Everything is Business
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March 27, 2012
A disciple who wanted to take sannyas once came to me and said, 'Now I understand, Swamiji, how every relationship is business: father, mother, brother, sister, friend. Other than the relationship with Guru, everything is business!' I said, 'Stop! Even this is business. Even between us is business. '
Listen: each one has their business with you. Your lover has business with your beauty, your looks. Your partner has business with your money. Your employer has business with your degree, your certificate. I have business with your consciousness. Each one looks at your identity in a certain angle.
Your lover who wants to physically enjoy you is going to look at how you look, and make his decisions based on that. That is his business.
A person who is looking at employing you is going to look at your education, your productivity.
Your parents' business is to look at how much you will support their ideas about life and society, or society's ideas about them.
Each one is busy with their business.
My business does not bother about your education, your money, how you look, or your social background. That is why my decisions are not based on that.
My decisions are based on your consciousness.
I am very clear what I want from you. I want you to be enlightened and take up the responsibility for enlightening others.
Only as long as you are expanding in that direction, I am going to be working with you. If that is not happening, I am going to work with somebody else.
If you understand that my business is actually your business also, you attain at-one-ment.
Then a unique love happens between you and me, which is eternal.
This is what I call Mahabhava – the great relationship.
Contemplation
Understand what business the Cosmos wants to do with you. Understand what business society wants to do with you, what business your company wants to do with you, and what business your family wants to do with you. When you understand that every level is business, the weak sentiments will be forgotten.