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is necessary to water the plants daily existed in flower pots because it is not connected with the land but a flower bed has many plants and if any plant of them is watered, the rest all get water automatically. Likewise, if all the brothers are living separately, they are like the plants growing in flower-pots. But if they live together happily, they are like the plants or flowers blooming in the flower beds. As small the flower-pots will be, so small will be the flowers but as big the flower bed is, so big will be the plants growing or the flowers blooming in them, so you please adopt flower bed culture and avoid flower pot culture. Presently, the people have big houses but the hearts of the people residing in them have turned very small as they all think only for their personal selfishness and own advantages. Now, the family slogan is confined to, we are two in number and we must have two children only. Now the relation of parents, uncle, aunt, brother, sister etc. have no place in family. All have got themselves divided separately and when the family is divided, the society and the nation will surely be divided by the same people. Consequently, a few years later, there will be no existence of uncle, aunt etc. words in real sense and these words will remain confined to the dictionaries only.
I have learnt well from the Ramayana that when Rama departed for exile, Lakshmanji also accompanied him. You would be remembering when an exile was declared for Rama, Lakshmanji goes to his mother Sumitraji and says, “Elder brother Ramji is departing for an exile but before his departure, I have also come to you for asking for something, Mother.” Mother Sumitra says, “Oh Son! Kaikeyi has already asked for two promises and as a result Ramji has to depart for an exile of 14 yrs. What promise you want to get in such an inauspicious time, Son? Please, ask for any promise two days later.” Lakshmanji said, “Mother! If you make a little bit delay, it will be very harmful and will never be compensated. It is the only juncture of time when I
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