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1Show me Iron.No. That is a rod made of iron, it is not Iron.No. That is an iron plate.

That is a nail of iron.Those are iron chippings.That is iron powder.None of these is iron but they at the same time are Iron too.Similarly, everything in this universe is made of god but none of themis GO.

!e can imagine all iron in this universe in all forms together and say allthat put together is Iron."ut, all universe put together is also not GO, because GO is allmanifest universe and all that is unmanifest as well.

#ven if we imagine together all universes that are manifest andunmanifest, that is not GO, because GO is manifest and unmanifestput together and the remaining.$ut manifest, unmanifest and the remaining together and still it is notGO as GO is also what remains when everything is removed.

!e cannot solve this riddle even by starting at the other end % sayingthat GO is everything, because GO is everything that we canimagine and what remains after that.If you imagine god as everything that you can imagine and whatremains, that too is not god as GO is also what remains after that.

"ut it is so simple to &now Iron % loo& at any ob'ect made of iron % you&now that is Iron.It is so simple to &now GO % loo& at any ob'ect in the universe % you&now that is GO.

()ave you ever been satis*ed+es, many times. !henever I got something I wanted I was satis*ed.

!ere you satis*ed+ id you not as& for it again or more of it+I am in general satis*ed with who I am and what I have.

If so, why are you as&ing for more+

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I may as& for more but even if I do not get it, it is O-. In that sense Iam satis*ed.

Is that true+ Not getting something % does it not ma&e you feel sad+I thin& I can give up desire for more.

"ut at least you desire perpetuation of this happy state and if it comesto an end, as it must, does it not ma&e you sad+I may be able to detach myself from the possessions.

)ow about emotions, aection and relationships+I did not as& for them they are any way there."ut won/t they ma&e you sad when you loose them, say li&e thedeparture of a beloved relative+I will be able to reconcile to that in time.

!hy can/t you give them up now, when any way you have to give themup one of these days+"ecause, that would ma&e me inhuman % bereft of love.

!hy can/t you love and still be reconciled to the inevitable fact ofloosing something+!hy can/t you desire and still be satis*ed without its ful*llment+!hy can/t you remain attached and still be satis*ed when detachmentcomes+

on/t you thin& the loosing, the non0ful*llment and the detachment arealready there and not something that may happen in future+

o you love your mother+Ofcourse I do.

!hy do you love her+"ecause she has undergone great trouble and pain to bear me in herwomb for nine months and then give birth to me.!hen I was capable of doing nothing e2cept weeping she fed me hermil&, loo&ed after my every need.I &ic&ed her, bit her, pulled her hair, soiled her clothes and troubled herin a hundred ways. "ut, she bore all that with a smile, cuddled me,hugged me and loved me.

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She was my last refuse for everything % when I was hungry, when I wasthreatened, when I was afraid, lonely and de'ected. She drew me closeto her, wrapped me in her veil, hugged me, hid me in her lap andmade me feel most secure all the time.She suered when I was sic&, she withered when I was in pain, she

prayed when I was lost. She fasted when I could not eat, she foughtwhen I was confronted and she sacri*ced whenever I needed anything.She reveled in my success, she was ecstatic when I was praised, sheencouraged me when I ventured out, she was con*dent in me when Ifaced up to challenges. She was my benefactor, protector, savior % shewas my guardian angel.So, I love her so much.

o you have any enemies+I guess there are a few. !ho doesn/t have enemies+ )owever muchyou might try, there are some who hate you for no reason.

o you hate anybody for no reason+No. )ow can I+

Then how do you thin& anybody can hate you for no reason+I do not &now. "ut, apparently it is so.

If they hate you with a reason, do you thin& they are reasonable+!ell3 It would be.

If they hate for no reason % do they really hate O4+

es they do hate me and I don/t &now the reason why they do so.

o you love these enemies+o I what5555 )ow can you thin& that I would love them+

6ust hypothetically, if someone/s mother was not as good as youdescribed your mother to be, would one still love her+)mm3 es, I thin& one may.

Suppose again, 'ust for discussion sa&e that someone/s mother is reallybad and hated the person for no reason, would one still love her+

I am not sure, but I guess one may still love by instinct, but de*nitelynot as much as I love my mother.

Is love a bargain+ Is it in return for something+ oes it have dierentscales and degrees+)a3

7an/t you love your mother 'ust li&e that+

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!hy can/t we love someone 'ust for the sa&e of love+ Is not love reallyli&e that+ oes it not come li&e the summer shower, apparently coming

for no reason+ Is it not li&e the fragrance of 8ower % the sameirrespective of who smells it+