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tell the manager, 'This bank is mine so why don't you leave?' What will he tell you? So everything that you believe to be yours will one day put you in jail' (causes bondage). So then why would you want to believe this? Besides what good does simply 'believing' do? There should be a firm decision about what is exact and precise; beliefs have no basis. On the contrary, you will be ridiculed and thrown in jail.
Everything binds you because you created my-ness towards it. Nothing belongs to you, not even the body. It would be your friend if it were truly yours. But look how much pain and suffering it gives you before it leaves and 'You' have to vacate the 'home. In which past life have you departed without my-ness (mamata)? You have died as an uncle, you have died as a father, you have done all this. Dying without my-ness is the entrance to liberation. And if you die with mamata then this world is always there for you to come back to. You have died in every past life but that mamata has not gone, has it? It still remains. Now you have also attained the knowledge that this mamata is not real and yet it has not gone. It is very difficult to attain the knowledge that teaches you 'mamata is not real'; it is extremely rare and difficult.
The one with mamata is not the Self
I have made you without mamata; attachment or my-ness and you still do not validate this by saying so. I have made you without mamata but you still do not say, 'I too am without mamata.'
Questioner: But how can mamata go away?
Dadashri: Your mamata is gone after attaining this Gnan. So now why would you want to remove it again? Your 'shop' was a partnership between you and Chandulal and now it is divided. Chandulal is the one with mamata and there is no problem with that, but You are without mamata, now. The partnership in the shop has been divided so with whom does the
mamata go with? It goes with 'Chandulal'. It did not come with You, So Your problem is solved.
This is a museum. It is like a hotel so we drink tea and so do others. But what do other people do in the museum? They give all kinds of opinions "This tea is very good, the other one was not. This tea is strong, the other was weak. 'We (the Gnani and His mahatmas) on the other hand, do not do this. We deal with whatever comes our way, with equanimity. Mamata (my-ness) such as the one in a
drama The Lord has not forbidden one to keep mamata; you can have mamata but it should be like the one played out in a drama; it should be perfunctory. Just like the mamata an actor would show in a play. Do actors in a play not show mamata (attachment or my-ness)? In the play, King Bhartruhari will come and then Queen Pingda will come. King Bhartruhari will cry, but it is all a drama (for the sake of the play). So there is no bondage or liability from that mamata. Similarly, you should carry out your part of acting'; eat, drink and enjoy yourself but do it dramatically. 'We' too do the drama', do 'we' not?
Questioner: Can you find anyone with 'dramatic mamata' in this day and age?
Dadashri: There cannot be any dramatic mamata. But I do the drama. How I inquire about Hiraba's (Dadashri's wife) welfare! Once a fortnight she would tell my nephew, 'Please ask Dada to come and have dinner today.' And so 'we' have to go, 'we' have to make the time, no matter how busy 'we' are and go there for dinner. 'We have to please her: 'We' would lose whatever little respect there was, if she were to get upset. But 'we' make sure she never gets upset. So 'we' go to Hiraba's home for dinner. If Hiraba tells 'us' Come tomorrow, then 'we' would go again. Everyone will also comment, 'Dada
