![]() What is this illusion or attachment that Swami alludes to? It is nothing but delusion - ignorance that happiness and sadness are related to the body. It is delusion or what we refer to in Sanskrit as Maya or Moha. Tomorrow a certain illness or tragedy may befall you - they, however, belong to your body consciousness.” Swami has not descended to help us with problems related to your body consciousness. You are judging every experience from the level of the body. All your experiences contribute only to your body consciousness. You are therefore day-dreaming that you are the body. You are above problems, but you are not realizing this fact because you have not reached that state of consciousness yet. Problem is an error in perception you are seeing something that is unreal. Once He said to me: “Rani Maa, as far as I am concerned, there is no problem. ![]() Swami says, “You are all in slumber, I have come to wake you up!” ![]() One must not pay heed to these because they exist in the realm of delusion. In the Bhagavad Gita the Lord said, “He is my true devotee who transcends the pairs of opposites” that is, one who is unaffected by the duality of good and bad treatment, honor and dishonor. The same truth is recorded in our ancient scriptures. This is not any temporary peace that makes you happy when somebody is kind to you and unhappy when they aren’t.” Such peace is permanent, unshaken by circumstances. He has promised peace that surpasses all understanding peace that one derives from divine love. I said, “He didn't call this place an ‘ashrama’ - which literally means ‘a place where there is no “shrama” or effort, He named it 'Prasanthi Nilayam', because it is an abode of God, where you will receive peace. I said, “You aren’t recognizing what you are receiving here! Swami is giving you health - spiritual health!” “What do you mean?” she asked. However, she was very dissatisfied with what she had received. She said her reason for coming to Puttaparthi was to be healthy. I was once engaged in a conversation with a lady at Prasanthi Nilayam.
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