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Attachment to family and worldly affairs bears no fruit; therefore abandon these selfish attachments.
*** Due to ignorance the mind has become entangled in the worldly illusion (maya). Driven by illusion as well as greed it becomes increasingly bound by actions (karmas).
Illusion (maya) is like a venomous snake which has gripped the whole world. The most astonishing truth is that those who willingly serve the snake of illusion, in fact, are devoured by her (in the form of death).
If by the grace of God one finds the association of a Saint (satsang), then illusion (maya) cannot touch that person.
The human self (jivatman) and the Supreme Self (the divine) live together. In spite of living in the same house (the body), they do not meet each other. This is because there is a wall called the ego which separates the two.
Insects, fish, bumble bees, elephant and deer are each driven by one of the five sensory attachments—sight (insect), taste (fish), smell (bumble bee), touch (elephant) and sound (deer), which eventually lead all to death's door. [How much more, then, does this describe the condition of the human being who is attracted by all of the five senses?]
*** Truth can only live in a pure vessel [God's true form can only reside in a pure heart]; however there are very few who have such pure lives and who are free of lying, stealing, intoxicants, killing and adultery.
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