Gurunathar’s Divine Message Moolam Pooja 07-01-2008
There is a question I would like to answer: “When you are on the spiritual path is it unnecessary to own things? Is the desire for ownership questionable? I think this is a very important question. In this Kaliyugam it is very difficult to live without any possessions. Therefore one can have a possession (for instance some property) but he must not become attached to it by thinking it indispensable. In the case of property ownership, he or she must not feel that acquiring property is the important aim of living. When we leave this earth we will be leaving all possessions behind. If we want the soul to have freedom and wish to attain Mukthi, possessions become unnecessary. Such being the truth, let us enjoy what we have as long as we have it and then when cease to have it let us move on. We must not feel sorry at the possibility of our losing any comforts we have. Having possessions is not wrong but we must always remember that we will be perfectly all right without them. If we do this we can progress on the spiritual path.
For instance a person on the spiritual path may enjoy the use of television and telephones but he or she must be ready to live without these comforts. My advice would be: enjoy it as long as it is there but do not miss it if it is not there.
{Translation of Gurunathar’s Divine message given to and read by Guruji Shri.K.V.Narayanan}