Aptavani 02

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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papers that a certain businessman is happy but truly, no one is happy. People are roasting from all sides just like potatoes in a fire. A wife of the rich businessman lost all her bungalows because she had no insurance. In the end all was lost. Is there any happiness in it? If there were happiness in money, then why would these wealthy businessmen toss and turn at night in their bed? Even the bed squeaks. Where is the happiness in all this? The emperors had hundreds of wives but even then some of them would always be sulking.
There was a Vanik (from the business community) man who would come and sit with me everyday. 'We'asked him one day. "How do you get along with your wife? What would become of you if your wife were to die?" He replied, "I have made it very clear to my wife that I will become a widower but I will not let her become a widow!" My goodness, these Vanik men are very shrewd. His wife would feel very good that he is going to live longer than her. He tells his wife she can die a married woman but he is going to be a widower for sure. Men have made these rules and that is why they are partial towards the male. The only difference between a man and a woman are the ones that are naturally made, but otherwise even she is a 'Shuddhatma (pure Soul)' is she not?
worldly life will always remain bitter but people forget this because of moha (illusion). After suffering, the illusion makes them forget the suffering and they become engulfed in attachment again. This is exactly like a web: one becomes entangled in it. But if the Self is realized even for a second, this worldly web will no longer be a trap. Once the Gnani bestows Self-knowledge (atmagnan), one becomes free from all the entanglements of the worldly web and he proceeds towards final liberation (moksha).
Even if a father is on his deathbed, he lies worrying about his daughter who is not yet married. He dies worrying and hence he takes a birth in the animal kingdom, where life is filled with abuse and ill treatment. Alas! What can anyone do, if as a human he does not conduct himself properly? And even when a Gnani Purush tells him, "Ask for it! Ask! 'We will grant you whatever you want", he does not even ask for the right thing.
When a ship is sinking, the passengers are given a warning. As the passengers are being placed in the life-boats, the old man rushes to get there first. Hey you! You are close to death now; why not let your younger children go first?
People find this world a beautiful and a harmonious place. But really it is a factory of death Death is inevitable with old age. Whatever spiritual work you accomplish in this life will be your own and yours to keep.
If a passenger in a train, which has now entered the outskirts of Mumbai on the way to Mumbai Central Station, opens up his bedding to go to sleep, people will say that he is crazy because Mumbai Station is fast approaching. He is foolish because he is making his bed when he has to disembark. Many start to play cards even when the train passes Borivalli (suburb) station. At least get up now, the final station is approaching Start packing your belongings, be forewarned, whatever awareness you maintain, you will benefit from it.
One Vanik man was very brave! Robbers were robbing the homes adjacent to his, and there was much chaos and noise going on. Upon hearing this, he told his wife, "You cover me up on this bed with a whole bunch of blankets. These are the kind of brave men you have these days!
You got married, you have tasted the fruits of a married life and now you have to remain vitarag (without attachment or abhorrence). If you taste a fruit of a mango tree and find the mango very tart, are you going to sit under the tree in anticipation that perhaps next year's crop will be sweet? No, that tree will always produce tart fruits. In the same token, this