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(murchha). When her son mistreats her, she comes out of her
illusion transiently and finds the worldly life bitter for that
duration, but once again the illusion clouds her perception and
she forgets everything. Those who have no Self-realization
(agnanis) will forget everything all at once, at that time.
Whereas the Gnani, is constantly aware of the reality of the
world, at a glance. The Gnani can constantly see this world
exactly as it is, so where is the scope of any infatuation setting in?
It is because people do not have such awareness that they suffer.
If the mother-in-law is not able to do any work, the
daughter-in-law will tell her to go sit far away; otherwise she will
give the mother-in-law chores that will keep her out of her way.
All along the old lady thought her son would take care of her in
her old age. It is only later that she discovers just how well he
takes care of her! There is no escape if you are bound and there
is no bondage if you are free. Only after you attain knowledge
of the Self, can you escape the worldly bondage.
‘We’ will tell you about an incident that ‘We’ personally
witnessed as a young boy. There was a blind old man. When he
ate his meals, little children around him would put pebbles in his
plate. The old man used to get very frustrated and yell at them.
The children found this very amusing and they would put even
more pebbles in his plate. Alas, this is what the world is like!
There is no telling how many more lifetimes will have to be
suffered this way. If you get the ‘visa’ for Moksha (liberation),
then you will get your work done in at least two or three more
lifetimes. But sadly people do not even have this visa and yet just
look at the amount of attachment (moha) they have for this world!
The cat forces her face in the pot because of greed and
then gets stuck inside. Why does she force her face into the pot?
She does so because of insatiable greed and selfishness. Greed
and selfishness verily are ignorance. So here is what we need to
learn: