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the time cycle; they are enough to make you nauseous! How can
a relationship be fostered with such people? You yourself are
garbage and so is the other person!
Today if you were to receive a message, you don’t get the
correct message even if it is given firsthand. You ask something
and you get a totally different answer. Everything has become
very peculiar.
People were very gentle during the time of the Lord and
that is why He had to speak very carefully to them. If there is
a herd of cows and you yell at them and they run away, will you
be able to say anything more to them? No. In the same manner,
such were the people during the time of the Lord and that is why
He used the word illusion (bhranti) and did not go beyond that.
And yet there are some cows that will not budge even if you
approach them with a stick. Then we have to call the cow
mental (crazy) as well. And people too are mental, are they not?
They eat food made at home and clothes that belong to them
and yet they worry! They get wonderful food to eat, they wear
beautiful cloths and still they worry. Why do they eat homemade
food? They do that so that antahkaran (their mind, intellect, chit
and ego) may be at peace. Why do they want peace? They
want peace in order to reduce their ‘mental’ state. But the worry
continues despite eating food prepared at home. They wear nice
pants and keep fussing over their clothes, as if someone has the
time to watch them. No one has the time! Everyone is engulfed
in their own worries so much so that they cannot see even when
their eyes are open. No one has the time to look at you even
if you were to go out in torn clothes. You see people in Bombay
walking around fussing with their clothes. Bombay, the city
where the roads are so smooth, that they shine. During the time
of Lord Mahavir, people had to walk so much. Today there is
so much luxury and yet people do not know how to enjoy it. No
one has the time to look at you even if you go around in saffron
clothing in Bombay. Even your friend will not give you any