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Maharajashri : You do so because lawyers free you from your worldly problems. You have that confidence. You go to lawyers because they are more intelligent than you are. Therefore, you pay them to get their intelligent and sensible advice. But in the sphere of Dharma, there is no need to pay us any money. You must take the advice of your spiritual heads and act upon their suggestions in respect of your spiritual activities. You should not argue with your spiritual heads. You must act according to their advice. If people think that they are unintelligent and unfortunate and if they give way to despair thus, they will court disasters. You must dispel from your mind all pessimistic thoughts. You must be optimistic. You must hope till hope creates out of its own wreck the thing it contemplates in the sphere of Dharma. You must sing, "If winter comes can spring be far behind ?” You must entertain lofty aspirations and noble expectations regarding your future. For this, you must search for the company of noble friends who aspire for your spiritual welfare. After you come upon such friends, never give up their company. They will enable you to proceed successfully towards your lofty goals. It may happen that sometimes you may not be able to appreciate their words; yet you must respect their words.
YOU SHOULD NOT START AGRUMENTS WITH SPIRITUAL HEADS
Once Jesus Christ was travelling on foot accompanied by his disciple Saint Matthew. On the way, they happened to go to Matthew's village. There, they learnt that Matthew's father had passed away on that day. Matthew looked towards Jesus. Jesus said, "Matthew ! do you lament thus when some other person dies in this village ? You will not. In your mind, there is this feeling. "He is my father"; so, you are in grief. You must discard your attachments". Matthew stood listening. Jesus did not pause there, and he went away to the next village. Matthew quietly followed him. After reaching the next village, Jesus said to Matthew, “Matthew ! go to your village. Perfom the obsequies of your father and then come to me". Matthew went away to perform the obsequies of his father.
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