Lord Krishna's Solution to the Top 3 Problems of our Mind - Gita Shloka 4.10 - by Swami Mukundanand
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM
*Main points*:
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the fever is an indication that there is disease inside the body, fever is the symptom, so in this (spiritual) case the symptom is the fear and the problem, the disease inside, is attachment If you experience a lot of fear, it means there's a lot of attachment
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=2
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what is the way to get rid of it : Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10: being free from attachment, fear and Anger, becoming fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many persons in the past became purified by knowledge of Me and thus attained My Divine love
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=26
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Somebody said to his guru that guruji I have got so many problems and you say that God is all pervading, He is everywhere, why can I not see God everywhere ? Guruji said your body is full of bacteria, we all know that it has got billions of bacteria why can you not see them ? he said they are there but I will need a microscope to see them, guruji said you need an apparatus to see what is already there, likewise if you are eager to see God the apparatus you need is a pure heart
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=126
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“निर्मल मन जन सो मोहि पावा, मोहि कपट छल छिद्र न भावा”, God says those who are pure at heart will attain Me, the Bible says blessed are those who are pure at heart for they shall see Me, so this purification of the heart is attained through bhakti, Krishna says out here that purity was achieved by getting rid of attachment, attachment is the bane of human kind, the reason for suffering is attachment because if there is no attachment, then you say “जाहि विधि राखे राम ताहि विधि रहिए”, howsoever God wishes to keep me I am happy, चाहे झोपड़ी में वास कर, चाहे महलों में रहिए
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=191
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attachment leads to desire, the desires will keep arising & be never satisfied
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=274
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so there's a layer of attachment ,desire, attachment, desire, attachment, desire - it goes deeper and deeper and deeper, so the simple solution to get rid of suffering is to get rid of attachment
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=362
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and we say, no Swamiji, you are a baba, you are saying get rid of attachment, we are Householders, it's not as easy as you think, well one day you will have to leave the world in any case, that attachment will definitely bring you back to this world
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=382
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once Narada rishi and Angira rishi, they went to a market & saw a goat trying to forcibly eat grain from a shop & shopkeeper beating the goat with a stick - Narad Rishi laughed and said this goat was the father of this current shopkeeper but was too attached to this shop and hence he had to take birth as a goat as he could not do his bhakti in previous life, he did not utilize the human form properly so he went into the lower species and became a goat, so this attachment keeps on bringing us back
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=404
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and if we decide by our intellect that one day I have to leave it all, why not leave it right now from inside, Kripalu ji maharaj says “जग छोड़ना ही होगा, गोविन्द राधे, पहले ही छोड़, मन हरी में लगा दे”, so why don't you leave the attachment right now, and when attachment goes, along with it goes fear, the cause of fear is none other than attachment
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=525
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somebody says, no swamiji I've got fear of insecurity for the future, so now analyze it, why is this fear coming ? because you are attached to the comforts of the present and hence you are fearing if these comforts don't remain, then how will it be like ? that is why you are anxious for what the future holds for You, but if you decide like Krishna says the summer comes and the winter comes, learn to tolerate without being disturbed, then the fear for the future will disappear, so fear is created by God as an indicator, of course some amount of fear is there hardwired in our physiology as a protective measure, so the animals know that fear helps trigger the fight or flight response
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=582
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likewise if you were walking in the wild, and you saw a bear in front, at that time a little bit of fear would be helpful, but the fear we experience is irrational, abnormal, exacerbated (make look worse than actual), and the reason for that is attachment, so fear becomes an indicator अभी गड़़बड़ हैं, like “fever” ,i.e., the “fear” indicator is still there BUT the problem is the disease inside, which is attachment , now if you experience lot of fear it
means there's a lot of attachment
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=653
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what is the way to get rid of it, open your heart, what does that mean, become slightly Brave, what does that mean ? not everything in life can be the way we want it, bravery means willingness to accept situations that are against our liking, willingness to accept uncertainty, willingness to accept a little bit of pain, if it comes along, so this expansion of the heart will make us brave and enable us to accept life as it is and get rid of the subtle attachments of bodily comfort and security
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=711
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anger also is caused by attachment, because attachment leads to expectations, when expectations are not met, that creates anger from inside, so all these are happening due to Attachment, Lord Krishna says with true knowledge you get rid of it, true knowledge, not mere theoretical knowledge
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=773
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in theory we all see, everybody goes to the temple and says “त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव”, it's the most spoken sanskrit verse in the Hindu Dharma, what are you saying, I am saying, O God, You alone are mine, You alone are my Father, You alone are my mother, the theoretical knowledge is all there but practical knowledge is not there
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=803
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One jeweller passed away, his son was only seven years old….listen how without knowledge, he would have been cheated, similarly, our ignorance is that I will find happiness in material things – which is like a mirage & we’ll never find happiness here BUT we believe we’ll find it here in this material world & hence this is the false chase we’ve been doing since innumerable births & hence rotating in 84 lakh yonis - not having the knowledge that true happiness lies only in God
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=850
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listen to another example of our false belief that we will find happiness in this material world, inspite of thousand bad experiences we still believe maybe I did not try correctly
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=975
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Lord Krishna says through knowledge of Me, this power of knowledge, it will cut your attachments
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=1116
Transcript
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see the fever is an indication that
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there is disease inside, fever is the
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symptom
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so in this (spiritual) case the symptom is the
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fear not the fever but the fear
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and the problem, the disease inside is
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attachment If you experience lot of fear
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it means there's a lot of attachment
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what is the way to get rid of it
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BG 4.10 verse chanting is followed by
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translation and commentary by Swami
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mukundananda
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10 Chanting
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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10 Translation by Swami Mukundananda
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being free from attachment, fear and
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anger
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becoming fully absorbed in me
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and taking refuge in me
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many persons in the past
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became purified
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by knowledge of me and thus attained my
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Divine love
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So this is a continuation from the past verse he says that in this
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way so many souls in the past
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purified themselves
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they freed themselves from attachment
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from fear from anger
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through knowledge of me and then they
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reached me
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Somebody said to his Guru that guruji I have got
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so many problems
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and you say that God is all pervading he
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is everywhere
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why can I not see God everywhere
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he is everywhere why can't I see him
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guruji said your body is full of
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bacteria
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we all know that it has got billions of
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bacteria why can you not see them
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he said
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they are there but I will need a
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microscope to see them guruji said you
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need an apparatus to see what is already
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there likewise if you are eager to see
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God the apparatus you need is a pure
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heart
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“निर्मल मन जन सो मोहि पावा, मोहि कपट छल छिद्र न भावा”
God says those who are pure at
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heart will attain Me
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the Bible says blessed are those who are
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pure at heart for they shall see me
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so this purification of the heart
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through bhakti
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so Krishna says out here that Purity was
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achieved by getting rid of attachment
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attachment
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is the bane of human kind
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the reason for suffering is attachment
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because if there is no attachment then
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you say “जाहि विधि राखे राम ताहि विधि रहिए”
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howsoever God wishes to keep me I am happy
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चाहे झोपड़ी में वास कर, चाहे महलों में रहिए
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but we become attached I want to live
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like this I want this bodily Comfort
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I want this security for myself
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and the quality of my life should not
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get affected these attachments they
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cause anxiety
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and then attachment leads to desire
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so first you are attached now supposing
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you repeatedly thought that rasgulla has
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given me so much of Happiness the Mind
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started clinging to rasgulla that is the
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attachment
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and once that clinging is there it is
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unavoidable the desire will arise
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even while listening to swamiji's
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lecture the mind will in between visit
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the rasgulla
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when will he stop I hope I am going to
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get rasgullas for lunch
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now it may not be attached to rasgulla
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you analyze where does your mind go
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while listening to the lecture
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my child
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that means the attachment is to the
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child
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so this attachment causes desire
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and when you get the object of the
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attachment
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ah so nice you enjoy and again the
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desire arises so the contemplation goes
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on how will I get the object of my
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attachment that increases the attachment
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and which increases the desire further
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so there's a layer of attachment desire
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attachment desire attachment desire it
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goes deeper and deeper and deeper
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so the simple solution to get rid of
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suffering
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is to get rid of attachment
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and we say no
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swamiji you are a baba you are saying
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get rid of attachment we are
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householders
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it's not as easy as you think
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well one day you will have to leave the
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world in any case
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that attachment will bring you back
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once Narada and angira
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they went to a market
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in Delhi
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and there was the kirana shop
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you know the ration shop so they keep
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the Grain in gunny bags
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there's a gunny bag of Wheat and a gunny
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bag of rice
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and a goat came
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started eating the गेहूं, the wheat
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the shopkeeper he caught the goat by
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goat's beard
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and took a stick and started whacking
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the goat
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and the Goat cried
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and it went off from there running
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Narad ji broke into a laughter
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Angir said devarshi you are a saint
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you are laughing at the misery of the
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goat
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this is not appropriate this is not
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saintly
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you should be filled with compassion
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Narad ji said I was looking into the past life of
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this goat
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in the past life the goat was a human
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being
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and it was the father of this shopkeeper
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so this was his shop
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and he was so attached to it
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the only thing in his mind was the shop
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and how much earnings are happening
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the consequence was he did not utilize
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the human form properly so he went into
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the lower species and became a goat but
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because of his attachment he is visiting
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out here
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now the shopkeeper's son is the present
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shop keeper he doesn't realize it's my
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father in his next life who is coming as
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a goat and he is whacking it
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that is why I was laughing at the irony
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of it
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so this attachment keeps on bringing us
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back
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and
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if we decide
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one day I have to leave it all
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why not leave it right now from inside
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foreign
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Kripalu ji maharaj says “जग छोड़ना ही होगा गोविन्द राधे पहले ही छोड़ी मन हरी में लगा दे”
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so why don't you leave the attachment
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right now
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and when attachment goes along with it
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goes fear
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the cause of fear
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is none other than attachment
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somebody says no swamiji I've got fear
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of insecurity for the future
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I fear the insecurity for the future so
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now analyze it why is this fear coming
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because you are attached to the Comforts
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of the present and hence you are fearing
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if these Comforts don't remain then how
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will it be like that is why you are
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anxious for what the future holds for
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you
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but if you decide all right like Krishna
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says the summer comes and the winter
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comes learn to tolerate without being
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disturbed
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then the fear for the future will
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disappear
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so fear is created by God as an
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indicator
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of course some amount of fear is there
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hardwired in our physiology as a
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protective measure
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so the animals know fear it helps trigger
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the fight or flight response
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likewise if you were walking in the wild
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and you saw a bear in front at that time
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a little bit of fear would be helpful
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but the fear we experience
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is irrational abnormal exacerbated
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and the reason for that is attachment
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so fear becomes an indicator
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अभी गड़़बड़ हैं, “Fever” ,i.e., fear is still there
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see the fever is an indication that
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there is disease inside
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fever is the symptom so in this case the
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same term is the fear
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not the fever but the fear
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and the problem the disease inside is
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attachment
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now if you experience lot of fear it
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means there's a lot of attachment
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what is the way to get rid of it
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open your heart
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what does that mean become slightly
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Brave
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what does that mean
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not everything in life can be the way we
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want it
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bravery means willingness to accept
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situations that are against our liking
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willingness to accept uncertainty
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willingness to accept a little bit of
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pain if it comes along
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so this
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expansion of the heart will make us
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Brave and enable us
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to accept life as it is
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and get rid of the subtle attachments of
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bodily comfort and security
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and then we open up to the possibilities
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of life
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anger also is caused by attachment
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because attachment leads to expectations
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when expectations are not met that
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creates Anger from inside
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so all these are happening due to
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attachment Lord Krishna says with true
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knowledge you get rid of it
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true knowledge
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Not Mere theoretical knowledge in theory
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we all see
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everybody goes to the temple and
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Says “त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव”
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it's the most spoken Sanskrit verse in
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the Hindu Dharma
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what are you saying I am saying oh God
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you alone are mine you're alone are my
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father you alone are my mother the
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theoretical knowledge is all there
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but practical knowledge
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is not there
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so when we have true knowledge
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then this attachment will go how will it
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go
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one
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Jeweler
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passed away
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his son was only seven years old
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his son said now how do I take care of
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myself
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Mother said beta father had kept some
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jewels in this box
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go and sell it to his friend
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so the seven-year-old Jeweler's son took
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the Box
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to his uncle and said Uncle you know my
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father has passed away can you buy these
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we'll maintain ourselves from it
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the Jeweler looked at it
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he said you know the market is going up
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it's not a good time to sell you do one
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thing you start working at my shop I'll
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train you up
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in seven years you will be a jeweller
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yourself
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so this guy
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Gets trained in his uncle's
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jewelry shop
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one day he was now an expert Jeweler
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he said you know that jewel case
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which I gave you
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should we sell it now the market is up
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so uncle said take a look at it he
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brought it and showed it to him
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and this young boy who was now an expert
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Jeweler he looked and he said these are
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fakes
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he took them and threw them
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he said Uncle why did you not tell me on
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the first day that they were fakes
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uncle said you know he didn't have
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knowledge to recognize that they are
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fakes if I had told you you would not
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have believed
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now you have knowledge you have realized
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them for what they are similarly
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our ignorance is
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that I will find happiness in material
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things
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this is the ignorance if I get this
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sense object I will be happy
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if I get this I will be happy
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this ignorance of ours doesn't go
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I tried a hundred times
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no I did not try correctly now I try
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I'll get happiness
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despite a thousand bad experiences we
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still think, “No, happiness must be there”
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when I was coming to
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the retreat
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my flight landed at IAD
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Washington Dallas airport so one lady
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one Western lady came running to me
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she said I am listening to you on
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YouTube
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so I said very nice then she showed me
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her opened YouTube and showed me the
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channels which she has subscribed to
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and then said what is your name how do
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you say it out it's so difficult to say
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so I explained to her Mukundanand and okay
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okay okay
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so she said everything is all right in
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my life but I have one problem how do I
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find love
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how to explain to her so I said try and
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find selfless Divine perfect love she
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said forget about perfect love I want to
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find love for myself
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I am looking around for love
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so I tried to explain to her that you
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will not get happiness in imperfect
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love
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she said yeah you know I had found it
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but then it went
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I said that means it was not perfect
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love
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so she was not willing I said you go and
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ask anybody has anybody found perfect
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love you are not married you ask the
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married people
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she said no it must be somewhere there
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must be that perfect love I said then
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keep on repeating the experiences again
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and again you keep on getting
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disappointed
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so the knowledge is not there that there
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is no happiness here
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and that is why the running around is
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happening now when that running around
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is going to happen the heart will not
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get cleansed and Lord Krishna says
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through knowledge of me
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now you understood it was not Jewels it
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was my illusion it was fake broken
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pieces of glass. Throw it away
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that is real knowledge
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where you can see the so-called
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happiness and pleasures and love of the
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world for what they are
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false promises fake Illusions and cut
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them out to keep your focus on Divine
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love that perfect love
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this is the power of knowledge it will
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cut
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your attachment
Standby link (in case youtube link does not work):
BG 4.10 | Lord Krishna's Solution to the Top 3 Problems of our Mind
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM
Free yourself from attachment fear and anger
3 45 purification of the heart means no attachment
6 15 simple solution to avoid suffering is to get rid of attachment
9 one day you have to leave this world why not leave it from now, from inside
14 00 attachment can be got rid of by true knowledge
16 our ignorance is that we will find happiness in material world, inspite of thousand bad experiences we still believe maybe I did not try correctly
BG 4.10 | Lord Krishna's Solution to the Top 3 Problems of our Mind
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM
Main points:1
the fever is an indication that there is disease inside the body, fever is the symptom, so in this (spiritual) case the symptom is the fear and the problem, the disease inside, is attachment If you experience a lot of fear, it means there's a lot of attachment
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=2
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what is the way to get rid of it : Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10: being free from attachment, fear and Anger, becoming fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many persons in the past became purified by knowledge of Me and thus attained My Divine love
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=26
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Somebody said to his guru that guruji I have got so many problems and you say that God is all pervading, He is everywhere, why can I not see God everywhere ? Guruji said your body is full of bacteria, we all know that it has got billions of bacteria why can you not see them ? he said they are there but I will need a microscope to see them, guruji said you need an apparatus to see what is already there, likewise if you are eager to see God the apparatus you need is a pure heart
https://youtu.be/xMMwqb7YcdM&t=126
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“निर्मल मन जन सो मोहि पावा, मोहि कपट छल छिद्र न भावा”, God says those who are pure at heart will attain Me, the Bible says blessed are those who are pure at heart for they shall see Me, so this purification of the heart is attained through bhakti, Krishna says out here that purity was achieved by getting rid of attachment, attachment is the bane of human kind, the reason for suffering is attachment because if there is no attachment, then you say “जाहि विधि राखे राम ताहि विधि रहिए”, howsoever God wishes to keep me I am happy, चाहे झोपड़ी में वास कर, चाहे महलों में रहिए
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=191
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attachment leads to desire, the desires will keep arising & be never satisfied
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=274
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so there's a layer of attachment ,desire, attachment, desire, attachment, desire - it goes deeper and deeper and deeper, so the simple solution to get rid of suffering is to get rid of attachment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=362
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and we say, no Swamiji, you are a baba, you are saying get rid of attachment, we are Householders, it's not as easy as you think, well one day you will have to leave the world in any case, that attachment will definitely bring you back to this world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=382
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once Narada rishi and Angira rishi, they went to a market & saw a goat trying to forcibly eat grain from a shop & shopkeeper beating the goat with a stick - Narad Rishi laughed and said this goat was the father of this current shopkeeper but was too attached to this shop and hence he had to take birth as a goat as he could not do his bhakti in previous life, he did not utilize the human form properly so he went into the lower species and became a goat, so this attachment keeps on bringing us back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=404
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and if we decide by our intellect that one day I have to leave it all, why not leave it right now from inside, Kripalu ji maharaj says “जग छोड़ना ही होगा, गोविन्द राधे, पहले ही छोड़, मन हरी में लगा दे”, so why don't you leave the attachment right now, and when attachment goes, along with it goes fear, the cause of fear is none other than attachment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=525
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somebody says, no swamiji I've got fear of insecurity for the future, so now analyze it, why is this fear coming ? because you are attached to the comforts of the present and hence you are fearing if these comforts don't remain, then how will it be like ? that is why you are anxious for what the future holds for You, but if you decide all right like Krishna says the summer comes and the winter comes, learn to tolerate without being Disturbed, then the fear for the future will disappear, so fear is created by God as an indicator , of course some amount of fear is there hardwired in our physiology as a protective measure, so the animals know that fear helps trigger the fight or flight response
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=582
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likewise if you were walking in the wild, and you saw a bear in front, at that time a little bit of fear would be helpful, but the fear we experience is irrational, abnormal, exacerbated (make look worse than actual), and the reason for that is attachment, so fear becomes an indicator अभी गड़़बड़ हैं, like “fever” ,i.e., the “fear” indicator is still there BUT the problem is the disease inside, which is attachment , now if you experience lot of fear it
means there's a lot of attachment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=653
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what is the way to get rid of it, open your heart, what does that mean, become slightly Brave, what does that mean ? not everything in life can be the way we want it, bravery means willingness to accept situations that are against our liking, willingness to accept uncertainty, willingness to accept a little bit of pain, if it comes along, so this expansion of the heart will make us brave and enable us to accept life as it is and get rid of the subtle attachments of bodily comfort and security
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=711
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anger also is caused by attachment, because attachment leads to expectations, when expectations are not met, that creates anger from inside, so all these are happening due to Attachment, Lord Krishna says with true knowledge you get rid of it, true knowledge, not mere theoretical knowledge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=773
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in theory we all see, everybody goes to the temple and says “त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव”, it's the most spoken sanskrit verse in the Hindu Dharma, what are you saying, I am saying, O God, You alone are mine, You alone are my Father, You alone are my mother, the theoretical knowledge is all there but practical knowledge is not there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=803
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One jeweller passed away, his son was only seven years old….listen how without knowledge, he would have been cheated, similarly, our ignorance is that I will find happiness in material things – which is like a mirage & we’ll never find happiness here BUT we believe we’ll find it here in this material world & hence this is the false chase we’ve been doing since innumerable births & hence rotating in 84 lakh yonis - not having the knowledge that true happiness lies only in God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=850
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listen to another example of our false belief that we will find happiness in this material world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=975
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Lord Krishna says through knowledge of Me, this power of knowledge, it will cut your attachments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BF6xCzueY&t=1116
Free yourself from attachment fear and anger
3 45 purification of the heart means no attachment
6 15 simple solution to avoid suffering is to get rid of attachment
9 one day you have to leave this world why not leave it from now, from inside
14 00 attachment can be got rid of by true knowledge
16 our ignorance is that we will find happiness in material world, inspite of thousand bad experiences we still believe maybe I did not try correctly
Transcript
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see the fever is an indication that
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there is disease inside, fever is the
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symptom
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so in this (spiritual) case the symptom is the
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fear not the fever but the fear
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and the problem, the disease inside is
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attachment If you experience lot of fear
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it means there's a lot of attachment
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what is the way to get rid of it
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BG 4.10 verse chanting is followed by
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translation and commentary by Swami
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mukundananda
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10 Chanting
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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 10 Translation by Swami Mukundananda
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being free from attachment, fear and
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anger
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becoming fully absorbed in me
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and taking refuge in me
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many persons in the past
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became purified
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by knowledge of me and thus attained my
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Divine love
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So this is a continuation from the past verse he says that in this
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way so many souls in the past
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purified themselves
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they freed themselves from attachment
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from fear from anger
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through knowledge of me and then they
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reached me
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Somebody said to his Guru that guruji I have got
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so many problems
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and you say that God is all pervading he
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is everywhere
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why can I not see God everywhere
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he is everywhere why can't I see him
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guruji said your body is full of
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bacteria
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we all know that it has got billions of
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bacteria why can you not see them
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he said
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they are there but I will need a
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microscope to see them guruji said you
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need an apparatus to see what is already
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there likewise if you are eager to see
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God the apparatus you need is a pure
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heart
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“निर्मल मन जन सो मोहि पावा, मोहि कपट छल छिद्र न भावा”
God says those who are pure at
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heart will attain Me
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the Bible says blessed are those who are
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pure at heart for they shall see me
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so this purification of the heart
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through bhakti
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so Krishna says out here that Purity was
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achieved by getting rid of attachment
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attachment
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is the bane of human kind
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the reason for suffering is attachment
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because if there is no attachment then
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you say “जाहि विधि राखे राम ताहि विधि रहिए”
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howsoever God wishes to keep me I am happy
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चाहे झोपड़ी में वास कर, चाहे महलों में रहिए
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but we become attached I want to live
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like this I want this bodily Comfort
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I want this security for myself
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and the quality of my life should not
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get affected these attachments they
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cause anxiety
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and then attachment leads to desire
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so first you are attached now supposing
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you repeatedly thought that rasgulla has
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given me so much of Happiness the Mind
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started clinging to rasgulla that is the
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attachment
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and once that clinging is there it is
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unavoidable the desire will arise
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even while listening to swamiji's
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lecture the mind will in between visit
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the rasgulla
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when will he stop I hope I am going to
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get rasgullas for lunch
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now it may not be attached to rasgulla
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you analyze where does your mind go
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while listening to the lecture
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my child
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that means the attachment is to the
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child
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so this attachment causes desire
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and when you get the object of the
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attachment
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ah so nice you enjoy and again the
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desire arises so the contemplation goes
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on how will I get the object of my
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attachment that increases the attachment
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and which increases the desire further
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so there's a layer of attachment desire
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attachment desire attachment desire it
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goes deeper and deeper and deeper
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so the simple solution to get rid of
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suffering
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is to get rid of attachment
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and we say no
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swamiji you are a baba you are saying
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get rid of attachment we are
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householders
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it's not as easy as you think
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well one day you will have to leave the
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world in any case
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that attachment will bring you back
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once Narada and angira
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they went to a market
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in Delhi
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and there was the kirana shop
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you know the ration shop so they keep
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the Grain in gunny bags
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there's a gunny bag of Wheat and a gunny
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bag of rice
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and a goat came
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started eating the गेहूं, the wheat
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the shopkeeper he caught the goat by
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goat's beard
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and took a stick and started whacking
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the goat
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and the Goat cried
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and it went off from there running
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Narad ji broke into a laughter
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Angir said devarshi you are a saint
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you are laughing at the misery of the
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goat
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this is not appropriate this is not
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saintly
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you should be filled with compassion
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Narad ji said I was looking into the past life of
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this goat
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in the past life the goat was a human
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being
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and it was the father of this shopkeeper
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so this was his shop
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and he was so attached to it
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the only thing in his mind was the shop
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and how much earnings are happening
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the consequence was he did not utilize
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the human form properly so he went into
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the lower species and became a goat but
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because of his attachment he is visiting
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out here
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now the shopkeeper's son is the present
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shop keeper he doesn't realize it's my
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father in his next life who is coming as
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a goat and he is whacking it
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that is why I was laughing at the irony
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of it
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so this attachment keeps on bringing us
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back
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and
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if we decide
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one day I have to leave it all
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why not leave it right now from inside
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foreign
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Kripalu ji maharaj says “जग छोड़ना ही होगा गोविन्द राधे पहले ही छोड़ी मन हरी में लगा दे”
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so why don't you leave the attachment
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right now
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and when attachment goes along with it
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goes fear
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the cause of fear
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is none other than attachment
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somebody says no swamiji I've got fear
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of insecurity for the future
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I fear the insecurity for the future so
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now analyze it why is this fear coming
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because you are attached to the Comforts
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of the present and hence you are fearing
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if these Comforts don't remain then how
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will it be like that is why you are
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anxious for what the future holds for
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you
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but if you decide all right like Krishna
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says the summer comes and the winter
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comes learn to tolerate without being
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disturbed
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then the fear for the future will
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disappear
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so fear is created by God as an
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indicator
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of course some amount of fear is there
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hardwired in our physiology as a
10:45
protective measure
10:47
so the animals know fear it helps trigger
10:50
the fight or flight response
10:53
likewise if you were walking in the wild
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and you saw a bear in front at that time
10:59
a little bit of fear would be helpful
11:02
but the fear we experience
11:05
is irrational abnormal exacerbated
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and the reason for that is attachment
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so fear becomes an indicator
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अभी गड़़बड़ हैं, “Fever” ,i.e., fear is still there
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see the fever is an indication that
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there is disease inside
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fever is the symptom so in this case the
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same term is the fear
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not the fever but the fear
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and the problem the disease inside is
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attachment
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now if you experience lot of fear it
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means there's a lot of attachment
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what is the way to get rid of it
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open your heart
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what does that mean become slightly
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Brave
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what does that mean
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not everything in life can be the way we
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want it
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bravery means willingness to accept
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situations that are against our liking
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willingness to accept uncertainty
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willingness to accept a little bit of
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pain if it comes along
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so this
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expansion of the heart will make us
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Brave and enable us
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to accept life as it is
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and get rid of the subtle attachments of
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bodily comfort and security
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and then we open up to the possibilities
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of life
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anger also is caused by attachment
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because attachment leads to expectations
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when expectations are not met that
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creates Anger from inside
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so all these are happening due to
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attachment Lord Krishna says with true
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knowledge you get rid of it
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true knowledge
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Not Mere theoretical knowledge in theory
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we all see
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everybody goes to the temple and
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Says “त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव”
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it's the most spoken Sanskrit verse in
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the Hindu Dharma
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what are you saying I am saying oh God
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you alone are mine you're alone are my
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father you alone are my mother the
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theoretical knowledge is all there
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but practical knowledge
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is not there
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so when we have true knowledge
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then this attachment will go how will it
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go
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one
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Jeweler
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passed away
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his son was only seven years old
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his son said now how do I take care of
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myself
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Mother said beta father had kept some
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jewels in this box
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go and sell it to his friend
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so the seven-year-old Jeweler's son took
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the Box
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to his uncle and said Uncle you know my
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father has passed away can you buy these
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we'll maintain ourselves from it
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the Jeweler looked at it
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he said you know the market is going up
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it's not a good time to sell you do one
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thing you start working at my shop I'll
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train you up
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in seven years you will be a jeweller
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yourself
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so this guy
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Gets trained in his uncle's
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jewelry shop
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one day he was now an expert Jeweler
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he said you know that jewel case
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which I gave you
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should we sell it now the market is up
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so uncle said take a look at it he
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brought it and showed it to him
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and this young boy who was now an expert
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Jeweler he looked and he said these are
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fakes
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he took them and threw them
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he said Uncle why did you not tell me on
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the first day that they were fakes
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uncle said you know he didn't have
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knowledge to recognize that they are
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fakes if I had told you you would not
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have believed
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now you have knowledge you have realized
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them for what they are similarly
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our ignorance is
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that I will find happiness in material
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things
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this is the ignorance if I get this
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sense object I will be happy
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if I get this I will be happy
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this ignorance of ours doesn't go
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I tried a hundred times
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no I did not try correctly now I try
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I'll get happiness
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despite a thousand bad experiences we
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still think, “No, happiness must be there”
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when I was coming to
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the retreat
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my flight landed at IAD
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Washington Dallas airport so one lady
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one Western lady came running to me
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she said I am listening to you on
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YouTube
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so I said very nice then she showed me
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her opened YouTube and showed me the
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channels which she has subscribed to
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and then said what is your name how do
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you say it out it's so difficult to say
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so I explained to her Mukundanand and okay
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okay okay
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so she said everything is all right in
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my life but I have one problem how do I
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find love
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how to explain to her so I said try and
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find selfless Divine perfect love she
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said forget about perfect love I want to
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find love for myself
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I am looking around for love
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so I tried to explain to her that you
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will not get happiness in imperfect
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love
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she said yeah you know I had found it
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but then it went
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I said that means it was not perfect
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love
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so she was not willing I said you go and
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ask anybody has anybody found perfect
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love you are not married you ask the
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married people
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she said no it must be somewhere there
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must be that perfect love I said then
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keep on repeating the experiences again
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and again you keep on getting
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disappointed
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so the knowledge is not there that there
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is no happiness here
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and that is why the running around is
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happening now when that running around
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is going to happen the heart will not
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get cleansed and Lord Krishna says
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through knowledge of me
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now you understood it was not Jewels it
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was my illusion it was fake broken
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pieces of glass. Throw it away
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that is real knowledge
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where you can see the so-called
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happiness and pleasures and love of the
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world for what they are
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false promises fake Illusions and cut
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them out to keep your focus on Divine
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love that perfect love
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this is the power of knowledge it will
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cut
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your attachment
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4.10 Lord Krishna's Solution to the Top 3 Problems of our Mind Swami
Mukundananda.mp4
