“The society in which we live, unfortunately, measures us on a scale of materialism today, and discusses in hushed tones an individual’s status, his financial worth, market value; whether he is affluent or not ? Can he be bought? Can his ‘conscience’ be sold? We are looked upon as objects now as we have changed ourselves drastically. Mean, emotionless and materialistc. ”
“Sadly, there are hundreds and thousands of educated ‘conscience holders’ like us; who, rather than not indulging in any activity that could cast a shadow and scar their conscience forever … readily ‘sell’ their ‘conscience’ to the highest bidder without any resistance. And gullible and foolish that we are, we fall prey to this ‘social syndrome’, in our urgency and desperation to prove to the world that we are no less than the other richie rich. We show our willingness to touch the lowest and darkest depths of corrupt practices and crime, in order to make quick money. We adopt any short- cut to rub shoulders with the rich and powerful at any cost, as we convince ourselves that the manner in which we make money is immaterial, we simply have to make money – ‘aur is tarah humaari niyat mein khot aa jaata hai’.”
” In order to climb the rungs of the social ladder, in order to meet our unlimited expenditure, to maintain our pretentious, ostentatious lifestyle, to accumulate and amass wealth, we become unscrupulous and, without batting an eyelid, resort to looting, fooling , both, people and the organizations that we work in. Believe me, once we feel that we have been successful in fooling a simple, hapless person… and fleecing his home from him or his entire lifetime’s earnings or savings, we gain a sense of false confidence in our ability to take away everything from individuals who had blindly trusted us with everything that they had rightfully believed to be their own. In addition, we gradually become masters of this crafty art and start hunting for our next prey without as much as turning around to see the anguish and pain that we have caused the individuals who we have fooled. The victims, unable to endure the emotional trauma of seeing us destroy the faith that they had in us, and the tension of whether they would receive a part payment of the land/house deal or not, the unending tragic events that follow such hardships, compel them to end their lives by committing suicide.”
“Humaari niyat … Our intention, our motive from the very beginning was layered with greed and caprice. We hungered to take away everything that belonged to the other person…his property, his money, any other profitable asset either by force, forgery or any other fraudulent tactic. We play with the emotions of others in a cold emotionless manner. And we call ourselves human beings.”
‘Niyat mein barkat honi chahiye…!’ When you help another person or do something for him, you should do it with the sole intention of helping him without expecting anything in return. Such selfless acts are always rewarded by Him.”
“We are living in a state of blind ignorance if we think even for a minute that money made by us in this manner will benefit us in any way at all. This money will be the cause of our downfall one day, but by then it will be too late for us to make amends. Rather, we should be prepared to face hardships and calamities that we solely have created for ourselves by our whimsical, mindless acts of greed.”
” It is possible for only a true saint … a ‘sachcha sant’ to bear the consequences of such fraud and fraudsters as He is only interested in matters related to His soul…and He alone has the ability to forgive and not bear a grudge against all those who had hood-winked and deceived Him.He takes the loss in his stride without complaining. Ordinary people find it very difficult to rise from the debris of the destruction of their dreams.”
Dedicated to Swamiji Ajay Jain ji 