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We change the town. We change the clothes. And we are always travelers. Travelers cannot afford to waste time quarreling with each other; they enjoy. Make this human trip as light as possible. Allow people to come along or to leave. If somebody wants to live with you, "It's fine." If they want to go, say, "Goodbye." Don't cry. Let go of the attachment. Let go. You know now it is not meant for you.
We always shift our attachment from one to another. When we were young we were with the parents. Later we become attached to the teachers. We grow and we become attached to the wife or husband; and then to the children and grandchildren. We are souls, and we offer lovingly whatsoever we can for the people who have been with us. But if they don't want to remain, there is no need to impose anything on them. Sometimes you are doing a service by not doing, because they don't desire. The masters have meditated. And in the silence they heard atma is paramatma: "My soul and the higher soul are one." When the water is calm and there are no ripples, you drop a pebble and it creates circles. In the same way, when you are in silence, when you are in peace, one word of wisdom comes and it creates a circle within. And each word will become a trip i enlightenment. So the first thing the masters found was that, “My soul is not different than the higher soul.” The small sapling is no different than the big tree. Only the small tree has grown big. But the seed that was in the small tree is the same as in the big tree. So one is seeing the presence of God within oneself. This is not ego or becoming something superior to others. It is realizing your own nature.
When a person feels, “I am one with that: the highest; the noblest, the permanent light; and the divine presence," from that day our inferiority complex will break. Go on meditating. You will feel inseparable. And always you will walk with the feeling of being God incognito. Each person is incognito God. Invisible God.
But there are many distractions which will come and take us away from this essence. They are old feelings, old habits, or things we do under pressure. It may be physical pressure. Sometimes it is psychological pressure. Sometimes we do things because of cultural pressure. Sometimes it is because of family pressure. There are so many kinds of pressures around us. So we do not do things because we want to, but because we are under pressure. So to stay with the feeling of divine presence, we need good company. Good reading. Good environment. Good thinking. Slowly, slowly we get rid of the habits and the pressures. That will be a challenge. Take this challenge in life. Not the
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