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and the man was sentenced to be thrown behind bars. The thief who had made away with the King’s necklace, kept hidden in his pocket, could not be nabbed.
having told the tale of the two thieves, Baba advised us, that gold stands for every precious metal, wealth, luxury, name, fame, wife, son, kith and kin. all these things which are taken to be very valuable things by worldly men are the root cause of earthly bindings. since human beings remain engrossed with them, they are reborn only to undergo untold miseries. and the one who having stolen the necklace of the king, went out of the palace by keeping it in his pocket is the possessor of Paramgyana. Once a man acquires it, it does not bind him, instead it wins him deliverance. Wealth, luxury, kith and kin, in reality, stand in the way of one’s realizing Paramgyana. But men at first fail to realise it and get enticed by things gaudy and gorgeous and thus get willingly entangled with the things that glitter.
Baba told another story like this. The name of the story was “Aage Badho” (Move ahead). One person used to go to the forest every day to cut wood and then sell it. By this way he arranged some food for that day. Once he met a Mahatma in the forest. The Mahatma said, “My child, Aage Badho (Go forward)”. according to the advice of the Mahatma, he moved forward some distance inside the forest and saw many trees of sandal wood there. From that day he cut sandal timber and began to get more value in the market than before. he was happy for a few days due to the increase in his income. Then he remembered that the Mahatma had told him to go ahead. so, he proceeded further. after going some distance suddenly he found a copper mine. he then made a huge profit by selling copper. Then he again remembered the advice of the Mahatma so he went further into the jungle. Then he saw a silver mine. as a result he earned more money. Later he again moved further to find a gold mine. But he did not forget the Mahatma’s advice—“Aage Badho” as he was not addicted to all these precious and valuable substances. Thus he moved forward repeatedly. Finally he was able to merge with the Paramatman. sadhubaba told us that, the same rule needs to be followed in
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