My son's 3 teeth got extracted today. He was worried the whole week about it. He thought that it will hurt him a lot. He wished that the day of teeth extraction never came. When he went to dentist, everything happened so quickly. He did not even know when his teeth got extracted. He did not feel a thing. Worrying about teeth extraction seemed silly and unnecessary. There was nothing to worry about. We make the same mistake as adult. Krishna assures that there is no need to worry. He resides in our heart. He controls the whole world. He loves all of us. So, everything will be for the best. So, do not worry and be happy. (Ref BG 5.29) Bhakti yoga (yoga of love of God) means to have faith that Krishna will always protect and maintain us.
When I explained this to him, he replied back, "I wasn't going to die. I shouldn't have worried." Yes, I agree but what if something really bad like death happens. Does that mean that Krishna did not protect or maintain us? Gita tells us that the self is beyond body and it never dies. It is illusion to see the death of the self. In the same way, the self is always full of happiness and knowledge and it is infinitely complete. So, it may seems that something bad may happen to the body or to the objects that we identify with our self. But in reality, no bad can ever happen to us. Everything is always all-good for self. Self is always happy (anand), it always exist (sat) and it is full of knowledge (chid) and completely (purna) and it is all-good and auspicious (shiv).
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