11. TAKE NO PRIDE IN YOUR POSSESSION:-

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'My people', 'my things', my joys', 'my ideas' etc..:-

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 These false vanities throw the man out of himself to suffer the storms of finitude and the floods of change. All these are the unavoidable contents of the objective world. Take no pride in your possession, in the people at your command, in the youthfulness that you have. 


'Time loots away all these in a moment:-

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Wealth, social connections and family status, youth and vigour - these form the tottering pillars upon which is built the platform of sense-enjoyment. This drama of passion and lust can end only in utter dissipation and personality exhaustion. These have been already discussed and clearly shown in the early verses of Bhajagovindam. 


Leaving aside all these, (after knowing their illusory nature) realise the state of Brahmam and enter into it:-

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Wealth  is never constant. Nor can she ever remain faithful - she must move from hand to hand, visiting all; youth can never last for long. Relationships in this world, the social status, popularity and power - all these are indicated by the term  people. All of them entirely depend upon the fancy of the moment, the mood of the hour. This world of illusory appearances is a field of preoccupations only to the delusive ego, which springs from one's own identification with the perceiver-feeler-thinker in the oneself. 


Seek the knower of it all, the principle that illuminates all experiences- witness Atma or Chaithanya-inthe very core of one's own bosom. Realise that this consciousness ( AYAM ATMA) presiding over all our inner experiences is the consciousness Infinite everywhere (Brahmam).

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