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How are we to lead a detached life? We are hurt when our belongings,

positions and wealth are withdrawn. Please tell us how not to be hurt

though these are taken away from us.

 

You should always keep in view the purpose and the aim of your life.

You should never give up your duties and responsibilities. You see,

today's newspaper is tomorrow's waste paper. Be assured that past

life will never return. You should always keep in mind three

important points. Never feel that the world is permanent and that

your relationships with all around you are lasting. No. The second

thing is that you should not forget God under any circumstances. The

third point to remember is not to fear death.

 

A District Collector has all the comforts and conveniences such as a

big bungalow with a spacious compound, furniture, peons, etc. He has

a very big office and personnel to provide assistance, but when he

retires, he has to leave them all, though he lived till then with

them as their sole proprietor and owner. Does he cry on the day of

his retirement? Does he feel that he has lost anything personal?

Similarly, servant-maids, who take care of children at the residences

of rich business magnates or high officials consider the children

very close to them and even say " our boy " `our child' and so on. But

is it really so? Can they claim and own them at any point of time?

Similarly, you see a cashier in the bank. He has with him lakhs and

lakhs of rupees, which he disburses to different account holders

according to the cheques presented. Does he feel sad at any time for

parting with the money? Not even a single naya paisa belongs to him.

The same is your relationship with the world you live in. Know the

essence, saram (Telugu) and lead this life (family, samsaram Telugu).

In fact, no one has anything to do with anything or anybody. You are

alone at the time both of your birth and death. The rest that comes

in between are like passing clouds.

 

" Would you settle down on a bridge

 

you cross from one end to another!

 

Would you like making a house,

 

of a boat plying from bank to bank!

 

Would you build a mansion

right in the middle of a highway! "

 

So, one must leave to one's own self questions like: `Who am

I? 'Where do I come from?' 'Who is God'? `What is the purpose of

life?' Human life is gifted to you to find answers to these questions.

 

For example; a villager goes to a nearby town on some business. As he

could not complete his work, he has to stay in a lodge to rest. The ,

proprietor of the hotel or lodge he chooses to stay in will naturally

put some questions to him before letting out a room to him. He will

ask the villager to register his name and address. He has to answer

questions such as " Where do you come from? How long would you stay? "

If the answers run like this, " I do not know where I come from. I do

not know how long I am going to be here. I do not know when I would

quit this room " , or " I don't know where I shall go from here! " The

proprietor will say, " No room for you. This lodge is not for mad

fellows like you " Similar is your situation and position if you don't

know where you come from, how long you stay here and where you go

from here. Do your duty thinking of God. That is enough, then, you

will never suffer.