Words from the Master

In Indian marriages, there is a beautiful verse which the priests make the couple recite. The wife tells the husband, “Let you be my 11th son” and the husband tells the wife, “Let you be my 11th daughter.” It means, in the 11th year of marriage, they will look upon each other as a son or a daughter; the relationship would have undergone that much of a transformation by then.

When you see your children, you are engulfed with so much of joy, is it not? Your relationship with your wife or husband would have undergone so much of a transformation that you will experience that same joy when you see him or her. The husband will become a son to the woman and the wife will become a daughter to the man.

When you don’t have a clear understanding of your imagination, you suffer. Understanding is the key to get out of this. If you know how to live without suffering, you are leading a spiritual life. If you don’t know how to avoid suffering, you are living a material life. There are only 2 kinds of life – life with understanding and life without understanding; Buddha life and a buddhu life!

You are confused about your desires and fantasies and that is why you are not happy anywhere you are. When you sit on the floor on a mat, you are not happy because you are thinking of a chair. When you get to a chair, you are thinking of a throne. When you get to the throne, you lose the capacity to enjoy it! Do you follow what I am trying to say?

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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Guaranteed Solutions.