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Aptavani-2
now you throw them away? The answer is yes because only the
sweet juicy pulp inside was useful. In the same way, when these
human beings turn to skin and bones; when there is no ‘pulp’ left
in them, even their children will kick them!
An old lady and her son lived next door to us. The old
lady was blind but she worked all day long taking care of the
home. One day her son’s boss came to their home. The son was
the boss in the home and the other man was the boss at work!
Both these ‘bosses’ came home. The son thought to himself, if
my boss sees my blind mother, I will loose my reputation and so
he tells her, “Hey you blind woman! Get up, my boss is here.”
He kicks (insults) his mother to impress his boss! The fool! As
if he is some big shot! The dope! Should he be thinking of
protecting his mother or his boss?
Why do people buy mangos? They do so because of the
pulp and its juice. Similarly, this whole world has selfish motives.
That is why only the Lord within is real and so if we have
attained something when we attain liberation, otherwise they will
tell you, “Get up you blind woman!”
Some people complain, “We don’t have any children.”
What are they going to do with children, put them on a
pedestal? Of what use are children when they mistreat their
parents? Instead, it is better not to have any; besides in which
past life did you not have children? All these animals, dogs, cats,
donkeys, cows, buffalo have carried their young around their
necks in their past lives too, have they not? You have attained
this human birth with great difficulty so why don’t you shape up
now at least! Look for the instruments that will help you attain
liberation and get your work done. An old lady will say, “Damn
this worldly life, it is filled with misery”, when her son mistreats
her. We can ask her, “Dear lady, was this worldly life not
miserable before?” The worldly life has always been miserable
but it appears sweet because of illusion (moha) and infatuation