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"Nothing, nothing." He was covering up for himself. Well! It is fine to have thoughts inside, but to have thoughts that spill outside? This man was a prominent officer and yet he does this? It is dangerous to speak your thoughts out loud! People may ask, "What are you mumbling about?" If he were thinking he wants to shoot his boss and if he were to let his thoughts leak out, what then? But these are all cracked 'pots, there is not a single pot which is intact. If a daughter-in-law and a mother-inlaw get into a fight, they will be mumbling to themselves. These are all broken pots.
Our pot must be free from any holes: even water must not seep through. By that 'we' mean that if someone is watching you, he should not think to himself, "What is that person mumbling about?" And yet at home even when your children want to ask you something, they will change their mind because they too can see that you are up to your usual mumbling!
That officer must have had an argument with his boss and that is why he was muttering to himself. Who is really a boss? A boss is someone who gets into altercation with you. If you want to have an underhand then someone is bound to become your boss, surely!
The world today has become like a hospital for the mad. There is no telling when people will change their opinions about you. One minute they say you are very wise and the next they will accuse you of being mad. There is no telling what kind of a certificate they will award you. Why must we be afraid of the certificates that such 'mental' people give us? There is no telling what they will say to you. If the sane were to go live amongst the insane, they would not be able to do so. Today everyone is mad and these animals are sane.
Today do we ever see anyone that inspires us to want to spend a year with him? Alas the human beings of this era of the current time cycle are rejected goods from the past four eras of
the time cycle; they are enough to make you nauseous! How can a relationship be fostered with such people? You yourself are garbage and so is the other person!
Today if you were to receive a message, you don't get the correct message even if it is given firsthand. You ask something and you get a totally different answer. Everything has become very peculiar
People were very gentle during the time of the Lord and that is why He had to speak very carefully to them. If there is a herd of cows and you yell at them and they run away, will you be able to say anything more to them? No. In the same manner, such were the people during the time of the Lord and that is why He used the word illusion (bhranti) and did not go beyond that. And yet there are some cows that will not budge even if you approach them with a stick. Then we have to call the cow mental (crazy) as well. And people too are mental, are they not? They eat food made at home and clothes that belong to them and yet they worry! They get wonderful food to eat, they wear beautiful cloths and still they worry. Why do they eat homemade food? They do that so that antahkaran (their mind, intellect, chit and ego) may be at peace. Why do they want peace? They want peace in order to reduce their 'mental' state. But the worry continues despite eating food prepared at home. They wear nice pants and keep fussing over their clothes, as if someone has the time to watch them. No one has the time! Everyone is engulfed in their own worries so much so that they cannot see even when their eyes are open. No one has the time to look at you even if you were to go out in torn clothes. You see people in Bombay walking around fussing with their clothes. Bombay, the city where the roads are so smooth, that they shine. During the time of Lord Mahavir, people had to walk so much. Today there is so much luxury and yet people do not know how to enjoy it. No one has the time to look at you even if you go around in saffron clothing in Bombay. Even your friend will not give you any
