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Chapter 15
How much stupidity it is of man who does not regard the most benevolent Lord, Who calls strivers exceedingly dear, and enlightened souls, only dear, as his!
- The body, is a fragment of the world, while the self (soul) is a fragment of God. A striver, commits an error, that he in spite of being a fragment of God, gets attached to the world, and wants the world as well as, God to be favourable to him. He should rectify this error. It can be rectified by moulding himself, according to God. It means, that he should leave the body at the will of the world, and leave the self at the will of God.
Offering a gift of the world to the world, and offering the gift of God to God, is honesty. This honesty, is called salvation or emancipation. But if the gifts presented by the world and God, are not given back to them, it is dishonesty. This dishonesty is called bondage.
Having offered the gift of the world to the world and having offered the gift of God to Him, he should be free from all worries. He should be a slave to His will, having no desire of his own, either to live or to die or to have favourable circumstances. Having surrendered himself to God, he should pray to Him, to enable him not to forget Him, in whatever circumstance he is placed by Hinton the earth, or in heaven or in hell; in childhood, in youth or in old age; honoured or dishonoured; happy or sad.
A man is wooded only about his limited property, riches and the family which he regards as his own, but he is not worried about a lot of property, riches and millions of families which he does not regard as his own. Thus, he is liberated or emancipated from most of them. Only a little bondage is there. If he ceases to regard the limited as his own, he will be emancipated, from these also.
We should give a serious thought to the topic that a few persons and a little property which we regard as our own are sure to vanish but if we do not discard our supposed relationship - with them, they will lead us to bondage, of birth and death. Therefore, a striver, should surrender his body and objects to the world - which is a path of selfless action: or he should distinguish the self, from the world including the body—this is a path of knowledge; or he should surrender himself to God—this is the path of devotion. A striver, may follow anyone of the mree paths—each will bear the same fruit.
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