pains and illnesses, real or imaginary;
if they are centred on riches, you will be worried about profit and
loss, tax and exemption& investment and insolvency;
if they roam round fame, then you are bound to suffer from the ups
an downs of scandal, calumny and jealously.
So, let them centre round the seat of power and love which deserve
willing submission and let your whole being surrender to it. Then,
you will be happy for ever. (SSS Vol.2, p. 152)
Just a few minutes of thought will convince any one of the hollowness of earthly riches or fame or happiness. When you are affluent, every one praises you; when the tank is full, hundreds of frogs croak all round. When the tank is dry, not a single one is there to address the tank. When you struggle to achieve paltry fame by devious means, remember who among crores of your countrymen are honoured today and for what? Don t you see that only those who gave up, renounced, sought the more difficult road of God-realisation, instead of the easier path of world-realisation, are honoured everywhere? (SSS Vol.3, pp. 68-69)