Even those things which you regard as dearest and nearest, most desirable and valuable, shall desert you and leave you, bringing sorrow, because they do not belong to you.
The nature of effects cannot be known unless their cause is known -- Yajnavakya
Without the knowledge of the Absolute, not even the smallest of things can be understood.
None loves the wife for the sake of the wife; but it is because one loves the Self that one loves the wife.
None loves the children for the children; but because one loves the Self, therefore one loves the children.
None loves wealth on account of the wealth; but because one loves the Self, therefore one loves wealth
None, loves the gods on account of the gods, but because one loves the Self.
None loves a thing for that thing's sake; but it is for the Self that one loves it
so,when that Self has been heard, when that Self has been seen, when that Self has been realised, then, all this becomes known."
Those that love the Self without knowing what It is, their love is selfishness. Those that love, knowing what that Self is, their love is free; they are sages.
With everything that we love outside the Self, grief and misery will be the result
(Maitreyi of India,is composer of maitreyini upanishad, author of poems in Rig Veda, & philosopher )
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