112 Quotes About Worldly-life

Nobody has spoiled your vyavahaar (worldly interactions). You yourself have spoilt it. You are whole and sole responsible for your vyavahaar.

If you take care of the relative, then the relative itself will help you entirely.

There is no problem with the relative, but the problem is with the fact that you are becoming one with the relative.

If the one who is experiencing the kashay (anger-pride-deceit-greed), gets rid of the kashay then there is not telling when he will do something erroneous. And if the One who remains in the awareness of the Self gets rid of the kashay, then he swims through the ocean of the worldly life!

There is no mention of the Soul (Atma) at all in all that which is present in the world. To See-Know (jovu-jaanvu) the worldly interaction (vyavahar; the relative), that is indeed known as the Soul!

If you take interest in anything that you experience in worldly life, then there will be bondage, whereas if there is no interest at the time of experiencing it, then there will be no bondage. In fact, that is real Purusharth (spiritual effort to progress as the Self).

If you go to analyze it, then you will not find any joint partnership with anyone. If your son wants to go relieve himself, and you say, "Will it be ok with you if I go do it for you?" No. It will not do. That is how this is! How can there be a joint partnership over there? In the 'relative' sense everything is indeed separate and in the 'real' sense, everything is indeed one.

In worldly state, the Soul [the Real Self, Atma] compresses and spreads according to the ‘vessel’ (the body); and in the state of moksha [the ultimate liberation], it is the same throughout.

This worldly life is nothing but an entrapment. So then, where can one go? If one is stuck in a mire then he cannot even get out of it, as he tries to get out of it, he sinks in it even deeper. Similarly, if one gets trapped in this fantasizing, then how can be become free?