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Aptavani-9
So what should be the boundary of mamata? Your boundary is:
whatever you have mamata for will come with you when you
die; that is the boundary of mamata. So what does the
boundary of mamata mean? It means that as long as you are
living, it will remain yours and not after you die. The Lord has
said to have mamata towards your finger; according to the
Lord you may say, ‘this is ‘my’ finger’, but He has said that we
should not have mamata for the ring on the finger. Why,
because the ring will be taken away; it will be left behind. Will
they not take away the ring? And sometimes if the ring does not
come out, they will even break the finger in order to take it out!
So do not have mamata there.
So that which no longer exists after one leaves this world
is the limit for one’s mamata. Mamata beyond this boundary
should be removed. So what kind of mamata should go away?
The mamata, (my-ness) towards your one and only son
should go away and similarly any other such mamata
elsewhere should also go away. This is not just mere talk.
Elsewhere people can multiply the non-truth with non-truth and
still pass the exam. But one cannot pass the examination of the
Gnani. Here one cannot get by with just idle talks. With the
Gnani you need ‘exactness’.
Mamata of the Insurance Agent
If a ship is sinking and the insurance agent is watching, will
it have an effect on him? If the ship ends up sinking, will he not
have to pay money?
Questioner: Yes, he has to pay.
Dadashri: But will he be affected by it personally?
Questioner: He will not be affected personally.
Dadashri: Why is that? So if something belonging to a
business is lost, who will worry about it? Everyone claims, ‘this
is our’, but do they have any mamata?