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CRAVING OF THE SOUL
us. Nobody is inferior to us and nobody is superior to us. We accept only one superior person and that is our Master and so far as others are concerned all are equal. If this attitude is not maintained we need not talk about spirituality. There is a stream, when it rains umpteen number of streams flow from the mountains. Some are big, some are small, some become rivers, some just end as a stream and so are the several temples and mosques and churches that are coming today. They are in the process of merging into the big river of spirituality that is flowing. They will merge, they will have to merge. Not now, ok, they will merge one day. There is no other alternative, there is no alternative to spiritual way of living. Religion is a bondage both on us and on God. When we say that Lord Venkateswara is the God, you are confining him to that place. When we say that Kaaba is the only place where we should go, you are confining him to that place. Then how is he liberated? He seems to be in chains and how can he help me? I want liberation,I want freedom. How can a person who is already chained liberate me? This is a rational question, a question raised by Master. At one end you are chained already the man who is trying to help, then how is he going to help? He will make me go round and
round. We will become Ganugeddu along with him. 59