________________
Yes, 'we' will cut that root, so then it will stop. That kaamna is very dangerous. It is not arising within is? It will arise some day for sure! So proceed with great caution. When people rush to praise and welcome you, a habit for it will take hold, just as the habit of drinking tea. Then when it is not forthcoming, he will be entangled and suffer. Then he will resort to deception kapat to get this respect and worship from others. So there is a great danger in this, and be aware.
What is the beggary bhikha for? The beggary to be worshipped. And when someone even does this', the folding of hands and bowing of the head, he is elated to the top of the world. You fool! These are all signs of going to hell. There is grave danger in this. Such habits, that have taken hold, do not leave.
Questioner: How can one tell whether one has the intense craving to be worshipped poojavani kaamna?
Dadashri: One knows everything. One knows the taste one likes. Does one not know that he likes icecream? The thermometer within, The Self, is there, and hence all is known.
The human beings of the current era are very lalachoo insatiably greedy. They create their own world of self importance and praise-worship wherever they go. Such people cannot receive and retain anything new and meaningful. Everywhere you look, people have started their own shops of worship. There is an intense inner craving to be worshipped and praised. The moment someone folds his hands and bows the head, the internal sweet tinglings rise in a crescendo. He wallows in this maja temporary pleasure.
That is a completely wrong path. There is no graver disease than this one of the intense carving to be worshipped. to have a desire to be worshipped. Who is to be worshipped? The Self is indeed the One to be worshipped. So where is the need to worship the body? But there is tremendous greed and craving for wanting to be worshipped. What will be gained out of having the body- the non-Self complex be worshipped? That which is going to be burnt someday, what is in it to be worshipped by anybody? But alas! That lalacha insatiable greed kashaya is such that demands, 'worship me.' So these are all intense cravings lalasa of wanting to be recognized and worshipped. Otherwise, liberation moksha is not
