If we consider ourselves incomplete, then our desires will go away, right? Desires don't just go away like that. If one considers oneself incomplete, that's a good thing. But it's not that if one considers oneself incomplete, desires will just go away. Desires only go away if one makes efforts to remove them. If one considers oneself incomplete, thinking, "I am very small," and has an inferiority complex, then one might think, "I can't do anything." That's not my job. So, his desires go away. Like that. So, if one considers oneself incomplete, one is called humble, there's no problem with that, it's good. But do desires go away with humility? If one becomes humble, desires don't go away. Desires only go away if one makes efforts, that's what is said here. Here, Maharaj has mentioned two points: first, to contemplate and reflect, and second, to engage in satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → So, it means that one should have spiritual understanding in the devotees of God and contemplate their words. Both times. So, the impurities related to rajas guna do not go away by performing millions of spiritual practices, they go away. Desires are not such that they can be removed by performing millions of spiritual practices. How many thousands of years did Sage Saubhari perform penance? Is there a conflict between penance and desires or not? Huh? Then where would the talk of opposition remain for so long? Because. Is there a conflict between penance and desires? No. Neither opposition nor friendship, then. If there is a feeling of opposition, then there is opposition. There is no conflict between penance and desires. They can coexist. One can perform penance and desires can also increase. That's what happened to Sage Saubhari. He performed penance for eight thousand years. Still, desires remained with him. God and desires are separate. There is enmity, opposition, towards it. What is God like? Oh, opponent. Oh, opponent, he is a staunch enemy of desires. So, if one contemplates and remembers him, then desires go away. Otherwise, they don't go away. One should remember him properly, contemplate and reflect on him. This action is merely a support. Contemplating is that. Don't assume the action. That I am doing this a lot, I am doing well. Don't assume it. Contemplating is that. Contemplate the spiritual discourses. Then don't contemplate our own. If our discourse went very well one day, what's the harm in contemplating it? If it has become such that it removes desires. Then what's the problem? Huh? Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. Whatever Maharaj has said, one has to contemplate its essence. One has to contemplate its essence. What is Maharaj's intention behind this action? What does Maharaj mean to say? To point that out. And then if he does it, it happens. Because Maharaj's words have power, don't they? Others don't have that much. Then perhaps his desires may slow down, but his ego will increase. That is a form of desire. So, contemplate someone else's. And if someone else's contemplation is such that it removes desires, then contemplate that. Don't contemplate if it's too much. Contemplate someone else's if it's such that it removes desires. If it's too much, don't contemplate it. So, contemplate Maharaj's spiritual discourses. In this, one has to look at Maharaj's words. What are Maharaj's words like? What has Maharaj said? Contemplate that. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details