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recognition get respect.’ The vitarags would give respect to such
people, but they would not lose their own path. They would not
lose sight of the main path they had attained. They were very
wise, they would not lose track of their path under any
conditions whatsoever. This is also true for anyone in this day
and age who follows the path of the vitarag. Some day, this
bubble; the body of the Gnani Purush will burst but does that
mean this path to liberation will also end? No, as long as there
is a stipulation and an understanding that anyone who has an
intense desire for liberation and nothing else and as long as that
person allows himself to be deliberately fooled, the path to
moksha will continue. No one can stop such a person from
attaining moksha if he meets these two conditions. He can go to
moksha on his own without any help from a Gnani within two
life times!
Serious warning against misuse of intellect
Such is the path of the vitarag. Today however, this path
has been completely smothered; people have been pushed into
performing rituals. Really no one has pushed them into rituals,
only their karmas. Those who follow these paths of rituals suffer
from their own karmas. No one else is at fault here. People
become increasingly entangled as a result of their own karmas.
At the end of the day, the bull that works the oil mill press feels
like he has walked forty miles, but when the mill owner removes
the blinders covering his eyes, he realizes he is still in the same
spot at the oil-mill. That is the state of the human beings of this
world now. They have walked countless miles on their paths, but
just like the bull in the oil-mill, they remain in exactly the same
place; they make no significant progress. It would be fine if they
were to remain in the same place, but instead they regress from
being a two-legged human being to a four-legged animal. That
is why ‘we’ have to say it aloud, “Listen here! For goodness
sake, beware. At least beware!” Leave aside all talks of
liberation, but at least get the benefit of a better life form. What