"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

- Epicurus

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So many springs and rivers with their water wealth disappear in its heart but the ocean never transcends limit.  When will you acquire modesty and tranquility of that kind?

        The flame of an earthen lamp in a place without wind doesn’t dance and the crab sat after withdrawing limbs even after numerous blows swerves not.  When will you attain such supreme steadiness and unattachment of mind?

        Creation after creation develop and enter jaws of death.  Children more delicate than flowers and youths, many a manifestation inanimate and animate, take birth, blossom and fade away on earth.  But the earth, entering into peaceful meditation, looking them all, remains unmoved.  And the sky also smiling a little at that transitoriness shines as always.  When will you be able to absorb yourself in an ecstasy of blessedness of that type?

        And look at this wasp!  These lotus petals are kissed by it.  Its humming noise has become quiet and its senses have come to a standstill.  Besides have a glance at this child whose emotions and fickleness have been rested by drinking the sweet milk of the mother.  When will you attain such unity?  Plunged in the inner self when will you breathe in this world forever?

(From Shri Yogeshwarji's book entitled 'Tunes unto the Infinite')