In English
Excessive Desires Drown Man In The Sea Of Worldliness
said, “One cannot learn to swim on road or sand; one must jump into water”. Yes, it is true, you have to jump into water. But you will vanish in water without support. You must support yourself with a tyre or a belt when you jump into water so that you can float on water and do not get drowned. This support is Divine Love. There is a vegetable called bottle gourd. When it is green, it sinks in water, but it floats on water when it is dried. What is the significance of this? When man’s mind is full of worldly desires, he will be drowned in the sea of worldliness. But he can float on water like dried bottle gourd, when he turns his mind towards God and empties his mind of worldly desires. In Vedantic parlance, these two states of mind are called and (attachment and detachment). The weight of attachments submerges you in water, while the lightness of detachment enables you to float. Even a small nail of iron sinks in water. But when you pound it and make it into a plate, it floats. Even though the plate is large in size, it floats, but a small nail sinks. What is the meaning of this? You float when you transform yourself into a container of pure spirit, but you are drowned when you are heavy with gross worldliness. Man should therefore shape himself into the receptacle of spirituality.