Nothing can touch the one who is oodasin (one unperturbed by worldly life). After attaining Knowledge of the Self, if one applies awareness of the Self, one can remain unperturbed (oodasin).
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When does one qualify (for moksha)? It is when he never has any conflict in the worldly life.
There aren__ any __elative_ (worldly) things that is worth inviting. So what is worth inviting? The __lace_ where we have to go is worth knowing.
Physical action [paudgalik kriya] will give only worldly fruits; it will not go in vain. If you plant sugar cane, you will eat sweet food and if you plant bitter gourd, you will eat bitter food. Plant whichever taste appeals to you and if you want liberation [Moksha], then don__ plant anything. Stop sowing seeds altogether.
The saints have to __rink poison_ (worldly suffering) and the world has to __rink nectar_ (worldly pleasures). Because people are weak.
What do worldly (non Self-realised) people do? They feel uneasy the moment a guest arrives. The husband tells his wife, 'you just show that you are upset, so then he will leave!' You get upset or even if you verbally abuse him, the guest will not leave. How can he when it was meant to happen [it is decided]? By getting upset, you are gathering stock (of karma) for the next life, you__l need something to spend in your next life [won__ you]?
The __ne_ who does no __goism_, the worldly life ends for him!
If a prisoner paints his cell in the prison, does it mean that he likes the prison? Why does he do so? It is because he has no choice. Similarly, one has no choice in the worldly life, and that is why he builds a house, buys car, builds a bungalow.
Those who believe the worldly life interactions (vyavahaar) to be the real/true; developed high blood pressure, heart attacks and other such ailments. And those who believe it to be false, they became fat. Those living on both the shores, became lost wanderers. Although living the worldly life, __e_ are non-attached (vitaraag, the enlightened one).
If you are visiting someone and his wife feeds you a wonderful meal, you should be grateful but you should not wish that it would be nice if she could go home with you. Having such intents towards food and eating leads one to become increasingly possessed with turmoil (worldly suffering). This is why the Lord has said for us to enjoy but not become the enjoyer, to do something which we like but do not become habituated about it.
You will especially not find anyone who speaks bitterly to you. All the 'diseases' [worldly suffering] remains due to the sweetness. Bitterness will remove the disease, sweetness will increase it. Your life should be such that you will not have to listen to bitter words. If however, you have to listen to bitter words, then you should listen to it. It is always beneficial.
Those who have become vitarag (free from all worldly attachments), will have no intent of ownership (maliki bhav).
Ambalal Muljibhai_ (Dada__ relative self) is under the control of worldly interactions, and __e_ (The Gnani Purush) are in the control of nischaya (realm of the Self). Worldly interaction should not be scorned at, at all.
The fruit of worldly love is indeed revenge (vengeance).
As long as there is worldly life, one is going to attain physical body, and as long as there is a body, there will be worldly miseries and troubles.
Worldly life means [state of continuous] agitation and uneasiness. What makes one like it, it is a wonder in itself!
These are all __hosts_. If you are afraid, the ghosts will possess you. If there is inner fear of __hat if they hang me?_; then one should say, __es, that is correct_. The Soul can never be hung; nothing [worldly] can touch the Soul. All the doings are that of the pudgal (matter; non-Self). The noose for hanging is pudgal and the one doing hanging (the hangman), is also pudgal. The Soul has never been hung. This [fact] does not fit one__ vision and that is why he has fear. But once his vision becomes like the Gnani__ [the enlightened one], then it__ over! For that, one has to stay in touch with the Gnani [the enlightened one].
Vitragta [a state of freedom from all worldly attachments] is the only way to __wim_ across lifetimes.