How to feel better | Ali Reza Panahian
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“I’m not feeling too good. What should I do?” I start asking myself, “What should happen for you
to feel better? What news do you want to hear?” If you ask yourself, you will gradually hear the answer. Start talking with yourself. Tell yourself, “That’s it?! Then what?” “Then what” will nullify what was going to give you excitement. [You say,] “If I get accepted in the university exam in such and such field, that’ll be great.” You become excited. You know that thousands of people have been accepted in this field but nothing special happened to them. Or they’ve had a regular life and now they’re even depressed too. Ask, “Then what?”
“I don’t want to be outdone by that person.” “Aha. The university entrance exam isn’t important, right? Why don’t you want to be outdone by him?” “Because he humiliates me.” “What if he dies? Then what will be the purpose of your life? Imagine he isn’t around to bother you anymore. What will be your goal in life? Not being outdone by him. If he dies, what will you do next?” A person can talk to him/herself, and remove all the factors that bring [a hollow] happiness.
[One may say,] “But this will make him feel worse!” “If his desire was to reach these, he would have found some false motivation.” Don’t motive yourself like this. As soon as you aren’t feeling good, look for factors that can help you feel better. Even if these factors are very low things, you can analyze them. Find the true essence, which is God and the Imam of the Time (a.j.). For any matter and anywhere one is. Say, “God, I want You.”
I’m not saying we shouldn’t take care of our needs. I’m saying we shouldn’t think of just our needs. I’m not saying all of our worldly wishes are dreams. I hope you meet all of your worldly needs. But none of these worldly desires can make you deeply happy the way you think they will. You’ll lose your motivation again a couple days later. Let those wishes come and go. Think higher than these things.
That which is behind all the likings and all the factors that you think will make you happy is only one thing, and that is Him Himself. Imam Mahdi (a.j.) is the face, eyes and ears of God and His deputy
[as the traditions mention]. He intercedes with God and guides people. The Imam of the Time (a.j.) is something of His kind. He can be effective on the path for getting close to God.
Friends, let’s say some things that the prophets said that caused them to be mocked. All of us only want one thing, and that is God. Don’t procrastinate. The essence of everything that people want for becoming happy is God Himself. Don’t procrastinate. Think about it and you’ll come to this. You’ll want Him.
