in the fable, but the Heat did. How blessed is he whose property is stolen away ! Thrice blessed is he whose wife runs away, provided by such means he is brought in direct touch with the all Love. “Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.” (The word “Lord” in this poem does not mean the invisible bugbear sitting in heaven, catching cold in the clouds; “Lord” means the All, your fellow people). Love-‘Tm the origin and end Of all the changeful universe, There is. Oh mankind, naught beyond; For all is strung on One alone, As are the beads upon the thread” Work minus desire is a synonym for the highest Renunciation or worship. Slowly and resolutely as a fly cleans its legs of the honey in which it had been caught, so remove we must every particle of attachment to forms and personalities. One after another the connections must be cut, the ties must snap, till the final concession in the form of death crowns all unwilling renunciation. Mercilessly rolls on, the wheel of Law. He who lives the Law, rides the Law. He who sets up his will against God’s will (i.e. the Law) must be crushed and suffer Promethean tortures. This renunciation is described by Hindus as Jnana, which means knowledge, that is, renunciation and knowledge are one and the same thing. The knowledge which is synonymous with renunciation is the knowledge of the Truth, the knowledge of the real Atma, the knowledge of what you are. This knowledge is renunciation. Get that knowledge and you are a man of renunciation. Renunciation has nothing to do with your place, position, or your bodily work; it has nothing to do with that. Renunciation simply places you at your best, places you on your vantage ground Renunciation simply enhances
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