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feelings of ‘my-ness’, then what is wrong in you removing it by
way of understanding? And can it not be removed through
understanding? Then one would not cry even if his home were
to burn down, would he?
Questioner: But if the court rules that the transfer of
papers was invalid, then he will start crying again.
Dadashri: Yes, he will start crying again.
Questioner: So why did his mamata not go away till
today?
Dadashri: It will not until he finds a way to do so. And
eventually what does the bungalow of a half million say? It says,
‘Hey! Nagindas sheth, either you will have to leave me or I will
have to leave you.’ So Nagindas sheth says, ‘Where are you
going to go?’ And the bungalow says, ‘I will have to go when
you file bankruptcy. Or else, you are going to go away anyway
(die) and I will remain standing here.’ Now when the bungalow
says this, would one not feel ashamed?
So, people have needlessly extended their mamata. Why
do houses and bungalows not extend their mamata by claiming,
‘only this owner is mine?’ and yet man extends his mamata
towards the whole world.
Questioner: But in the eyes of the world, a man is
considered big if his mamata is well extended.
Dadashri: Yes, he is considered big, but he is just as
miserable. People have needlessly extended their mamata.
The rules in a museum
What causes one to have mamata? It is caused by the
tendency to be worldly (sansari swabhav). This tendency to be
worldly is binding. This binding, the feeling of ‘my-ness’ is
mamata. For that matter has the intellect (buddhi) done
anything less? The world has been made wonderful through the