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Religious Gathekas
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#11 How the Wise Live in the World (1)
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Everyone Wishes to Be King
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Religious Gathekas
#11 How the Wise Live in the World (1)
Everyone Wishes to Be King
It is not easy to learn -- and after learning to practice -- to make life in the world full of harmony and peace.
- The desire of every person in the world is to possess all he wants, whether it belongs to him or to anybody else.
- He wants all things to last if they are of any use to him;
- he wants all those dear and near to him to abide close to him.
- All he doesn't wish to see must be exiled from the town.
- Even the whole of nature must work to suit him:
- the cold must not be more than he wants;
- the heat must not exceed his desire;
- the rain must obey him;
- pain must not approach.
- There must not be anything difficult in life, and
- all things and people must be perfect in the perfection of God.
- Everybody must act in life as he wishes them to;
- he alone must be the engineer and all others his machines.
- They must have all the endurance he demands of them, and
- at the same time all must be as sensitive as he wants them to be.
- No one should move against his desire,
- no bird must fly in the sky, nor even a leaf make a flutter except by his command;
- he alone must live and all others must live under him.
By this attitude I have not described someone in the world, but every individual. The world is a place where every individual wishes to be the king: there are so many kings and only one kingdom, and the whole tragedy of life is accounted for by this. The wise out of wisdom make life easy.
Among the wise there are two categories: one is the master, the other is the saint. The attitude of each in life is quite contrary.
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