|| Shree Hari ||
(Manushya Jeevan ka Uddeshya)
An
ordinary person's intellect looks at the beginning, but does not look at the
end. But a man who is thoughtful and wise, looks at the end. He is alert and
cautious about what will be the end result, what will be the consequences? The
one who sees the outcome is a man of discrimination (vivek). But he who
does not see towards the end, he is an animal. A diseased man, coming under the
sway of his taste buds, eats unhealthy food for a little pleasure. A tongue
that is only 3 finger widths long, damages the 3.5 hand length body. Such a man
is not called a man who is not vigilant and serious in his thinking. Only he
can be called cautious thinker and intelligent man who does not do unwholesome
things. A watchful person, a thoughtful man does not do such work, by which
he has to go to hell, whereby wandering around in 8.4 million wombs, time and
again facing suffering. He will not go close to such work. He will only do
the work by which he becomes eternally happy.
Man has pre-dominance of discrimination (vivek). It is only
by respecting one's vivek, that one can be benefited. When on thinks
about the end result, then there is pre-dominance of vivek. The
instantaneous mind-set is that of animals. They behave in a manner that
whatever is seen in front of them, that only is well and good. They are least
concerned about what will happen in the long run. Let us get it now, let us
seize it now, there is no concern of what will happen later on - what is the
difference between animals and such men? Man is he who can perceive what the
end outcome would be? Right now they will be busy in enjoying sense pleasures
and hoarding, then when death comes, this money and these possessions will
remain right here, whereas the fruits of their actions will have to be borne in
the life beyond. One has to also earn money, and also provide for the body;
but one should not get trapped in sense pleasures and greed - one has to be
careful in this matter. Living in a householder life, earning money, living
with ease, but not with the mind-set of greed and sense pleasures. The point
is that, do not earn money with an attitude of greed and do not take pleasure in
this world with an attitude of sense enjoyments. It has come in Gita
that a man that is self-restrained (yogi), i.e. restrained and free
from attraction (likes) and aversion (dislikes), while using objects with the
senses, attains placidity of mind. Such a person of tranquil mind, soon becomes,
firmly established in God. (Gita 2/64-65) .
Therefore one is to earn money and oblige others through it, but one
is not to hoard. When one is greedy, one wants to hoard. A greedy man cannot
spend money either for himself or for others. It is only on spending money that the money is of use. Spending and money – these are two things. Of these two,
spending is a great thing, but hoarding is not a great thing. The reason is
hoarding, creates a road-block in other's happiness. And he himself will also
not be able to enjoy it. A greedy man, being proud of his accumulated wealth,
undoubtedly considers himself to be happy, but his wealth is neither of any use
to him, nor to others. That which is of no use to himself or to others, to
consider that to be wealth is itself a mistake. (to be
continued)
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