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Aptavani-9
Why has intense greed (lalacha) for this?
Questioner: Is it possible for an avaricious person
(lalachu) to not like working because of his intense greed?
Dadashri: He will not find a job and neither does he like
working.
Now people will tempt you with all kinds of new things
and you will start to wonder, ‘should I take one or the whole
bunch?’ You will come across something to tempt you when
you are about to lose your hard earned money. People will
tempt you but if your intense greed (lalacha) arises, you will
find yourself in a predicament. You should do business that will
help you. You will be successful only if you do business that
suits your prakruti. If you try to do any business that is merely
castles in the air, then you are doomed. One’s own prakruti
too is gullible to such ‘castles in the air’ businesses. The
moment a con artist comes with a proposal, one becomes
tempted and goes for it. It is all ‘castles in the air’. This had
happened to ‘us’ also. ‘We’ have seen all such fake
businesses.
Whether you harbor simple expectations, intense greed
(lalacha) or no greed at all in this world, you will reap the same
fruits. Why then should you have intense greed (lalacha)? These
are perishable, temporary things. They will come back even if
you were to kick them out and on the other hand no matter how
much you beg for them to come, they will not because it is all
mechanical, scientific circumstantial evidence.
Swachhand (intense inner impediment of
doing things according to self-guided ego)
and lalacha (intense greed)
This intense greed that still remains within will kill you.
That is why ‘we’ keep cautioning you repeatedly. Otherwise,
even a very strong person will not make any progress.