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respect he will be there. If they tell him,‘ We will hang a plaque with your name on the wall’, he will say,‘ Put me down for fifty thousand rupees.’ When a maani person gets respect he will let go of his greed, whereas a greedy( lobhi) person will not let go of his greed even for million times the respect. It is very difficult to find such greedy people in this current time cycle. There is no one as such. Such greedy people were to be found during the third and the fourth Ara( past eras of the present cosmic time cycle). They were very greedy. In the current time cycle there is no telling where pride( maan) lies or where greed( lobh) lies.
The beggary for respect
He who says,‘ I do not want anything’, his work gets done. Even when things come before him naturally, there is no want in him. And you, you still have needs and wants, do you not? What do you want?
Questioner: I recognize that I want respect( maan).
Dadashri: There is no problem with wanting respect, but are you preoccupied with attaining it? Are you caught up with‘ how can I get respect’?
Questioner: No, not that kind of preoccupation. Dadashri: Then what if you do not get any respect? Questioner: Then there is no problem.
Dadashri: Then there is no problem with that. If you have an intense desire( kaamna) for respect, it is considered beggary( bheekh). An intense desire for anything is called beggary. Intense desire or beggary is not a( karmic) discharge. Words like kaamna and bheekh( intense desire and beggary) are very similar. But nothing will affect You if Your upayog, meaning applied awareness as the Self is maintained. Therefore, our spiritual path is not obstructed by simple pride. But it can be