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Man is imitative in behaviour and patterns of thinking as well He gets trapped in the whirligig of pleasure and excitment, imitating others engaged in a similar pursuit, thinking lest he miss something in life which others have it. He lives and dies like a hired labourer, without any thing with him, to call his own It is a case of love's labour lost It is because he allowed himself to be driven with the high-tide of passion for things It is a case of misplaced love.
If you want to grow a mango tree, you think of the nature of the soil, manure, and so many other things connected with it in horticulture But in a serious question like life and living you take it lightly and plunge headlong in the stream believing you will somehow reach the other shore You never care to know if there be rocks or crocodiles hidden under water Swimming can be enjoyable, and it should be enjoyable
You consult experts in other matters but not in this matter of being Happy, in making your swimming an enjoyable, thrilling experience In business manage ment you consult an economist; in sickness, a doctor but here, you leave everything to luck and if in distress consult a palmist or an astrologer But you never go to Religion or prophets or teachers of mankind-tirthankaras the "makers of the River Cross
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You come crying as a baby, but depart laughing merrily as man as an Indian bard sings:
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