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whole world out there, and here I am all alone with this vision (of laghutam). There is no one to give my vision the vote. I am the only one with this vote, against the racecourse and that is why I am not raising my voice. I would remain quiet because I am the only one voting (on the side of laghutam). Otherwise who would caution you this way? Why would I sit here to caution you? So, what a world one is trapped in?
Do you like to listen to all this talk? You are not bored are you? Do not try to analyze this. Just accept it as it is, otherwise the liability will fall upon you. This is a pure thing: this knowledge is pure, why do you have to analyze it with your intellect? That is why I say it very clearly: 'We' do not understand anything in worldly matters. Only then will everyone leave 'us' alone! Only then can I be free of all worldly possessions!
The misuse of intellect in daily life
You can find all kinds of people who abuse their intellect. Such people will say 'I will win your case for you. Just pay me three hundred rupees. 'Do people not say that? He eats and drinks at home, takes abuse from his wife and then he does work for us! Nowadays, the standard of living has gone up, has it not? So they charge more now, do they not?
Also, people of India do things according to their own understanding, they are over-wise, they misuse the intellect, (they are vikalpi people). They don't learn by asking 'what will happen if we press this button on this machine?' They do not learn by asking the technicians of the machines. Everything goes on haphazardly. People in India do not even know how to use a razor blade; they don't even know how sharp a razor should be: they sharpen it once and it is done. And if a person is a miser he will keep using a sharpening stone and on the contrary lose whatever sharpness the blade already had. What are people of foreign countries like? They are not vikalpi and overwise, are they? The shaving razors always come with instructions
Why are there numbers printed on the razor blade 1,2,3,4,5,6,7? They (non-Indians) will ask the technician and do as he instructs them. Whereas our people, the vikalpi Indians are over-wise! If the wife says 'I am going to the temple and I will be back soon, the husband will say, 'I will prepare the food,' and he will (without asking anyone how to make it). But whatever spices he uses will leave a bad taste in the mouth!
If the radio is playing and the children ask me to switch the station, I will tell them I do not know how. I always ask before I do anything: I learn by asking. I do not attempt anything aimlessly on my own.
I would ask someone how to use the razor, but he has not consulted a technician himself and then he tries to teach me! Does that mean I know how to use it? He is a fool and so am I. Whom would I ask if I cannot find a technician? It is like trying to cook a curry without learning from anyone and ruining it.
Our people are such that they will cut their own hair if they cannot find a barber. That is how people are. Just because you clip them this way and that way, does that mean the job is done? It (hair cutting) would not be considered a skill if it were that easy. How did all these barbers learn to cut hair? By trial and error?
The foreigners have made machines to last because they know that people of India are vikalpi: they are over-wise and thus they might take shortcuts. They make the machines in such a way that they do not breakdown easily. They build in extra safety features, which would not be necessary if people using them were not vikalpi. You never know which buttons they will end up pushing. They build in extra safety even when laying the foundation in construction of homes because these crazy people will overcrowd the homes! What if the house were to collapse?
