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what justice is going to be served to them. They will go from a
two-legged human to a four-legged creature with a tail!
However, we cannot say this to these people. At the moment
they are living a carefree life. What do they say? ‘We will worry
about all that when we fall’. So let them flaunt their superiority
(rof) for the time being.
Laghutam in the world leads to the ultimate
gurutam, the Self
The whole world looks for gurutam in the relative. So to
begin with there is a desire to be guru and then they show their
superiority (guruta). Then he tries to be gurutam - the highest
of all, after becoming a superior. But no one has become
gurutam this way. What does our Vignan – our spiritual science
- say? It says, ‘Laghutam in the relative and gurutam in the
real.’ That is our main thing.
What does every religion claim? They say liberation is
through their religion. Does anyone say there is no liberation
through their religion? Everyone will tell you, ‘Our religion is the
best.’ Who is the only one that can say his religion is the lowest?
The one who has found the path of the Vitarags can say, ‘Our
religion is lower, but yours is higher.’ Children will always call
that which is small, big. Those who are not mature will be
impressed by anything and anyone. Older, mature people place
themselves lower and make others feel higher and more
important; they are content with that.
And we are not anyone’s superior; are we? On the
contrary we are below him and that is why he behaves well; he
remains straightforward otherwise he would not. He will oppose
you if you try to be his superior. If you say, ‘I am your disciple’,
he will be straight with you.’ Everyone enjoys being a guru and
thus showing superiority in the relative world. There is also
competition with one another. One guru will claim ‘I have one
hundred sixty disciples’ and other will say, ‘I have one hundred