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present state. One does not know under what circumstances what events take place.
Sometimes a man has to lose his legs also. A road accident resulted in great damage. The doctor advised that the legs should be amputated otherwise it meant danger to life itself. The surgery cost Rs 5000. Now there was a man offering Rs 5000 for the pair of legs and here he had to spend that Rs 5000. A man who is not willing to lose his legs for a price of Rs 10,000 may allow amputation paying Rs 5000. If viewed from a single perspective then the man may not allow amputation even in this state and would lose his very life.
Many people think and speak this single dimensional language. They say the decision they have taken is final. Even when situations change, their decision does not. Nothing is permanent. Even the one whom we call Parmatma is not so unchanging, then why should our decisions be?
The component principles of a decision
Every decision has four components: matter, place, time and state. On the basis of these four components decisions keep changing. The decision
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