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I am the Soul
629 “O Swami! Can't we really keep others' stuff? Do we have to return it to the owners?”
“Yes, of course! No questioning that!"
“But then won't you feel sorry? You won't feel hurt if I returned them?”
“Oh no! What is there to be sorry about? Our work is done, the time is up, so it has to be returned!”
"Is that so? Then come, I shall show you our gem-studded bangles."
Sumati pulled her husband by his hand into the other room, where their two sons were lying in eternal sleep. She removed the sheet from their faces and quietly told her husband, “Look Nath! These are our gem-studded bangles. Their time is up and they have gone!"
The husband was speechless. Can this woman evaluate the death of her sons in this way? Can a mother's heart show such equanimity? What strength can this be? Sumati's husband immediately fell at her feet, and said :
“Sumati! You have truly practised at the feet of the Veetaraag. Only your unwavering devotion towards the Veetaraag state of the Veetaraag has given you the strength to bear such a great shock!"
Brothers! This is the state beyond joy or sorrow. Every pore of the samakiti jiva is filled with faith in the Veetaraag state. That is why even in such terrible situation it can maintain equanimity. That is why it has been said here that it eliminates all mithya feelings and when mithya feelings get eliminated the characteristics of charitra mohaniya karma begin to fade out one by one. As the charitra mohaniya begins to weaken, the stability within the atma begins to rise. Remaining engrossed in the true form of the atma, is itself Bhava charitra. Where bhava
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