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coming and going by the laws of nature, but we are free, standing as witness., This body is no more free than a picture, or a wall. Why should we be attached so much to a body? If somebody paints a picture, he does it and afterwards passes away. Why should he be attached to it? Let it pass. Do not project that tentacle of selfishness, "I must possess it.” As soon as that is projected, misery will begin.
So Karma-Yoga says, first destroy the tendency to project this tentacle of selfishness, and, when you have the power of checking that, hold it in and do not allow the mind to get into that sort of the wave of selfishness. Then you may go out into the world and work as much as you can. Mix everywhere; go where you please ; you will never be polluted or contaminated with evil. There is the lotus leaf in the water; the water cannot touch and adhere to it; so will you be in the world. This is called "vairagya," dispassion or the non-attachment of Karma-Yoga. I believe I'' have told you that without non-attachment
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