with husband and wife when husband begins to compare his wife with someone or wife begins to compare her husband with someone. So do not compare.

We recognise a world champion sportsman and our self. We can compare, but we should give right that he is disciplined and a practitioner, and that’s his aim. We are not that kind of practitioner and we don’t have that aim. Therefore we shall congratulate him or her who’s the world champion. We are very happy for him or her. There is then happiness; there is then no problem. Problem is when you begin to compare. Do it. Go with him or with her jogging… how long you will keep? Condition is missing, no comparison… and then the judge is giving judgement – blaming… (the mind)

I used to say always: “Never blame anyone. It is you to be blamed.” Something happened which you didn’t want and now you blame someone. But still I would say it is not other’s mistake, it is your mistake. Which mistake? You didn’t want? Though you didn’t want but you are still the cause of that. If you wouldn’t be here, that would not have happened. And therefore, take it on your shoulder. It is very easy to blame others. This is a kind of psychological self-protection, the reaction of the self-protection, but in the wrong way. To put the dirt on someone’s head is not nice. You should clean the dirt off someone’s head.

So that’s what the vrittis bring us always. Many, many, many, many lives’ problems.

So we are here to master our selves. We are here to learn. We should learn to accept. And then we shall learn to purify this with the wisdom.