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elated. The fool! These are all signs of going to hell. There is
grave danger in this. Such habits, that have taken hold, will not
leave.
Questioner: How can one tell whether he has an intense
craving to be worshipped (poojavani kaamna)?
Dadashri: He can know everything; he knows what he
likes. Does he not know that he likes ice cream? The
‘thermometer’ (gauge) within, The Self, is there, hence he
knows everything.
The human beings of the current era are very lalachu -
insatiably greedy. They create their own world of self-importance;
they create situations where they get praise wherever they go.
And those who covet praise and recognition will not be able to
attain the truth. Everywhere you look, people have started their
own shops of worship. They have an intense inner craving to be
worshipped and praised. The moment someone folds his hands
and bows his head to him in a praiseful manner, the internal
sweet tingling rises in a crescendo. He wallows with indulgence
in such temporary pleasures.
That is a completely wrong path. There is no graver
disease than this intense craving to be worshipped. Who is to be
worshipped? The Self is indeed the One to be worshipped. So
where is the need to worship the body? But there is tremendous
greed and craving for wanting to be worshipped. What are you
going to gain from the worship of the body that is inevitably
going to be burnt in the funeral pyre? But alas! That lalacha
kashaya - the kashaya of insatiable greed is such that he seeks
to be worshipped. So these are all intense cravings (lalasa) of
wanting to be recognized and worshipped. Otherwise, liberation
is not difficult to attain. These tendencies (daanat) that exist
within are difficult and problematic.
It is very dangerous if such cravings arise. Have you ever
had such a craving or desire? Do you ever feel ‘tickled’ inside,