Aptavani-9
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So there should be two kinds of mamata. You should
have full mamata over your body. And mamata that has
spread towards external things should be like this mamata.
‘This house is mine, this watch is mine, this ring is mine,’
all this is extended mamata. But really, they will remove all your
jewelry and everything else when you leave (die).
There should be a boundary (limitations) for mamata.
Should there not be a boundary for everything? So should there
not be a boundary for mamata too?
Questioner: So does that mean one should not have
raag-dwesh towards things of extended mamata?
Dadashri: You should be like the insurance agent who
does not become affected by any losses.
You can have mamata for this body only
So have mamata for only those things that will come with
you. Otherwise, is there anything that will no longer be there
after one leaves? ‘This leg is mine, this arm is mine, this nose is
mine, ear is mine, this eye is mine, this finger is mine, all the
thirty-two teeth are mine…’- there are many such things in the
body. This much mamata is more than enough. Then there is no
interference. There is no need for external and extended
mamata. People have mistakenly created the extended mamata.
It has come about because of a lack of understanding.
Otherwise, mamata should not be extended externally.
Questioner: Does that mean mamata should be for only
the body?
Dadashri: Only for this body and you should have full
mamata for it. You should give it food and drink; there is great
happiness in such mamata. But people do not enjoy that
happiness and instead they take pleasure of, ‘This house is
mine…that is mine…this is my wife, etc.’ No body is going to
be yours! Whatever you believe to be ‘yours’, will not come