Book Title: Mind Your Mind
Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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________________ purchase any or sometimes they liked all the sarees and hence could not purchase any. A man who is confused about his selection finally selects confusion and returns back. For such people it is very difficult to retain their happiness. A person who goes for shopping doesn't shop on the basis of his buying capacity, but based on the availability of things in the market. We have to eat not on the basis of the available food cooked, but on the basis of our hunger. Man forgets this simple rule of good health and becomes mentally ill and makes his life also miserable. In the good old days, there used to be one person in the family who would secretly save money with the intention of helping the family when in need. In times of crisis, those savings used to be of great relief. Now there are members in the family who earn secretly and spend also secretly. They create a feeling of insecurity and discontentment in the lives of the entire family. It is pointless talking about value of money in front of a collegian who can spend the equivalent of an entire month's household expenses of a poor family on just one college day, those who can spend the highest currency note in the pocket in an hour's visit to a restaurant, those who do not hesitate to make a vulgar display of their wealth during weddings and similar occasions, those who do not believe in economizing at all while spending money on useless and shameless celebrations during navratri and 31st nights, as such people have not understood the value of wealth in it's true sense. The goddess of equanimity turns its face away from such people. Such people face great difficulties during a sudden economic MIND YOUR mind : 71

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