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July 3, 2002

In a message dated 7/3/2002 3:52:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, venky

writes:

> They say that the Americans are contented people. But what is the reality

> there? The man who has only one car is envious of another who has two.

> Similarly, the fact that one person has a bank balance of a hundred million

> dollars is cause for heart-burning for another with a bank balance of only

> a million. Those who have sufficient means to live comfortably quarrel with

> people better off over rights and privileges. Does this not mean that even

> in a country like the United States there are conflicts between the higher

> and lower classe!

>

Of course, this is so. No matter where we are, in what land we live in, and

under what kind of government system, we all want more and more and more.

The more and more that the hunger strives for is a samadhi flowing, but being

unaware of any firsthand knowledge about availability and its whereabouts,

one temporarily settles for another car or another million, or in some lands,

undoubtedly, for another piece of bread or just for a pair of shoes perhaps.

When the samadhi spigot can somehow be turned on a bit more, suddenly, like

magic, the seeming need for this more and more stuff relinquishes and joy and

contentment starts to settle in more permanently. But this assumes that one

has minimal basic essentials of living: food, shelter, clothing. Otherwise,

life is being lived in survival mode only, there not being time even to think

of such things as samadhi. So, the ultimate solution to the lengthy set of

problems here outlined for a fruitful living is to "seek ye first the Kingdom

of Heaven" type of routine, that is, go for the automated spigot of samadhi

flow. Such a spigot is available for all. Then these innumerable problems

outlined simply dissolve away.

jai guru dev,

Edmond

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