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Lenunciation
5. Renunciation
When you stand upon the peak of a high mountain, you ind everything below you in its diminutive form. In the ame way, the ascetic who stands upon the high peak of piritual consciousness finds all the pleasures and glory of ife, all considerations of honour, prestige, enjoyment and ndulgence as useless and insignificant. The pleasures and possessions of the world have importance to those who are attached to them, but for those who are spiritually above them, they have no significance.
Worldly Glory
Just raise yourself above your worldly desires ambitions. The moment you do so in a spirit of detachment, all the coveted things will automatically come to you. Worldly glory is like but the shadow of your body. If you run after your shadow to catch it, you will never succeed in your efforts, for your shadow will recede farther and farther as you run after it. But if you turn. your back at it and return, the shadow will automatically follow you.
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