The Gun - Man Who Never Pulled The Trigger !

Someone was holding a gun at the back of my head. He never pulled the trigger but it always scared me to hell ! I was always a frightened individual. I became nervous and used to panic at small things going wrong. Everywhere i went the gun man followed me... to work,to the bank, to the airport,to the malls, to bed and even when i was asleep..... He never pulled the trigger, perhaps he never wanted to.....nnnWhenever i wanted to speak up, the gunman raised his voice and i mellowed down like a tame lamb. All times, that i wanted to express my views he would simply tell me to shut up.... There were occasions when i wanted to share my views with people but the moment i rose to speak the gunman made me nervous... My palm used to get wet, i used to panic and everything fell apart.... It seemed to me that he wanted to nip my courage in the bud... This continued for more than 10 years... I got used to the gunman..... nnnI never ventured to do anything courageous. I went about my daily activities like a hostage pushed from one cell to another....One day i told my five year old son about the gunman... I lacked the courage to tell anyone else.... My son got pretty excited and told me "Dad i would like to meet the gunman.... Next time that he holds the gun at the back of your head call me. I will slowly get behind him and shoot him with my machine gun(he love his toy) and he will die........" I had a hearty laugh after a long time....nnnThat night i drew little courage from those bold words of my son.I thought instead of shooting him from the back why don't i take shelter at some place where he can never follow me.Various ideas came to my mind and then a powerful voice spoke from within ......nnn" When you pray to God and surrender to Him the gunman would never be visible.....nnn" When you do anything creative you would never spot the gunman.....nnn"When you listen to your real self, your inner voice the gunman would disappear...nnnAll other times he would follow you.... "nnnThe powerful voice disappeared....nnnI was thrilled... Finally, i had found a way to get rid of the gunman.But the very next moment I was frightened again. I prayed to God for only five minutes, i was not a creative person and i never had the habit of listening to my inner voice... So what do i do....?nnnThe powerful voice spoke again....nnn"Practise seeing the good and the bad in the world through the Lord's eyes... Use His eyes to see the world and use your eyes to see your inner world.... That way you will be praying to Him all day.....nnnYou don't have to be a poet,painter,or a writer to be a creative person.. Creativity can be applied to anything that you do.. Creativity is nothing but a slight shift in your thinking pattern, where you allow a greater force to take over you...You don't apply pressure on yourself, you don't try to do anything intelligent , you don't make use of your memory. You allow yourself to travel to a place beyond your senses where the rules of external world do not apply. You allow yourself to be unpredictable and illogical and yet your work would take a shine of its own, a beauty which is unparallel to anything created so far....... Anyone can do this... The best way to get started is to consciously imagine a new world and willingly enter into it.....nnnYour inner voice was always speaking to you but you had muted it's voice... You were so engrossed in listening to the stupid tapes which was playing day in and day out in your mind without your knowledge.. All you need to do is practice being silent for a while and you would start listening to your inner voice....nnnPractice all the above three things and soon the gunman would disappear all by himself.... "nnnThe powerful voice disappeared... nnnThe next day i woke up in the middle of the night. I heard a gun shot... I looked around and could find no one... I looked inside of me and found a dead man holding a gun in his hand... On a closer look his face resembled mine.. The force of God has shot my lower self in the dark.... nnnEmpower Yourself Today and learn the proven methods of greatness and glory