Page 187 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 5

THE REMEMBRANCE OF EVERYTHING SHOULD MERGE INTO THE REMEMBRANCE OF ONE
What is the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the Ocean. Everything I came up with was like taking spices to the Orient. It is no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these. So I have brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me. "Such are the cases where the Divine has no alternative except to grant union.
Charity is noble because it pleases God and we start spending generously for the sake of pleasing Master. The Commandments of the Master are all the prescribed duties of worship to train us to prepare against and to remedy human weaknesses. We can attain the goal of self-purification by fulfilling these duties properly. Man is liable to be swayed by the glitter of worldly life; he is drawn to amass wealth and may develop a strong love for it; the remedy for this is to share and even sacrifice and spending for the pleasure of Master and in His cause. Similarly, man is vulnerable to the base desires of the self. He is gratified by eating, drinking, living to excess in luxury, and indulging in his lower appetites; the 176