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taking all decisions. Actually it is a reflected glory that makes him talk like that, do like that.
A house thief is approximately one aspect of the story. This fellow stays in the house and then he steals. In the above case he steals the glory of the Master but he is the loser. In the example of the house thief, the thief is not the loser, whereas in the condition of the prabhu gati, we must also point out that the person who steals, is the loser.
Instead of giving credit to the Master for the work, one tries to steal from him for oneself, or allocating the capacity to ourselves which really belongs to him.
To start enjoying as if one is the Master and that experience, the anubhava itself becomes a virodhi. An example would be like this. We are working for the Master. We start thinking that it is ours. The feeling that it is I who is doing it comes. We say that it is the Master alone who is doing it. What happens is an abdication of responsibility.
The tendency to use for one’s own enjoyment the objects that ought to be dedicated to the service of the Lord
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