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life without Conflict
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It has become increasingly difficult to pass the days. The husband comes home complaining of chest pains. The son comes home saying he failed the examination. She tells the son, 'Your father has chest pains.' She worries, 'What will happen if he gets a heart attack?' Thoughts such as these will bombard you from all directions; they will not let you be at peace.
come off when the Gnani shows you the medicine of how to take it off. This worldly life is not such that it will free you even if you wish to leave it. Anyone who relinquishes the worldly life is able to do so because of his past karma. Whether a person acquires a worldly life or a life of an ascetic, he has been able to do so because of his karma. It is only after you acquire the real vision, that you attain final liberation.
The Gnani Purush shows you a way to break free from the web of this worldly life. He shows you the path of liberation and what is more, He will put you on that path and you will have the experience that you have been liberated from the trap of all conflicts. You Will Encounter The One Who Liberates With
Such Intention! Everything is under the control of some other authority. Eating, drinking, or getting your children married, are all beyond your control. All forms of conflicts are within you. These are the kashaya: anger, pride, attachment and greed. They control everything. When the Gnani Purush gives you the knowledge of the Self, you become free from the control of these kashayas and their entrapment. The nature of the worldly life is such that it will keep you bound, even if you want nothing to do with it. Therefore keep an internal intent for liberation, moksha. You have had such a desire in your countless past lives but do you not need someone who can show you the way? You need a Gnani Purush, who knows and will show you the way.
When you have a band-aid on your arm, it is so sticky that it will not come off without pulling the hair on your arm. The worldly life is sticky. just like a band-aid; it will only
You are not the doer of anything. Anger, pride, deceit and greed; these kashayas run everything, these kashayas are the rulers. It is only when you realize the Self that these kashayas leave. You may repent for an angry outburst but the Lord has said that nothing can be gained if a person does not know how to do pratikraman. Knowing how to do pratikramans leads to liberation.
These kashayas will not leave you in peace even for a moment. You become engulfed in attachment when your son is getting married, at that time you are in complete oblivion. At other times you experience so much inner turmoil. This is all relative and temporary. You are supposed to just act out your role as you would in a drama. Once you leave this body, you will have to resume your role in a drama elsewhere. These relationships are not real; they are merely worldly relationships. Once the karmic account is finished, the son will not go with the parents.
Instead you complain, 'This man insulted me!' Let go of your foolishness, insults are meant to be swallowed. When your husband insults you, you should remember, 'This is my karmic account, my husband is merely an instrument in the process and that he is really innocent. When my karmas take a turn for the better, my husband will give me a lot of respect.'
