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Bondage and freedom
Artificial feeling and the idea of firmness of artificial relationship was all a form of mental concep-tion just like religion. It was a play of man’s will¬power being uni-directional. Now, the question is: How is this life a bondage? The answer is that thought alone has made this play a cause of bondage.
Desire gave birth to greed in mind It held the mind steadfast
Gradually the greed became strong And that was the root-cause to bind.
In that firmness the mind was bound With the thread of T-ness
It acted as the warp and woof
And the web was knit all-around.
Thus increased the desire for bondage It became a mine of worry and vice Just as the gait of snake and mouse
It remained quite unwise.
It does not give up greed nor its association And wants to be by its side
Where there is greed, there it resides,
A strange and wonderful juxtaposition!
This is the bondage of the rope of Time, Hardly one can see,
When the Lord bestow His grace Supreme
Then disappears mental worry.
For example, in a drama, a certain individual assumes the role of the King Indra and comes on the stage. Due to the strong thought he considers himself Indra during the play and even after the drama is over, this thought took a firm root in his heart. People laughed at him and explained to him. But he could not be convinced, with the result that he experienced sorrow and became a butt of ridicule.
Take another example. A person thought in the dream that he was ill, and the