Aptavani-2
117
The Lord has said that if the money is meant for you, you
will find it even when you go to plant a tree; you will not have
to dig the entire land for it. You do not have to toil hard for
money. By toiling hard you get the wages of a laborer. It is not
necessary to work hard for money. Even liberation will not come
through hard work. Nevertheless, you still need to go to the
office; you have to do that much work. Do you still not get your
bread whether the wheat ripens in your farm or not? This is the
order of vyavasthit.
The more you keep remembering something, the further it
gets from you. So, do not keep thinking about money. Whatever
you keep remembering the most, further and further it will get
away from you because that is the effect of the Kaliyug; current
era of this time cycle. Whereas during the Satyug a person
would get whatever he wants the moment he thinks about it.
When Lakshmiji leaves, you have to bid her farewell and
welcome her whenever she comes. Do you think she comes
because of your devotional singing? Lakshmiji is not something
you can appease; you have to appease only your wife!
Honesty is the best policy; real truth will never become
untrue. People’s faith however, has been shaken and the effect
of the time cycle is detrimental. Thieves and shoplifters are
usually active during the night and so if you were to open your
shop at night, they are likely to steal from your shop. The current
time cycle belongs to the thieves. But does that mean you have
to change your principles and rules? Keep your shop closed
until the morning but your principles should never be changed.
If a person cheats in the time of food rationing, he takes
pleasures in his cheating and thinks he is benefiting from it, but
only he thinks of it as such, not others.
If everyone in the house tells lies, whom can you trust?
And if you trust one person, should you not trust the rest? But
even in one’s home, one has blind faith. No one has any control;