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life without Conflict
life without Conflict
dislikes. Is cooking really under the control of the one cooking? The food that ends up on the plate is in accordance with the laws of vyavasthit of the one who is going to eat. Therefore one should not meddle with it.
So Much Luxury And Yet No Enjoyment
Eating in hotels and restaurants can lead to dysentery. When you eat in hotels and restaurants, its effects gradually accumulate inside your body and when the time comes, it will lead to dysentery. The results of any stomach pain will manifest much later. Having experienced this personally, I used to tell everyone not to eat in hotels. I had once gone to a sweet shop and was watching the cook. I saw all kinds of dirt and sweat from the cook fall in the sweet he was making. Nowadays even the food made at home is not hygienic, is it? Hands are not washed when one is binding the dough; there is dirt under the nails. Nowadays they do not cut the nails, do they? Many women have long nails. I ask them if they benefit in keeping their nails long. I tell them to keep their nails long, if there is some benefit, like doing art work. Then they realize there is nothing to be gained from it and agree to cut them. People do not have any sense. They grow their nails and walk around with headphones on their ears. They do not know where their happiness lies. Do they even know about their own Self? All they know is what the world has taught them.
How much prosperity and splendor there is out there to enjoy! You get to travel in the double-decker buses worth hundred thousand rupees for only half a rupee! What comfortable seats! You do not have such seats even in your home. People have so much merit karma (punya) but they do not know how to enjoy it, otherwise how can a person
enjoy a hundred thousand rupee bus in India? When you travel by car, do you get covered with dust? No, because we do not have dirt roads anymore. Your feet do not get dirty. In the past we had dirt roads and even the kings would come home with dirty feet. People of today have more luxuries than the kings of the past and yet they do not know how to enjoy the luxuries, do they? They may be sitting in a bus but internally they are restless.
Worldly Life Runs Naturally and Easily
Truly there is no such thing as suffering and whatever suffering there is, is the result of misunderstanding. How many living beings are there in this world? There are infinite living things but none complain, 'We do not have enough', whereas the foolish human beings complain constantly. Has any creature living in the ocean died of hunger? Have you seen any crows die from hunger? No, they only die when they accidentally bump into things or when their life span comes to an end. Have you ever seen a crow shriveled up from hunger? Do dogs ever have to take sleeping pills? How peacefully they fall asleep! It is only the foolish human beings that have to take twenty pills to fall asleep. Sleep is a natural gift; there is real happiness in sleep. Doctors prescribe pills to sedate people. Being sedated is like becoming intoxicated with alcohol. Have you ever seen a crow with high blood pressure? It is only the wretched human beings who are miserable and they are the only ones who need colleges to learn things.
Who teaches the birds to build beautiful nests? Learning to live life comes automatically. Yes, effort (purusharth) is required for Self-realization, but you do not have to do anything to carryout your daily living. Only humans are over
