Greed is Needless

Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj

Fancy clothes are meant of people who take pride in their appearance. What importance do they have for me? The motive to put on nice clothes is to appear presentable to others, or to indicate that you have many possessions. That is all pride. If the clothes are fine, you have to take care, but if they are ordinary, there is no problem of where to sit. One can sit anywhere. If one takes their clothes and keeps them outside, one need not be anxious about their loss. What is yours is only what you have eaten and put into your stomach. In short, nothing outside is yours. Outer things are for people. All greed is needless. You suffer only because of ego. Give up the ego. A rich man is made happy by the idea that he is rich. Only greed is prevailing in him and nothing else. You should have the attitude that "Everything in the world belongs to me", and give up greed for anything. Will your glory be reduce if you were to say that something is "not mine"? The body is able to move about, and that is your only need. All else is may be there or not, what do you lose? 

Rama and Krishna were separate. But the mantra "RamaKrishna Hari" is formed by unifying both. Both Rama and Krishna are gone. Drop, the ownership and greed of "RamaKrishna Hari". The wealth of Son of the Guru all belongs to the Guru. Wind, water, light, night and day, are all for him only. Everything is his. So where is there any shortage? The one who feeds the creatures inside a rock, and the one who gives food to the birds living on the highest mountain peak, is only "He" giving all with "His Power". On every grain is inscribed the name of the consumer. He is all. The food and He are not two. He is the tiger, and He is the horse. As He is the form, He is also the name. 

Even though you call all the limbs of the body by different names, you call all of that as "I". Similarly be one with all things and all animals. Be your Self. Be your own True Self. Are the Sky, Water and other elements taking on other attributes such as sitting or sleeping? They are everywhere at all times. Do not keep unity only as a mental thing, put it into practice, and behave accordingly. As Arjuna acted upon what he had heard and learnt, he acquired the highest skills. If you live realization in your daily life, only then do you become "Knowledgeable", a Jnani.