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VAIRAGYA
We should be aware of it; we should know that we are only trustees. We don’t develop that, our status is only that. We are trustee only; we thought that we are the owners. We have to give up that delusion of ownership. This point has to be understood. If we think we are the owner, we have lost the game already. When some one says he is not able to be a trustee and leave the idea of ownership it means he is not sure about God and the absolute right of His over everything in creation. Let there be no confusion on this subject.
Viveka will grant Vairagya provided our Viveka is right. It is His property therefore we have no business to say it is ours.
By being constantly aware of the Divine we will be in a position to stabilise ourselves in the state of Vairagya. Possessiveness is one thing, enjoyment is another. Not all those who acquire money enjoy it, misers are an example. They collect, they collect enormously and horde it but they don’t enjoy. There are two aspects; we must be very clear about. One person who wants to enjoy, another person wants to
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