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his exclusive goal. He will say, 'I will prove that I am better than everybody and would go farther than all', and he would accomplish this too. Yes, he will sweat for it and will progress further ahead. A person who has been respected as he grew up will not have this extra drive.
Now if one gets lots of respect then his appetite for it would cease. If one gets unlimited respect, than his hunger for respect is fulfilled. Then he begins to dislike respect given to him. Do you think people get tired of showing me their respect and reverence? If you get such abundant respect, your appetite for it will be finished, too.
The taste of respect will release one from greed
Do you like respect?
Questioner: Dada, up until today, I used to be intimidated by the fear of not being respected, or by losing respect. Because of this I did not take part in any activities and I used to be depressed. But now all that has gone away. As I receive this respect and recognition maan I began to feel free.
Dadashri: No, that is a 'tuber' of greed lobh. That is why when one gets respect and the taste he gets out of it, it will break his tuber of greed lobh. As he gets to taste respect, his tuber of greed will begin to dissolve very fast.
Now if a person has a tuber of pride maan , it will make him run around for respect and recognition. Wherever he gets respect he will be there. If they tell him, 'We will hang a plaque with your name on the wall', he will say, "Put me down for fifty thousand rupees'. When a person gets respect he will let go of his greed. Whereas, a greedy lobhi man will not let go of his greed even for million times the respect. It is very difficult to find such greedy people in this current time cycle. There is no one as such. Such greedy people were to be found during the third and the fourth portion of the current time cycle. They were very greedy. In the current time cycle there is no fixed proportion of pride - maan and greed-lobh.
The beggary for respect
