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starts biting; it covers until your entire body gets totally poisoned. In any spiritual approach, we always bring in serpent for the only reason that, this is the main thing that puts you into samsara. Acquisition of not only property, acquisition of wife, acquisition of children. Father is not acquired, but children are acquired. It’s a running story. We acquire a partner in life. At the time of receiving the partner it appears very great. As and when you grow in life, then you understand what you have bargained for. We say “Is it all worth it that I should have bargained for?” This will come to every sadhakas. It must come. If it didn’t come, it means he is not a sadhaka. It is not just wealth. That is why it is called Daana. Kanya Daana is something where one receives. Conceptually this is what we start with generally.
Indolence comes after acquisition. Only after my stomach is full, then indolence. Before that where is indolence? No jivi is capable of sleeping when it is hungry. Sleep is something that comes, only after the stomach is full. Indolence actually further affects your sadhana. Once you become accustomed to laziness, we feel it is enough and we will talk all sorts of philosophy. That is the
psychology of a lion. When it has got enough food, it will
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