How to find myself?

[An online spiritual discussion was conducted on April 11, 2021, in which several devotees participated. Some of the questions of devotees answered by Swāmi are given below.]

[A question by Shri Rajasekhara Reddy.]

Swāmi replied:- What is the use of finding yourself? You are already aware of yourself. You know your bank balance. Will you go on observing and studying your own bank pass book? You shall concentrate on earning more money, which is not already present in your pass book. The money to be earned is God. A lazy fellow thinks that the money already earned indicated by his pass book is the infinite wealth and there is no extra wealth in the outside world. Okay. This is also a good thing because such a lazy person will sleep with full satisfaction. If one thinks that his hut itself is the royal palace, there is no objection at all. But, if the fellow thinks that he is the king living in his palace and does sins in the world, he will be punished because he is a poor man living in a hut in reality. By imagining oneself as the king and gets satisfaction of imagined unreal wealth present in his hut, nobody has any problem. When such psychology creates worldly problems and disturbance in the society, the poor person shall realize about his poverty and about his real hut. If he concentrates on his hut even for thousand years, his hut is going to remain as hut only and will not be converted in to palace. Instead of such day dreams, it is better if he tries to earn more money by working outside his hut so that by God’s grace, he may construct a palace in the place of hut. In this example given the aspiration to become rich may help him in becoming rich. But, in the case of soul trying to become God such aspiration spoils the chance forever. It is only by God’s will, a soul can become God, called human incarnation whenever there is need for some divine work in the world.

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