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The Laws of Fulfilling Desires
How Methodical Nature Is!
The things in the world are limited, but the desires of human beings are endless, are infinite. If you make a note of all the desires the human beings of the world possess, and a note of all the wealth in this world, will you be able to match them?
Questioner: What should I do to fulfill my desires?
Dadashri: The nature of mind is such that it will always look for something new. It will look for a new sofa for the home, it will look for a new apartment, etc. A person starts talking about a new flat when he is healthy, if his health is not good, he will say, 'I do not want the flat anymore.' Then for his health to improve, he will make some kind of religious pledge. The mind will jump around like a monkey and that too without a tail! Nature says, "Accept what I give you and consider it vyavasthit. I will slowly fulfill all your desires at my convenience before you die."
When your desire for something dies, the object of your desire will come to you of its own accord. One man had a desire to get married right up until the age of fifty-five. He would tell people to find him a bride. And then, when he turned fiftyeight, someone came to him and said, "I have a daughter if you want to get married." So now the man says "No, my desire is now dead."
What is the point of buying diamond earrings for a seventy-year-old lady?
