“I’ll give you a small story, even though it’s a little sharp I should…”

I’ll give you a small story, even though it’s a little sharp I should tell, only then you will understand:

Three women, they died and reached Yama’s court. Yama is sitting there and giving judgment. First lady came, Yama asked, ‘What are you doing on the planet Earth? Did you lead a faithful life to your husband?’ This lady said, ‘Yes, dear Lord, yes Lord, I lived a total chaste, pure life.’ They took out the list it said, ‘Yes, oh, alright.’ Yama said, ‘Alright, let you have golden key and go and enjoy your heavenly rewards. He gave the first class treatment. She went.

Next lady came. Yama asked the same question, ‘Did you lead a faithful life to your husband?’ ‘No Lord, only once that also mentally I did a mistake not physically; you should forgive me.’ Yama took out the report it he said, ‘Yes, oh, alright. Anyhow you can have a second class treatment at least.’ So he gave silver key and he told, ‘Alright, let you go and have second class treatment.’

Third lady came. Yama asked, ‘Did you lead a pure life on the planet Earth?’ She said, ‘No, I did what all the things you can imagine and I did all the things you can’t imagine; that is the way I lived. Now I don’t know what to do.’ Yama just looked around and said, ‘Have my room key; go there and I’ll be there.’

All your morality is just nothing but skin deep. Just nothing but, just skin deep. So just look into it. Your karma theory is nothing but societal program. You think the people who are not programmed for karma theory are not living? No. Of course, I am pulling down the whole structure so that you can go beyond. It is enough, we have played with the mental toys; so much of social toys. Karma theory is a mental toy. Enough; drop your toys. Grow out of your fear and greed.

Why should you do some good thing only for the sake of heaven? The very good deed itself is a joy. The very good deed itself is a joy. Yesterday, really happened an incident, suddenly I received a phone call from one of our devotees. He was carrying some amount of money; now, all the collections from the past cities, whatever, we had been all over the country. He took all the money to the person in the bank, and suddenly I received a phone call that all the money is lost, and when ASP was going on. And my assistant, she was making such big scene.

I said, ‘Keep quiet; relax, what is there? Even if it is lost, let it be, okay, leave it. This is the real life. When you handle too much of money, naturally sometimes it will be lost. Forget about it.’ I was very cool, calm, relaxed and making fun of her. ‘Oh, no, no Swamiji, you worked so hard, you have created so much, I don’t know what has happened.’ I said, ‘When you intensely work, the work itself is reward, not the effect. As long as you are working for some greed the work is not joy. Then I will not enjoy your face, I will enjoy only the Washington’s face on the dollar bill.

You see, if the teacher, or the Master, if I’m working for some goal then I’ll be thinking only his face, only his face will be standing in front of me not your face. The very work itself is joy. Why should we do some service only if we are given the candy? Heaven, if you come to heaven you will be given candy, do some service here, no! Candy and cookies are only for kids, enough. Now it is time for us to behave in a mature way. There is no need to bother about greed and fear; there is no need to bother about the reward and punishment. Still now if we are running only based on greed and fear be very clear we are not mature. We are aged but not grown up. Getting aged is different, and growing up is different. So, all this karma theory is good to start but not to end.