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justified? Your affection for it should be limited to the point that
this body has encountered the Gnani Purush and therefore it has
become an instrument for you to get your work done and acquire
liberation. It is affection for this body that creates extremes in
emotions. And despite your affection for it, it will one day
become dust. The Lord has referred to the body as a betrayal.
Ultimately it will turn into ashes. It is the body that causes
attachment-abhorrence. The Lord says that you have devoted
infinite lives for the body, now devote just one life for the Self.
Udvega does not occur without a reason. It occurs
because of your account from your past life and you can easily
tell why it occurs. Only that which is familiar to you comes to
you (causes that you have created). Nothing happens without a
reason.
Udvega is an accident and not an incident. An incident
has so many causes and an accident has too many causes.
There is only one thing in this world worth becoming
inebriated with. And that is the love for the Gnani Purush!
Anything else has nothing but sorrow and suffering to offer.
Only where there is permanent bliss can you afford to become
inebriated.
Udvega arises in whatever instances or situations one is
likely to become captivated or intoxicated. That is the cause of
udvega. There is no harm in enjoying life but when the ‘train’
(for liberation) arrives, drop everything and get on that train.
But instead people get stuck on whatever ‘station’ they have a
tendency to become intoxicated with and miss the train
completely. Udvega makes you take irrational leaps and what
happens if you miss the landing altogether? Instead if you were
to take such a leap in my satsang, your work will be done. On
one side there is satsang, which forever enlightens and gives benefit
and on the other tempting splendors, which never fail to torment.