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There is a beautiful incident that occurred around Ashtavakra when Janek Maharaj the Emperor became enlightened And [everything] and emperor becoming enlightened It’s not only a rare thing it is a fantastic thing because an enlightened ruler means many things to the people that is no better blessing so when it happened Ashtavakra his guru as gurus are known to be always difficult When you just think you found your way they tell you that’s not it When [Janaka] thought he is enlightened and this is it Ashtavakra said that’s not it. You have to go back and rule the kingdom because You may not want it. That’s not the point The point is people deserve an enlightened King so Jenaka whenever he found time. He made his trips to ashtavakra hermitage in the Little Deep into the jungle so Janaka making regular trips to the hermitage Obviously because gurus are lonely people because where to find the enlighten company very difficult So obviously both of them enjoying the certain repo Both of them enjoying each of this company all the other disciples saw this that Ashtavakra the great being has seems to have a certain weakness For the emperor whenever he comes they are chatting away laughing together this this this These people who have left everything or they think they have left everything and come and they are here as Sannyasis Not paying enough attention to them But if you leave them ten minutes with him they won’t know what to do next So their little bit of resentment building up Ashtavakra is conscious of that you let it build up every build up is a possibility Something should build up then only you can do something if nothing builds up that means there are dead people around not live people Live people are there something must build up? Joy must build up love must build of ecstasy must build up or at least resentment or hatred or Jealousy something must build up Something is building up means we can do something with them nothing what to do with him? so he let it build up and then this incident occurred Janaka also came and he was sitting in the Satsangh at the back and As the Ashtavakra was speaking something Suddenly a Soldier burst into the Satsang and Without even looking at the guru he ran to the emperor with a loud voice. He said The palace is on fire You need to come right now Janaka said get out of here how dare You run into the Satsang without bowing down to my guru you run here and shout some nonsense. Just get out of here And Ashtavakra continue with whatever had to happen [Janaka] just sat there palace burning Nobody is concerned here there of course there screaming but here nobody is concerned Then this continued. It’s a lap of the master event three days. You know Till you feel your legs have had enough it continues then Was going on and one of the boys Who was helping around in Ashram? Ran into the Satsangh and said a bunch of monkeys are playing havoc with these brahmachari’s clothes the moment this boy said this many of them got up and Ran To save the clothing what is their clothing not designer stuff? It is designer of course but just a piece of lion cloth a piece of cloth. They ran to save those cloths and Then they chased away the monkeys and recovered whatever they could and they came back So Ashtavakra continued and then he said Here is an emperor. His palace full of wealth and people not only Physical world there are people there are lives People who are dear to him palace is burning but he’s concerned about breaking the rhythm of the Satsang you Who claim that you’ve given up everything in your life? for a piece of cloth Without even thinking you run out without even looking at me To save a piece of cloth No but we have only two one we are wearing one Is there the monkeys take it away? What do we do? so we are in a More needy situation than the emperor. Maybe emperor can bin another build another palace but we Well you could learn something from Adam there lots of Adams underwear in the trees So Ashtavakra said the question is not about what you possess. It’s about. How you possess Even if you have a kingdom in your hands you can hold it in a certain way Kingdom is not necessarily outside in terms of wealth and people and money For most people their kingdom is their own body and their mind how you hold it? If you hold it one way It will make you bleed with pain if you hold it another way You will be spot on with life because it doesn’t take effort to be life. I’m just Reminding you you are life. Hello yes you are just see the rock which is standing next to you. How simple and easy it is Yes or no if you are not live how simple and easy it is this is why? people want to drown themselves in Alcohol and drug an excessive food and something else and something else or the toilet cleaning Because in some way you have discovered not being life is so simple and easy If you’re not very alive it’s so simple and easy yes it some bad luck like a rock but When the moment of death comes you know your life pretending to be something else otherwise you couldn’t die That will become a point of inflection so We want you to be conscious. This is the reason why I’m constantly reminding you you will die one day You will die one day. I am not wishing that for you It’s just that without my help it will happen. I’m confident about that Don’t have to wish you that you anyway will die To constant reminder of death is just this to make you know you’re alive you can’t go about like this rock you can’t go about like a Mechanical creature who can walk and talk and do everything that you can do but cannot be alive that’s important thing Is an important thing no no no? If I can do what somebody can do that’s all that matters It doesn’t matter whether alive or not isn’t it if I can do things as good as somebody else If I can be as successful as somebody else if I can possess what somebody else has or nobody else has? That’s good enough For most human beings that’s good enough so in many ways Unconsciously they have understood the solution for life is not to be alive That that’s not a solution. That’s a deception because no matter what you do even if you die that proves your life When you’re alive if you don’t prove that you are life when you die at least you prove that you were life Yes or no So you cannot escape this? Neither with tricks of life nor with death you cannot escape this so is it a trap It is not a trap It is a tremendous possibility the soil that you walk upon is aspiring to become life If there was no aspiration it wouldn’t stand up as a tree There is that which is not life is aspiring to become life Otherwise nothing would happen in the universe Everything is aspiring to become life and become the peak of life You can call this evolutionary process you can call this whatever you want But essentially everything that is not life is aspiring to become life Everything that is life is aspiring to become a higher life. This is not a teaching. This is not a scripture This is not somebody’s ideology. This is the way life is always This aspiration is there the only way you can quieten it is By pretending to be not life or by getting enlightened both these things will do the same same result but worlds apart you

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