Aptavani-1
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The World Is Without Any Substance
This world is empty, without any substance. I am saying
this as I see it in my knowledge. If you think that this world has
any substance or any worth, then you are mistaken.
There was an ayurvedic doctor who prescribed a very
good medicine to his patient and instructed him not to eat any
chilies because his disease was a result of eating an excessive
amount of chilies. The doctor worked very hard to get his
patient the best of medicine and treatment. For several months
he tried various medicines and yet he could not see any progress
in his patient. One day the doctor decided to pay his patient a
visit at his home. On entering the house he saw the patient
having his dinner and on his plate were two large green chilies.
Upon seeing the chilies on the patient’s plate, the doctor was
overcome with such a rage that he suffered a heart attack and
died instantly. Now whom can you blame here? The poor unlucky
fellow! The patient may drink poison but why did he drink it
too? Everything is so empty and without any substance in this
world, you cannot afford to get stuck anywhere otherwise you
will be trapped. Here the patient was the one eating the chilies
but instead it was the doctor who was overcome with tension
and ruptured an artery. It is nothing but poison of knowledge.
If a person sees nasal mucous fall in his tea, he will not drink
it but if he had no knowledge of it, he would drink the tea with
pleasure. Ignorance is bliss. You only feel that something is
wrong if you come to know about it; you get scared when you
learn the truth but up until then, you have no fear of it. This is
the very meaning of hollow and empty.
A man used to visit me frequently. He had a daughter. I
had explained to him from the very beginning that the current
time of kaliyug has a negative influence even on the most well
meaning people. I cautioned him about such an influence on his