THE AWARENESS OF KARMA (LORD KRISHNA SAYS)

LORD KRISHNA SAYS !

LOVE YOUR WORK WITHOUT ATTACHMENT !

KRISHNA SAYS, "LOOK AT ME, ARJUNA! IF I STOP FROM WORK FOR ONE MOMENT, THE WHOLE UNIVERSE WILL DIE. I HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN FROM WORK, I AM THE ONE LORD, BUT WHY DO I WORK? BECAUSE I LOVE THE WORLD". GOD IS UNATTACHED BECAUSE HE LOVES, THAT REAL LOVE MAKES US UNATTACHED. WHEREEVER THERE IS ATTACHMENT, THE CLINGING TO THE THINGS OF THE WORLD, YOU MUST KNOW THAT IT IS ALL PHYSICAL ATTRACTION BETWEEN SETS OF PARTICLES OF MATTER - SOMETHING THAT ATTRACTS TWO BODIES NEARER AND NEARER ALL THE TIME AND, IF THEY CANNOT GET NEAR ENOUGH, PRODUCES PAIN, BUT WHERE THERE IS REAL LOVE, IT DOES NOT REST ON PHYSICAL ATTACHMENT AT ALL. SUCH LOVERS MAY BE A THOUSAND MILES AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER, BUT THEIR LOVE WILL BE ALL THE SAME, IT DOES NOT DIE, AND WILL NEVER PRODUCE ANY PAINFUL REACTION.

TO ATTAIN THIS UNATTACHMENT IS ALMOST A LIFE-WORK, BUT AS SOON AS WE HAVE REACHED THIS POINT, WE HAVE ATTAINED THE GOAL OF LOVE AND BECOME FREE, THE BONDAGE OF NATURE FALLS FROM US, AND WE SEE NATURE AS SHE IS, SHE FORGES NO MORE CHAINS FROM US, WE STAND ENTIRELY FREE AND TAKE NOT THE RESULTS OF WORK INTO CONSIDERATION, WHO THEN CARES FOR WHAT THE RESULTS MAY BE?

DO YOU ASK ANYTHING FROM YOUR CHILDREN IN RETURN FOR WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM? IT IS YOUR DUTY TO WORK FOR THEM, AND THERE THE MATTER ENDS. IN WHATEVER YOU DO FOR A PARTICULAR PERSON, A CITY, OR A STATE, ASSUME THE SAME ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT YOU HAVE TOWARDS YOUR CHILDREN - EXPECT NOTHING IN RETURN. IF YOU CAN INVARIABLY TAKE THE POSITION OF A GIVER , IN WHICH EVERYTHING GIVEN BY YOU IS A FREE OFFERING TO THE WORLD, WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT OF RETURN, THEN WILL YOUR WORK BRING YOU NO ATTACHMENT. ATTACHMENT COMES ONLY WHERE WE EXPECT A RETURN.

IF WORKING LIKE SLAVES RESULTS IN SELFISHNESS AND ATTACHMENT, WORKING AS MASTER OF OUR OWN MIND GIVES RISE TO THE BLISS OF NON-ATTACHMENT. WE OFTEN TALK OF RIGHT AND JUSTICE, BUT WE FIND THAT IN THE WORLD RIGHT AND JUSTICE ARE MERE BABY'S TALK. THERE ARE TWO THINGS WHICH GUIDE THE CONDUCT OF MEN. MIGHT AND MERCY/ THE EXERCISE OF MIGHT S UNVARIABLY THE EXERCISE OF SELFISHNESS. ALL MEN AND WOMEN TRY TO MAKE THE MOST OF WHATEVER POWER OR ADVANTAGE THEY HAVE.MERCY IS HEAVEN ITSELF, TO BE GOOD, WE HAVE ALL TO BE MERCIFUL. EVEN JUSTICE AND RIGHT SHOULD STAND ON MERCY.

ALL THOUGHT OF OBTAINING RETURN FOR THE WORK WE DO HINDERS OUR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS, NAY, IN THE END IT BRINGS MISERY. THERE IS ANOTHER WAY IN WHICH THIS IDEA OF MERCY AND SELFLESS CHARITY CAN BE PUT INTO PRACTICE, THAT IS, BY LOOKING UPON WORK AS "WORSHIP" IN CASE WE BELIEVE IN A PERSONAL GOD. HERE WE GIVE UP ALL THE FRUITS OUR WORK UNTO THE LORD, AND WORSHIPPING HIM THUS, WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO EXPECT ANYTHING FROM MAN KIND FOR THE WORK WE DO. THE LORD HIMSELF WORKS INCESSANTLY AND IS EVER WITHOUT ATTACHMENT. JUST AS WATER CANNOT WET THE LOTUS LEAF, SO WORK CANNOT BIND THE UNSELFISH MAN BY GIVING RISE TO ATTACHMENT TO RESULTS. THE SELFISH MAN BY GIVING RISE TO ATTACHMENT TO RESULTS. THE SELFLESS AND UNATTACHED MAN MAY LIVE IN THE VERY HEART OF A CROWDED AND SINFUL CITY, HE WILL NOT BE TOUCHED BY SIN.

NOW YOU SEE WHAT KARMA-YOGA MEANS, EVEN AT THE POINT OF DEATH TO HELP ANY ONE, WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS. BE CHEATED MILLIONS OF TIMES AND NEVER ASK A QUESTION, AND NEVER THINK OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING, NEVER VAUNT OF YOUR GIFTS TO THE POOR OR EXPECT THEIR GRATITUDE, BUT RATHER BE GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR GIVING YOU THE OCCASION OF PRACTICING CHARITY TO THEM. THUS IT IS PLAIN THAT TO BE AN IDEAL HOUSEHOLDER IS A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TASK THAN TO BE AN IDEAL SANNYASIN, THE TRUE LIFE OF WORK IS INDEED AS HARD AS, IF NOT HARDER THAN, THE EQUALLY TRUE LIFE OF RENUNCIATION.

KARMA - YOGA, THEREFORE, IS A SYSTEM OF ETHICS AND RELIGION INTENDED TO ATTAIN FREEDOM THROUGH UNSELFISHNESS, AND BY GOOD WORKS. THE KARMA-YOGI NEED NOT BELIEVE IN ANY DOCTRINE WHATEVER. HE MAY NOT BELIEVE EVEN IN GOD, MAY NOT ASK WHAT HIS SOUL IS, NOR THINK OF ANY METAPHYSICAL SPECULATION. HE HAS GOT HI OWN SPECIAL AIM OF REALISING SELFISHNESS, AND HE HAS TO WORK IT OUT HIMSELF. EVERY MOMENT OF HIS LIFE MUST BE REALISATION, BECAUSE HE HAS TO SOLVE BY MERE WORK, WITHOUT THE HELP OF DOCTRINE OR THEORY, THE VERY SAME PROBLEM TO WHICH THE JNANI APPLIES HIS REASON AND INSPIRATION AND THE BHAKTA HIS LOVE.

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS

(KARMA YOGAM)

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ACCORDING TO KARMA-YOGA, THE ACTION ONE HAS DONE CANNOT BE DESTROYED UNTIL IT HAS BORNE ITS FRUIT, NO POWER IN NATURE CAN STOP IF FROM YIELDING ITS RESULTS. IF I DO AN EVIL ACTION, I MUST SUFFER FOR IT, THERE IS NO POWER IN THIS UNIVERSE TO STOP OR STAY IT. THERE IS NO POWER IN THIS UNIVERSE TO STOP OR STAY IT. SIMILARLY, IF I DO A GOOD ACTION, THERE IS NO POWER IN THE UNIVERSE WHICH CAN STOP ITS BEARING GOOD RESULTS. THE CAUSE MUST HAVE ITS EFFECT, NOTHING CAN PREVENT OR RESTRAIN THIS. NOW COMES A VERY FINE AND SERIOUS QUESTION ABOUT KARMA-YOGA-NAMELY, THAT THESE ACTIONS OF OURS, BOTH GOOD AND EVIL, ARE INTIMATELY CONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER. WE CANNOT PUT A LINE OF DEMARCATION AND SAY, THIS ACTION IS ENTIRELY GOOD AND THIS ENTIRELY EVIL.

THERE IS NO ACTION WHICH DOES NOT BEAR GOOD AND EVIL FRUITS AT THE SAME TIME. TO TAKE THE NEAREST EXAMPLE. I AM TAKING TO YOU, AND SOME OF YOU, PERHAPS, THINK I AM DOING GOOD, AND AT THE SAME TIME I AM , PERHAPS, KILLING THOUSANDS OF MICROBES IN THE ATMOSPHERE, I AM THUS DOING EVIL TO SOMETHING ELSE. WHEN IT IS VERY NEAR TO US AND AFFECTS THOSE WE KNOW, WE SAY THAT IT IS VERY GOOD ACTION IF IT AFFECTS THEM IN A GOOD MANNER. FOR INSTANCE, YOU MAY CALL MY SPEAKING TO YOU VERY GOOD, BUT THE MICROBES WILL NOT, THE MICROBES YOU DO NOT SEE, BUT YOURSELVES YOU DO SEE. THE WAY IN WHICH MY TALK AFFECTS YOU IS OBVIOUS TO YOU, BUT HOW IT AFFECTS THE MICROBES IS NOT SO OBVIOUS. AND SO, IF WE ANALYSE OUR EVIL ACTIONS ALSO, WE MAY FIND THAT SOME GOOD POSSIBLY RESULTS FROM THEM SOMEWHERE. HE WHO IS GOOD ACTION SEES THAT THERE IS SOMETHING EVIL IN IT, AND IN THE MIDST OF EVIL SEES THAT THERE IS SOMETHING GOOD IN IT SOMEWHERE, HAS KNOWN THE SECRET OF WORK.

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THE SECOND POINT TO CONSIDER IT, WHAT IS THE END OF WORK? WE FIND THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN EVERY COUNTRY BELIEVING THAT THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN THIS WORLD WILL BECOME PERFECT, WHEN THERE WILL BE NO DISEASE, NOR DEATH, NOR UNHAPPINESS NOR WICKEDNESS. THAT IS A VERY GOOD IDEA, A VERY GOOD MOTIVE POWER TO INSPIRE AND UPLIFT THE IGNORANT, BUT IF WE THINK FOR A MOMENT, WE SHALL FIND ON THE VERY FACE OF IT THAT IT CANNOT BE SO. HOW CAN IT BE, SEEING THAT GOOD AND EVIL ARE THE OBVERSE AND REVERSE OF THE SAME COIN? HOW CAN YOU HAVE GOOD WITHOUT EVIL AT THE SAME TIME? WHAT IS MEANT BY PERFECTION? A PERFECT LIFE IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS. LIFE ITSELF IS A STATE OF CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE BETWEEN OURSELVES AND EVERYTHING OUTSIDE.

EVERY MOMENT WE ARE FIGHTING ACTUALLY WITH EXTERNAL NATURE, AND IF WE ARE DEFEATED, OUR LIFE HAS TO GO. IT IS, FOR INSTANCE, A CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE FOR FOOD AND AIR. IF FOOD OR AIR FAILS, WE DIE. LIFE IS NOT A SIMPLE AND SMOOTHLY FLOWING THING, BUT IT IS A COMPOUND EFFECT. THIS COMPLEX STRUGGLE FLOWING BETWEEN SOMETHING INSIDE AND THE EXTERNAL WORLD IS WHAT WE CALL LIFE. SO IT IS CLEAR THAT WHEN THIS STRUGGLE CEASES, THERE WILL BE AN END OF LIFE.

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THUS THE MAN THAT HAS PRACTICED CONTROL OVER HIMSELF CANNOT BE ACTED UPON BY ANYTHING OUTSIDE, THERE IS NO MORE SLAVERY FOR HIM. HIS MIND HAS BECOME FREE. SUCH A MAN ALONE IS FIT TO LIVE WELL IN THE WORLD. WE GENERALLY FIND MEN HOLDING TWO OPINIONS REGARDING THE WORLD. SOME ARE PESSIMISTS AND SAY, "HOW HORRIBLE THIS WORLD IS, HOW WICKED". SOME OTHERS ARE OPTIMISTS AND SAY,

"HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS WORLD IS, HOW WONDERFUL". TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT CONTROLLED THEIR OWN MINDS, THE WORLD IS EITHER FULL OF EVIL OR AT BEST A MIXTURE OF GOOD AND EVIL. THIS VERY WORLD WILL BECOME TO US AN OPTIMISTIC WORLD WHN WE BECOME MASTERS OF OUR OWN MINDS. NOTHING WILL THEN WORK UPON US GOOD OR EVIL, WE SHALL FIND EVERYTHING TO BE IN ITS PROPER PLACE, TO BE HARMONIOUS. SOME MEN, WHO BEGIN BY SAYING THAT THE WORLD IS A HELL, OFTEN END BY SAYING THAT IT IS A HEAVEN WHEN THEY SUCCEED IN THE PRACTICE OF SELF-CONTROL. IF WE ARE GENIUNE KARMA-YOGIS AND WISH TO TRAIN OURSELVES TO THAT ATTAINMENT OF THIS STATE,

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WHEREVER WE MAY BEGIN WE ARE SURE TO END IN PERFECT SELF-ABNEGATION, AND AS SOON AS THIS SEEMING SELF HAS GONE, THE WHOLE WORLD, WHICH AT FIRST APPEARS TO US TO BE FILLED WITH EVIL, WILL APPEAR TO BE HEAVEN ITSELF AND FULL OF BLESSEDNESS. ITS VERY ATMOSPHERE WILL BE BLESSED, EVERY HUMAN FACE THERE WILL BE GOD. SUCH IS THE END AND AIM OF KARMA-YOGA, AND SUCH IS ITS PERFECTION IN PRACTICAL LIFE.

THE NATURE FORCES - SATTVA,

RAJAS, AND TAMAS

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EACH IS GREAT IN HIS OWN PLACE'

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ACCORDING TO THE SANKHYA PHILOSOPHY, NATURE IS COMPOSED OF THREE FORCES CALLED IN SANSKRIT, SATTVA, RAJAS, AND TAMAS. THESE ARE MANIFESTED IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD ARE WHAT WE MAY CALL EQUILIBRIUM, ACTIVITY, AND INERTNESS. TAMAS IS TYPIFIED AS DARKNESS OR INACTIVITY, RAJAS IS ACTIVITY, EXPRESSED AS ATTRACTION OR REPULSION, AD SATTVA IS THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE TWO THINGS.

IN EVERY MAN THERE ARE THESE THREE FORCES, SOMETIMES TAMAS PREVAILS, WE BECOME LAZY, WE CANNOT MOVE, WE ARE INACTIVE, BOUND DOWN BY CERTAIN IDEAS OR BY MERE DULLNESS. AT OTHER TIME ACTIVITY PREVAILS, AND AT STILL OTHER TIMES THAT CALM BALANCING OF BOTH . AGAIN, IN DIFFERENT MEN, ONE OF THESE FORCES IS GENERALLY PREDOMINANT. THE CHARACTERISTIC OF ONE MAN IS INACTIVITY, DULLNESS AND LAZINESS, THAT OF ANOTHER, ACTIVITY, POWER, MANIFESTATION OF ENERGY, AND IN STILL ANOTHER WE FIND THE SWEETNESS, CALMNESS, AND GENTLENESS WHICH ARE DUE TO THE BALANCING OF BOTH ACTION AND INACTION. SO IN ALL CREATION - IN ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND MEN- WE FIND THE MORE OR LESS TYPICAL MANIFESTATION OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT FORCES.

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KARMA-YOGA HAS SPECIALLY TO DEAL WITH THESE THREE FACTORS. BY TEACHING WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO EMPLOY THEM, IT HELPS US TO DO OUR WORK BETTER. HUMAN SOCIETY IS A GRADED ORGANIZATION. WE ALL KNOW ABOUT MORALITY, AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT DUTY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE FIND THAT IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MORALITY VARIES GREATLY. WHAT IS REGARDED AS MORAL IN ONE COUNTRY MAY IN ANOTHER BE CONSIDERED PERFECTLY IMMORAL. FOR INSTANCE, IN ONE COUNTRY COUSINS MAY MARRY, IN ANOTHER, IT IS THOUGHT TO BE VERY IMMORAL, IN ONE, MEN MAY MARRY THEIR SISTERS-IN-LAW, IN ANOTHER, IT IS REGARDED AS IMMORAL, IN ONE COUNTRY PEOPLE MAY MARRY ONLY ONCE, IN ANOTHER, MANY TIMES, AND SO FORTH. SIMILARLY, IN ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF MORALITY, WE FIND THE STANDARD VARIES GREATLY - YET WE HAVE THE IDEA THAT THERE MUST BE A UNIVERSAL STANDARD OF MORALITY.

SO IT IS WITH DUTY. THE IDEA OF DUTY VARIES MUCH AMONG DIFFERENT NATIONS. IN ONE COUNTRY, IF A MAN DOES NOT DO CERTAIN THINGS, PEOPLE WILL SAY HE HAS ACTED WRONGLY, WHILE IF DOES THOSE VERY THINGS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT HE DID NOT ACT RIGHTLY - AND YET WE KNOW THAT THERE MUST BE SOME UNIVERSAL IDEA OF DUTY. IN THE SAME WAY THAT HE DID SOME UNIVERSAL IDEA OF DUTY. IN THE SAME WAY, ONE CLASS OF SOCIETY THINKS THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE AMONG ITS DUTY, WHILE ANOTHER CLASS THINKS QUITE THE OPPOSITE AND WOULD BE HORRIFIED IF IT HAD TO DO THOSE THINGS. TWO WAYS ARE LEFT UPON TO US - THE WAY OF THE IGNORANT, WHO THINK THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO TRUTH AND THAT ALL THE REST ARE WRONG, AND THE WAY OF THE WISE, WHO ADMIT THAT, ACCORDING TO OUR MENTAL CONSTITUTION OR THE DIFFERENT PLANES OF EXISTENCE IN WHICH WE ARE, DUTY AND MORALITY MAY VARY. THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE GRADATIONS OF DUTY AND OF MORALITY - THAT THE DUTY OF ONE STATE OF LIFE , IN ONE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, WILL NOT AND CANNOT BE THAT OF ANOTHER.

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TO ILLUSTRATE : ALL GREAT TEACHERS HAVE TAUGHT, "RESIST NOT EVIL". THAT NON-RESISTANCE IS THE HIGHEST MORAL IDEA. WE ALL KNOW THAT, IF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF US ATTEMPTED TO PUT THAT MAXIM FULLY INTO PRACTICE, THE WHOLE SOCIAL FABRIC WOULD FALL TO PIECES, THE WICKED WOULD TAKE POSSESSION OF OUR PROPERTIES AND OUR LIVES, AND WOULD DO WHATEVER THEY LIKED WITH US. EVEN IF ONLY ONE DAY OF SUCH NON-RESISTANCE WERE PRACTICED. IT WOULD LEAD TO DISASTER. YET, INTUITIVELY, IN OUR HEART OF HEARTS WE FEEL THE TRUTH OF THE TEACHING "RESIST NOT EVIL". THIS SEEMS TO US TO BE THE HIGHEST IDEAL, YET TO TEACH THIS DOCTRINE ONLY WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO CONDEMNING A VAST PORTION OF MANKING. NOT ONLY SO, IT WOULD BE MAKING MEN FEEL THAT THEY WERE ALWAYS DOING WRONG, AND CAUSE IN THEM SCRUPLES OF CONSCIENCE IN ALL THEIR ACTION, IT WOULD WEAKEN THEM, AND THE CONSTANT SELF-DISSAPPROVAL WOULD BREED MORE VICE THAN ANY OTHER WEAKNESS WOULD. TO THE MAN WHO HAS BEGUN TO HATE HIMSELF THE GATE TO DEGENERATION HAS ALREADY OPENED, AND THE SAME IS TRUE OF A NATION.

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" DONT DO WORK LIKE SLAVE "

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HELPING OTHERS PHYSICALLY, BY REMOVING THEIR PHYSICAL NEEDS, IS INDEED GREAT, BUT THE HELP IS GREAT ACCORDING AS THE NEED IS GREATER AND ACCORDING AS THE HELP IS FAR REACHING . IF A MAN'S WANTS CAN BE REMOVED FOR AN HOUR, IT IS HELPING HIM INDEED, IF HIS WANTS CAN BE REMOVED FOR A YEAR, IT WILL BE MORE HELP TO HIM, BUT IF HIS WANTS CAN BE REMOVED FOR EVER, IT IS SURELY THE GREATEST HELP THAT CAN BE GIVEN HIM. SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN DESTROY OUR MISERIES FOR EVER, ANY OTHER THING THAT CAN DESTROY OUR MISERIES FOR EVER, ANY OTHER KNOWLEDGE SATISFIES WANTS ONLY FOR A TIME. IT IS ONLY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPIRIT THAT THE FACULTY OF WANT IS ANNIHILATED FOR EVER, SO HELPING MAN SPIRITUALLY IS THE HIGHEST HELP THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO HIM.

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HE WHO GIVES MAN SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE IS THE GREATEST BENEFACTOR OF MANKIND AND AS SUCH WE ALWAYS FIND THAT THOSE WERE THE MOST POWERFUL OF MEN WHO HELPED MAN IN HIS SPIRITUAL NEEDS, BECAUSE SPIRITUALLITY IS THE TRUE BASIS OF ALL OUR ACTIVITIES IN LIFE. A SPIRITUALLY STRONG AND SOUND MAN WILL BE STRONG IN EVERY OTHER RESPECT, IF HE SO WISHES. UNTIL THERE IS SPIRITUAL STRENGTH IN MAN EVEN PHYSICAL NEEDS CANNOT BE WELL SATISFIED. NEXT TO SPIRITUAL COMES INTELLECTUAL HELP. THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE IS A FAR HIGHER GIFT THAN THAT OF FOOD AND CLOTHES, IT IS EVEN HIGHER THAN GIVING LIFE TO A MAN, BECAUSE THE REAL LIFE OF MAN CONSISTS OF KNOWLEDGE. IGNORANCE IS DEATH, KNOWLEDGE IS LIFE. LIFE IS OF VERY LITTLE VALUE, IF IT IS A LIFE IN THE DARK, GROPING THROUGH IGNORANCE AND MISERY. NEXT IN ORDER COMES, OF COURSE, HELPING A MAN PHYSICALLY. THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERING THE QUESTION OF HELPING OTHERS, WE MUST ALWAYS STRIVE NOT TO COMMIT THE MISTAKE OF THINKING THAT PHYSICAL HELP IS THE ONLY HELP THAT CAN BE GIVEN.

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IT IS NOT ONLY THE LAST BUT THE LEAST, BECAUSE IT CANNOT BRING ABOUT PERMANENT SATISFACTION. THE MISERY THAT I FEEL WHEN I AM HUNGRY IS SATISFIED BY EATING, BUT HUNGER RETUNRS, MY MISERY CAN CEASE ONLY WHEN I AM SATISFIED BEYOND ALL WANT. THEN HUNGER WILL NOT MAKE ME MISERABLE, NO DISTRESS, NO SORROW WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE ME. SO, THAT HELP WHICH TENDS OF MAKE US STRONG SPIRITUALLY IS THE HIGHEST, NEXT TO IT COMES INTELLECTUAL HELP, AND AFTER THAT PHYSICAL HELP.

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THE WHOLE GIST OF THIS TEACHING IS THAT YOU SHOULD WORK LIKE A MASTER AND NOT AS A SLAVE, WORK INCESSANTLY, BUT DO NOT DO SLAVE'S WORK. DO YOU NOT SEE HOW EVERYBODY WORKS? NOBODY CAN BE ALTOGETHER AT REST, NINETY-NINE PER CENT OF MANKIND WORK LIKE SLAVES, AND THE RESULT IS MISERY, IT IS ALL SELFISH WORK. WORK THROUGH FREEDOM! WORK THROUGH LOVE! THE WORLD "LOVE" IS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, LOVE NEVER COMES UNTIL THERE IS FREEDOM. THERE IS NO TRUE LOVE POSSIBLE IN THE SLAVE. IF YOU BUY A SLAVE AND TIE HIM DOWN IN CHAINS AND MAKE HIM WORK FOR YOU, HE WILL WORK LIKE A DRUDGE, BUT THERE WILL BE NO LOVE IN HIM. SO WHEN WE OURSELVES WORK FOR THE THINGS OF THE WORLD AS SLAVES, THERE CAN BE NO LOVE IN US, AND OUR WORK IS NOT TRUE WORK. THIS IS TRUE OF WORK DONE FOR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, AND IS TRUE OF WORK DONE FOR OUR OWN SELVES. SELFISH WORK IS SLAVE'S WORK, AND HERE IS A TEST. EVERY ACT OF LOVE BRINGS HAPPINESS, THERE IS NO ACT OF LOVE WHICH DOES NOT BRING PEACE AND BLESSESNESS AS ITS REACTION .

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REAL EXISTENCE, REAL KNOWLEDGE, AND REAL LOVE ARE ETERNALLY CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER, THE THREE IN ONE, WHERE ONE OF THEM IS, THE OTHERS ALSO MUST BE, THEY ARE THE THREE ASPECTS OF THE ONE WITHOUT A SECOND - THE EXISTENCE - KNOWLEDGE- BLISS. WHEN THAT EXISTENCE BECOMES RELATIVE WE SEE IT AS THE WORLD, THAT KNOWLEDGE OF THE THINGS OF THE WORLD, AND THAT BLISS FORMS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL TRUE LOVE KNOWN TO THE HEART OF MAN. THEREFORE TRUE LOVE CAN NEVER REACT SO AS TO CAUSE PAIN EITHER TO THE LOVER OR TO THE BELOVED.

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SUPPOSE A MAN LOVES A WOMAN, HE WISHES TO HAVE HER ALL TO HIMSELF, HED WANTS HER TO SIT NEAR HIM, TO STAND NEAR HIM, AND TO EAT AND MOVE AT HIS SLAVE. THAT IS NOT LOVE, IT IS A KIND OF MORBID AFFECTION OF THE SLAVE, INSINUATING ITSELF AS LOVE. IT CANNOT BE LOVE, BECAUSE IT IS PAINFUL, IF SHE DOES NOT DO WHAT HE WANTS, IT BRINGS HIM PAIN. WITH LOVE THERE IS NO PAINFUL REACTION, LOVE ONLY BRINGS A REACTION OF BLISS, IF IT DOES NOT, IT IS NOT LOVE, IT IS MISTAKING SOMETHING ELSE FOR LOVE. WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED IN LOVING YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR WIFE, YOUR CHILDREN, THE WHOLE WORLD, THE UNIVERSE, IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THERE IS NO REACTION OF PAIN OR JEALOUSY, NO SELFISH FEELING, THEN YOU ARE IN A FIT STATE TO BE UNATTACHED.