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Sheth (big boss), welcome Sheth?” It is because they have
selfish motives. Everyone has selfish motives and expectations.
Such people (those whose ego becomes inflated when people
give them importance) can only be brought back to earth when
a man without any expectations insults them.
An attorney once came to me. ‘We’ insulted and scolded
him to no end. He went home and told his brother, “I have never
seen such a compassionate man before.” Generally people think
doctors and lawyers will be useful to them some day. But of
what use can they be? The only thing of any use is a little food,
even if it is a little khichadee; nothing else is of any use. People
would realize what exactly is useful when they do not get even
a little khichadee to eat. People will realize just how useful a
person is when even the smallest of their expectations is not
fulfilled by that person.
A Gnani Purush does not have any concern with respect
or insults. The pleasure derived from respect is pleasure that is
false, subjective and temporary. As long as one has a fear of
being insulted, it can be said that one has not attained any gnan
(knowledge). The only thing worth attaining, is the knowledge of
the vitarag Lords; the Gnan. Nothing else is needed.
Some people come here driven by misery. But a lot can
be achieved if one comes here with a keen desire for Gnan.
People look to God when misery is upon them, but God says,
“When times were good you did not even remember me and
now that you are miserable, you call me, but ‘we’ will not
respond to your call.”
Let me explain what people do. The pain and suffering
they suffer in this life is really the effect of their past life’s causes.
In the current life they perpetuate that same effect over and over
again by creating new causes, as the effects of the past causes
are unfolding. A person can only make progress if he does not
create new causes in the unfolding effects.