Jailer

Author(s): Abhayshekharsuri, Sujata P Kapadia
Publisher: Harshadray Private Limited

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music induce sleep or does it wake one up?”
“It induces sleep.” “Then why did the Emperor wake up?" “May be, you lose sleep.”
Then why were the musicians called to put the Emperor to sleep? The reality is that music can either induce sleep or make it go away. One gets sleep only upto a point that the music is needed, beyond that, it can awaken you. This point is relevant to all the issues. Things are beneficial only to the extent that they are necessary. Beyond that limit, they cause harm, for example, “If you are used to eating six chapatis a day, and suddenly on your birthday, you decide to have twelve, will you gain from this or lose?”
"Lose”.
When you need new shoes, the cobbler measures your feet and says, “Sir! they are 9 inches in length.”
“Brother! Why nine inches? Make the shoes ten inches long."
Will this cause you comfort or discomfort? The rule that then follows is that a thing is beneficial only if it is necessary and is proper.
Imagine that the expenditure incurred by you every month is fifteen thousand rupees, but you earn a lakh and fifteen thousand rupees. Will you make a profit or a loss?
"Excess is to be forsaken”. Does this rule also not apply to money? Those who amass wealth in the range of five to twenty five crores have been sufferers of many losses in all likelihood. However, one needs a certain viewpoint to decipher this.
A young man, from a very small, backward village,