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he convinced us, “Samsār me jitni āshakti hai, utnahi bandhan. Āshakti kamti karo, dukh bhi kamti hoga. Jin jin padārthome āshhakti hoti hai, un padārthame vichārse dosh dristi karke unkā tyag karnā chāhiye.”
One day Baba said, when a King or an emperor is out in his vehicle a man is seen standing at his back adoring and admiring the King or the emperor in a good many ways. and another man is seen shouting, “Khabardar! Hoshiyar ho ke jana. Aapka pita pitamah bade bade bahadur woh bhi sab chale gaye. Aapko bhi ek roj jana padega. Aage jo Bhat hai uski baat mat sunna. Yahi sansar me jitna padarth sabhi anitya vastu hai, usme mohit nahin hona. Bhool mat jana. Bahut manushyon se bhool ho jati hai. Kabhi Ahankar mat karna. Ahankar se maya me atak jaoge—hoshiyar hoke rahna. Yeh jitni fauj hai, lashkar hai, usme se koi aapko kuch bhi sahayta nahi karega. Yeh sab Parthiv padarth sab yahan pada rahega. Hamari baat har waqt yaad rakhna, bhoolna nahin.”
Baba advised us—there are but three jewels on earth, namely food, water and sweet words. When you say something, speak from within your heart. show of outward love is no love at all.
Baba also advised—the less will be one’s resolution, the more peaceful would be one’s mind. after having forsaken the desires for things earthly, if one introspects, then his would be an unruffled and pure mind. after the bath is over, when one in new clothes faces a mirror he finds himself to be beautiful. similarly, if the body remains dirty, then one will see his dirty look reflected in the mirror. That is why, one’s mind has to be clean and pure. When one is cleansed of the impurities of his heart and looks at the mirror, he sees himself to be really good.
To justify this viewpoint, Baba told us that once a pair of sculptors desired to display their respective skills. The King con- sented. Both of them began working on the wall facing the king. Lest one should see the work of the other, a partition was made between them. The first one gave an artistic expression to flowers, leaves, creepers, birds and butterflies on the marble wall, while the second one very carefully got the marble wall polished as smooth as a mirror. and he drew nothing on it.
The King was informed that both the artists had completed their
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