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sees his own image reflected in the mirror, we, too, in this worldly life are concerned about our own petty self and least bothered about seeing the joy and woe of others. The king was all along self-centred, on the other hand the minister, even at the cost of his own self, attached due importance to everything belonging to the King. so in the long run, the King’s pride had a miserable fall and the minister won joy and happiness.
Baba, on some other day, told us, “This world is peopled with four categories of men, namely sick, inquisitive, aspirant for wealth, and wise. a selfish person does not bother about religion, he instead gets bogged in sins of many a detestable kind. One who is greedy does noble deeds according to scriptures. But whatever they do, they do it with a desire. But a man with a philosophical bent of mind does not hanker after things transitory. instead of thinking about things insignificant, he remains absorbed in heavenly thought (Brahmananda). a wise man is least affected by anything. To him both adversity and prosperity are all the same. he shows interest in neither of them. he only sees God in every being.
in this way, on that day he offered us many a gem of advice. When we were listening to his heavenly words, a few poor people came to him for medical help. and they came from afar. Very often people from distant places came to him. Even patients from Munger, Patna and Kolkata came to him every now and then. Baba used to prepare medicines, out of herbs and plants. We also heard that he turned mercury, orpiment, gold etc. into ashes. he offered medicines to everyone and that too at no cost. if any one came to offer him garlic, banana, brinjal and leafy vegetables, he was glad enough to receive them.
The way our Baba began to serve those few poor patients reminded me of a poem, written by swami Vivekananda:
Brahma hote keet-paramānu, sarba bhute sei premamay, Mon-prān-sharir arpan karo sakhe, a sabār pāy. Bahurupe sammukhe tomār, chhāri kothā khunjichho Iswar?
Jibe prem kare jeijan, seijan sebichhe Iswar.
(From the supreme Consciousness to insects and atom, there is the manifestation of love everywhere. Offer yourself willingly to
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