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life without Conflict
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fascination and fondness for the worldly life! There is a difference between the fishing net and the worldly net. An escape from the fishing net is possible if one can cut the net, but there is no escape whatsoever from this worldly net, except upon death.
Be Free From Within
humans except that the squash does not say, "These are all my offspring.' Only humans claim, "These are my children.'
The humans are considered as unprotected and destitute because of their dependency on the intellect. No other living entity is dependent upon the intellect and therefore they are all protected and sheltered. Those who have protection can never be unhappy. Only the human species experiences unhappiness. This constitutes misuse of the intellect.
Man runs around in vain chasing illusionary happiness and when his wife turns against him. he realizes that this worldly life is not meant for enjoyment or indulging in. Yet, he forgets this fact again the very next moment! Because of this illusion he takes such a beating, it renders him completely oblivious to the reality.
Man remembers God when his wife is sulking and will not speak with him, but once she starts talking to him, he is ready to put God and everything else aside. What suffocation! Do you think your suffering is going to end this way? Do you think your unhappiness will cease by you spending a few moments with God? Your internal torment is abated for the duration you are with God but otherwise the furnace within continues to burn! The fire is constantly burning, without a moment's relief. Unless and until you acquire the knowledge of your Self, until you have realization of, 'My real nature is pure Soul, this fire will burn relentlessly. Even when your daughter is getting married, there is suffering within. It is constantly there. What is the meaning of this worldly life? It is nothing but entanglements of suffering. This body also that has taken hold of you is also an entanglement. Can anyone ever have fondness for entanglements? It is a wonder indeed that people have
Will you not have to understand the fact that there is no happiness in this worldly life? Your brothers insult you, your wife insults you, and your children insult you! All these are temporary relationships. Do you think they will come with you when you die?
You are the pure Soul and the worldly life is superficial, which means there is no involvement on your part. You have to remain in your "home department' (real-Self), and the relative self has to remain in the foreign department' (nonself). By telling you to remain superficial I mean that you do not become entangled; you should not have the inclination to become entangled or become one with your worldly life and affairs, that is what I call being dramatic or play-acting. All you have to do is merely play your part in this drama of life. So if in this drama you incur a loss, you should show unhappiness and smile when you incur a profit. In this worldly drama if you incur a loss, you have to act accordingly and pretend to appear sad and you may even tell people that you incurred a terrible loss, but from within you must keep the separation between what is real and what is relative, and not become emotionally entangled.
Just keep your distance. Have you not heard people say, 'I keep my distance with that man?" You have to live in exactly the same way with this entire world from within.
