With the sense of possession comes selfishness,
and selfishness brings on misery.
Every act of selfishness or thought of selfishness makes us attached to something, and immediately we are made slaves.
Each wave in the Chitta that says "I and mine" immediately puts a chain round us and makes us slaves; and the more we say "I and mine", the more slavery grows, the more misery
increases.
Therefore Karma-Yoga tells us to enjoy the beauty of all the pictures in the world, but not to identify ourselves with any of them.
Never say "mine". Whenever we say a thing is "mine",
misery will immediately come.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Karma-Yoga (Classes in New York)
and selfishness brings on misery.
Every act of selfishness or thought of selfishness makes us attached to something, and immediately we are made slaves.
Each wave in the Chitta that says "I and mine" immediately puts a chain round us and makes us slaves; and the more we say "I and mine", the more slavery grows, the more misery
increases.
Therefore Karma-Yoga tells us to enjoy the beauty of all the pictures in the world, but not to identify ourselves with any of them.
Never say "mine". Whenever we say a thing is "mine",
misery will immediately come.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Karma-Yoga (Classes in New York)
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