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the proof of sale of the land to Lallubhai. The police will accept
your explanation and apologize for their mistake and will go to
Lallubhai.
Such is my state. I am the Lord of this Universe and yet
I have no ownership of any ‘plot’ anywhere. I (the Pure Soul)
possess enough power to make this universe tremble, but Ambalal
Muljibhai (the physical body) does not have the strength to
break even a pappadum (lentil wafer)!
Layers Of Spiritual Development
A human being of this world has one million four hundred
thousand different layers. Of these only those in the top fifty
thousand layers are worthy of hearing this discourse. Spiritual
development of every human being is at a different level. This
results in different standards and for each standard there is a
God and its relevant scriptures. These standards are of worldly
relative religions.
Illusion And Liberation
‘Illusion (maaya) has long horns and reach,
They strike you from the front and kick you from behind’.
What does illusion (maaya - ignorance of one’s Real Self)
say? It says, “Even if you kill all my ‘sons’, they will resurrect
as long as my son, Maan (pride), is alive. Anger, Pride, Illusion,
Greed, Attachment and Abhorrence are my six ‘sons’ and I
make up a family of seven, which will remain evergreen.
This Maaya and her six ‘sons’ have created discord in
the world, so if anything needs to be destroyed, it is these
seven. (Translator’s comments : Maaya is the root cause of
the ignorance of the Self. From this stems two divisions,
attachment and abhorrence (raag and dwesh). Attachment
has two components : deceit and greed. Abhorrence also,