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I am the Soul
167 You will say, "Yes, we have become not just modern, but ultramodern”. The exterior living habits, dress codes may have changed, but the internal tendencies have remained much the same. Ah! They have become narrower.
How far shall I say? You neither want to get into religious activity nor let anybody do it. If somebody has awakened to a faith in the religion, if he is getting into devotional feelings, if he is trying to get a Satsang with the sages who have come to town, he immediately becomes an eyesore for you. You say, “Aha! What a religious act you are getting together! What do you with the Sages? You seem to be spending the entire day with them." How prejudiced! How narrow-minded! Where will it take you? These are the worldly tendencies that do not let you get away from self-conceit.
Brothers! Bharat did not have a love for the material world, he had his love in the Lord. So, one who has a greater love for the worldly affairs cannot escape self-conceit. Isn't that our predicament?
I ask you, didn't Bharat have any responsibility towards the worldly life? In spite of that he gave the first priority to his love for the Lord. Whenever I say something to you, pat comes your reply, “Mahasatiji! What do you know, how great our responsibility is? Don't we have to manage it? You don't realise how our responsibilities are."
How do you say we don't understand? Have we dropped out of the sky? We have come from amidst you. We have seen it all and we know what responsibilities the worldly life has, what limitations you have, we know it all. But when you don't want to do it, you say, “We have responsibilities. Every minute counts”.
Hold on! I do not believe your every minute counts. I do not believe that you spend every minute thoughtfully. Light entertainment costs you three to four hours. Aha! Sometimes the whole night is spent. A few of you get together and start chatting
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