3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

IMPEDIMENTS TO DEVOTIONI33One by one, these things that I have mentioned standin the way, and our devotion does not bearAnother impediment is when somebody is devoted toyou. There is one example that I will give you. Supposethat you have got Rs. 100.00 or $100.00 in your bank.Whoever thinks or looks to you with all devotion sendsin a debit bill against you. The one who is devoted willwant a return for that devotion, whether you have gotthe money in your bank or not. You will become bankrupt,mind that! Those who can give something expectsomething in return. Nobody can give even a glass ofwater to you without any purpose. If anybody gives yousweets or something (leave aside the question of the Master-Heis a Selfless Worker), he will expect somethingin return. Whether you want to give it or not, that isdebited against you. You follow me now? That is whyall Masters say, "Earn your own money, live on your ownearnings and share with others." There should be giveand take. Selfless work for the good of the cause is anotherthing. For that you should not want anything inreturn. Only then will it become selfless, not otherwise.If you want something done, you give something.lZ6Sometimes we act and pose and we become that. Reallyyou are not that, you are deceiving your own self, theGod in you first, then you deceive others. For how longcan this continue? The cat must be out of the bag eventually.So you should not think of the opposite sex, whetheryou are a man or a woman. If you always think ofthe body, naturally you will think of the opposite sex.Christ said that husbands should love their wives as