Otherwise, spirituality remains very scary to people who have been spoken to in the language of renunciation. ‘Give this up, give that up.’ The ego asks, ‘But why? All I have is this 10-rupee note, and you’re asking me to give it up!’ You have to, in the same breath, tell him that by giving up this 10-rupee note, you will indeed get something that is worth Rs 500. And you have to really demonstrate it. He must be able to see it in his life that by giving up on smaller pleasures or the so-called good things of life, he has now attained a state that is far higher, a state that he would not like
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