"Even when luck is with you and you're powerful,
still, Prosperity is other than you are:
one day it departs and leaves you poor.
O you who've been chosen, be your own good fortune!
When you have become your own wealth, O man of Reality,
then how will you, who are Prosperity, lose yourself?
How will you lose yourself, O man of good qualities,
when your essence is your wealth and your kingdom?"
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Most of us will say..yes, we are miserable.
This is because we feel that we are inadequate, deficient or incomplete. And we try to overcome these deficiencies through worldly pleasures.
However any gain that comes as a result of our efforts in this direction is not absolute because it is associated with loss. The gain obtained is always negated by the time and effort expended, by the responsiblity assumed or by any other thing sacrificed.
For instance when I buy a house or a car, the pleasure and security I gain are negated by the money spent,the debt incurred, the subsequent maintenence, insurance, taxes, etc; all of which take away something from the feeling of adequecy and comfort that I sought before buying these things.
We must remember that an inadequate person remains inadequate even after gaining the desired object.
So an enlightened person is he who recognises that what he really wants is a drastic change in himself and not a situational change.
This realisation brings dispassion towards the pursuits of worldly things and will ultimately lead us to the path of LIBERATION.
Do you agree? g g g
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