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“People are preoccupied only with money. They are looking to see where they can get it from. Hey, why are you looking for it in a ‘cemetery’? This worldly life has become like a cemetery. There is no love to be seen in it. The way in which money comes to one is a natural thing. It is (by way of) scientific circumstantial evidences. Why do we have to run after it? If it were to free (liberate) us itself, then it would be very good, right?”

“Worldy life is not wrong, it is worldly interaction (relative viewpoint). But You should Know Yourself (real viewpoint). Without Knowing your true Self, how can you simultaneously engage in worldly interaction? To possess a body is worldly interaction. However, the inquiry about 'Who am I?' still remains to be done, does it not? How long can there be darkness? Since infinite lifetimes, you have been wandering from one life to another. You have not wandered for one or two lifetimes; (but for) infinite lifetimes....”

“If you can afford to live in this worldly life, then there is nothing you need to understand further, and if you find the worldly life bothersome then you need to understand spirituality. In spirituality, we need to know the nature of the Self (Soul). When ‘who am I?’ is known then all puzzles will be solved.”

“This worldly knowledge is not called (Real) Knowledge. It is worldly knowledge. The scriptural knowledge is known as the instrumental knowledge. The knowledge about the goal [to attain Pure Soul] is Real ‘Knowledge’. Scriptures themselves are the instruments and the knowledge within the scriptures is also an instrument; whereas, the ‘knowledge’ of the Self is the goal [to attain Pure Soul]!”