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"We have nowhere else to go so stay here. It is here, here itself that we must find the solutions to our problems."
Baba says that if a being becomes a being of God, if he can surrender everything just once to the Lord, then his life will be a success. All the problems will be solved and all the tensions relieved. The thirst for getting some pleasure out of everything has become a craving. It is very peculiar that we desire only pleasure and happiness. Goswami writes,
Ananda sindhu ke hun basa
binu jane kaa marasi pyasa. "O Being, the ocean of happiness lies within you so why then are you roving about thirsty? Why does not your thirst get quenched when the pot of nectar (of happiness) lies within you?" He says,
Ishivar ansh jeeva avinaashi chetan amal sahaj sukh raasi. "This being is a part of God. He is conscious, he is immortal and can ésily be happy.” Despite this, look at his condition today!
So maayaa bas, bhayau gosai bandhyo keer markat ki naai.
Even when there is no bondage a being considers himself to be in bondage. He suffers, he is in sorrow, he is torn. He is thirsty and disturbed because he is searching for the nectar of happiness and is not able to find it anywhere. All the juices, all the nectars of the world at some stage or other become tasteless. There shall come a moment in your life wheñ even if you do not feel like letting go of anything, all shall leave you. Even if you do not feel like leaving people, people shall leave
you and they will do so in such a way that they won't let you . spend even a night in their house. They shall say,
Ghar se kahihen veg nikaaro naahin to bhoot hoike khaihen. You shall be kicked out. So better leave while there is still time. This will be better. Goswami says you shall have to leave your outside search because the nectar you are wandering here and there for lies within.
According to Shruti Bhagavati,
Taddejati tanne jati taddoore tadvanti ke. "The nectar you are wandering here and there for lies within. Within you is the source.” Although we wonder where and how it is possible to find enough nectar to satisfy all, God has enough nectar to please all. Sruti Bhagavati also says Raso vaisaha, the quantity of nectar that lies within him cannot be found elsewhere,
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