The Solution Is Right There.. So Why Does the Hand Pull Back??

There is a very common situation that occurs in the lives of many brothers and sisters.

There is a problem in life — for months, sometimes for years. The path is visible. The solution is in sight. The mind thinks — yes, this is what needs to be done. And then, just as you are about to take the first step in that direction — something stops you.

You picked up the phone, were about to send a message — the hand stopped. Were about to start the work — the mind said not now, we'll do it tomorrow. Tomorrow something else came up. The day after, something else again.

This is not weakness. This is not laziness. This is something else entirely.

This Is Manipulation — and It Happens in Three Stages

When a negative energy dominates our life — its greatest weapon is to simply not let us reach the solution. Because if we reach the solution — its game is over.

So it does what it does — it manipulates. And this happens in three stages.

First Stage — It Won't Even Let You Make Contact

Many brothers and sisters find themselves thinking — I should talk to someone now, I should seek some remedy. A year and a quarter passes, a year and a half, two years — and they keep thinking.

The moment they pick up the phone — logic suddenly awakens in the mind. "Come on, that's not how things work." "It's pointless, why spend the money." "It'll sort itself out anyway." "Let's do it tomorrow."

And when they plan to do it tomorrow — something else comes up tomorrow. Something else the day after. Another week slips by.

This is not coincidence. The negative energy that is with you — it knows that if you take one step, its game is over. So at that very moment, logic, fear, laziness, doubt — all arrive together.

And the thought of doing pranayama or meditation that came as an alternative to seeking the solution — that also doesn't happen the next day. Because it will block that too. Its work is to block.

Second Stage — You Got There, But Now It Changes Your Mind

Suppose someone gathered the courage and booked a counselling session. A date was given — 20 days away. And as that day began to approach — anxiety started building inside. Restlessness crept in. Sleep became difficult at night.

And then — the day before the session, a fever came. Or something suddenly happened at home. Or the mind said I'm not ready yet. The date was changed.

A new date came — then something else happened. Three or four reschedules in a month. And in all of this, three months slipped away.

This is the same energy — now working in its second stage. It couldn't stop you from booking — so now it keeps changing the date. It brings illness. It creates fear.

And when it manipulates you this way — its effect is not only on you. It also affects the one you are going to for help. Sometimes during the session they feel unusually tired. Or something happens that doesn't allow the session to be as effective as it could be.

This does not mean the person helping is at fault. It means the energy that is with you — is trying to close the door from every direction.

Third Stage — Everything Is Done, Yet It Keeps Spinning the Mind

This is the strangest — and in a way, the most absurd — stage.

The session happened. Hours of process. Much was revealed — visions came, answers arrived, a story unfolded. And then after the session, a brother asked — "Was what I saw actually real? Or was it imagination?"

That question was put there by the energy. Even after everything is done, it plants a seed in the mind — "Maybe it was wrong." "Maybe nothing actually happened." "Maybe I was deceived."

And then gradually that seed grows. Within two or three days the mind turns negative. The remedies that were suggested — don't get done. Because the mind is saying — "What's the point, nothing happened anyway."

Consider this — even one who has had a direct experience of God can be surrounded by doubt after some time. This is not natural — this is the work of that energy, which wants to pull you back even from your own experience.

So What to Do? What Is the Solution?

There is only one solution — firm resolve.

When the mind says this needs to be done — do it in that very moment. Do not let that moment pass. The more you delay, the more opportunity there is for manipulation.

And if an obstacle comes at the first step — understand that this obstacle belongs to that energy. It means you were heading in the right direction. If you were heading the wrong way, why would it need to stop you?

Look at the obstacle — and move forward with even greater force.

If you are sitting in sadhana and the mind is not settling — meditation is not happening — even then keep sitting. Let it manipulate. You keep sitting. Your work is to sit, its work is to distract. Let each do its own work.

And most importantly — whatever remedy or practice was prescribed, whatever sadhana was given — do it. At that time the mind won't feel like it. The energy will try to stop it. But do it anyway. Because if you do it — it will leave.

Tie This as a Knot Within Yourself

Whatever you have decided — stay firm in it. Do not keep wondering whether it will happen or not. Whether it will happen or not — you will find that out later. But if you don't try — it is certain that it won't.

There may be a possibility of failure. But in not trying — failure is guaranteed.

So try. Try with your whole heart. And when the energy tries to manipulate — smile. Because it means you are scaring it.

The Solution Is Right There.. So Why Does the Hand Pull Back??

Because the energy that is with you — does not want you to reach the solution. It blocks from three sides — first it won't let you make contact, then it keeps stalling, and even if everything is done it plants doubt.

But there is one thing it fears — your firm resolve.

So whenever the mind says this needs to be done — do it. Do it now. And whatever obstacle comes — recognise it. This is not your weakness. This is its panic.

And the one who keeps doing their work — their situation changes, sooner or later, without fail.