DESIRES......... (continued)
The reason that we do not like criticism is because we want praise. We seek praise, because in reality we are not fit for the same. Those that are deserving of praise, in them the desire for praise does not remain.
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Desiring to seek appreciation from others is a very great weakness. Therefore be good, and not to be called good.
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You will have to shun worldly pleasures sometime or the other; so why delay?
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As far as possible, try to fulfill the hopes of others, but have no expectations from them.
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Ponder, he from whom you seek happiness, is he entirely happy himself? Is he not unhappy? How could an unhappy person make you happy?
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The happiness one gets from forsaking desires, could never be matched by satisfying desires.
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If you want fervent yearning for God, then give up craving for the world.
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One who desires the ever changing world, and draws pleasure from it, he also changes i.e. he passes through the cycle of several births and deaths.
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That which we cannot keep forever with us, what use is its desire or acquisition?
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It is due to desires that we feel something lacking. On being free of desires, there is no deficiency.
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On entirely giving up desires, then essential needs will become available automatically. Such things covet a person who has given up all desires.
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One who longs for things for his pleasure, has to face the agony of their want.
From book "Drops of Nectar" in English and "Amrut Bindu" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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