CHAPTER 13
LET US NOT BE BLINDED WITH ATTACHMENT LET US BE BONDED TO GOD
Now You Are Liberated
Use the head and heart
in a balanced and appropriate way.
Think from the head and feel from the heart.
Be passionate and alert,
strong and intelligent all the time.
In this way, you will always be
free from attachment and illusion.
Tejguru Sirshree Tejparkhiji
Those who cannot see with their eyes, we call them blind. We are sympathetic towards them, but our sympathy does not arise for those who are blinded by attachment. When we come to know the ill-effects of attachment, we will feel like doing something for those who are blinded by attachment, illusion and ignorance. Let us not be blinded by attachment, illusion and ignorance. Let us be bonded to God. A small story will make this point clear.
One mother, blinded by attachment, never allowed her daughter to step out of the house. Fear and attachment had made the girl quite weak. One day, in order to get out of this suffocating atmosphere in the house, she ran away to a relative. But this relative was a bad man. This relative blinded by illusion sold her off to another person. She then tried to run away from there too, but she was unsuccessful. This person also tried to sell her off. Traders of flesh, blinded by ignorance, started putting price on her. At that point of time, a devotee of God purchased her, paid the price, and sent her a small chit of paper, which read, “Now you are free. You can go wherever you want.” The girl asked the address of the kind-hearted man from the person who had brought the letter. On being asked the reason for asking the address, she said she would like to spend the rest of her life in the service! of that man of God. The girl who wanted to run away from every place had become ready to spend her whole life in service! This was possible not because of attachment, illusion or ignorance, but because of love.
You can win over people but not by attachment, illusion, ignorance, wealth or force, but only by unconditional love and compassion. Devotees of God see only God in others and therefore are able to give unconditional love easily. You can also ask yourself whether you want to remain attached by keeping people attached to you or you would like to be free by making others free.
Give up attachment with understanding. Don’t live life full of attachments. It is not difficult to give up and get rid of attachment, in fact it is quite easy because attachment is not a gem, it is grime. Through attainment of complete goal and complete wisdom, it will be very easy to get freedom from attachment. Just as easily as you breathe out, you can leave all your attachments. No person has any hesitation whatsoever in releasing the breath. He knows that after releasing his breath, the next breath will automatically come in. Likewise, you should let things come and go in your life, do not get attached to anything. You may pray that whatever you get, may you get it in the box of detachment. Before going into the world of attachment, take a dip in silence. Do not spend your life wearing the crown of attachment. Live a bright detached life and keep bliss always with you. Start using the new ‘Television’.