How to Abandon Attachment
Matri Vani (Ma Anandamayi's words)
From
“For Daily Reflection”
How many ages have been spent in futile living—coming and going! By the inward pilgrimage the gap that separates one from one’s Self vanishes. Even if, having received a blow, one falls down, one must stand up again in that very place. Nobody falls down over and over again. Sustained effort is man’s duty as a human being.
By mere effort attachment cannot be given up. Only by strengthening the longing to find Him, all other yearning will fade away. Bliss and peace are the aim of everybody, for these are in fact present deep within everyone and cannot be relinquished. Only that which in any case has to fall away is to be given up.
The more one advances towards the Divine, the less prominent are the actions that cause anguish and distress. Remember this! Worldly undertakings do give temporary happiness—but with agonizing sorrow sneaking behind like a shadow. Become a pilgrim on the path to Self Realization!
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