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Moving House is Synonymous with Moving into Another Body

 Just last month, I had to help my elderly mom and brother to move house. Believe me, it was a difficult task. We could not get movers as it was the holiday season over here. Moreover, we had to move from one block of the apartment to another block. I started packing two months earlier, but ended up not doing much as the kitchen stuff had to packed as we cooked our meals at home everyday.

The new house was not ready as the owner had to fix the fans and there was plumbing works to be done. Finally when we got the keys, which was about a week earlier from the designated moving date, I decided to put as many stuff onto a trolley and move as much things as I can to the new block on the eighth floor.

I realised I kept going up and down and the amount of stuff seem never ending. I pleaded with my mom and brother to ditch some stuff. It was really, really tiring. 

My mom was getting irritated, what with her advanced age and all. I then reminded her how many times have we moved from one body to another taking along all sorts of baggage, life after life. 

It then dawned upon me how we give importance to things rather than people. We still want to hold on to things, thinking it will be of use in the near future. Chances are it usually won't happen. 

In the same way, we hold on to grudges, bad habits, uncontrollable attributes etc., which we will be dragging on to the next life. We keep moving from one body to another in the 8.4 million species of life. 

When will it stop? Only when we cry out, that we are indeed in trouble and want to get out of this rut. Then, by the mercy of the Lord, a bona fide spiritual master will throw us the rope of hope for us to hang on. 

Our spiritual masters constantly remind us to live a simple life and have high thinking. Meaning, we don't need many things like clothing, furniture, utensils etc. Live with the essentials but constantly serve Sri Guru and Vaishnavas/Vaishnavis to get the mercy of Lord Sri Radha Krsna. 

Material things will eventually leave us to be in the hands of another when we leave this body. They are to be used and not to be a burden to us or another and most importantly one should not hoard them. 

We should just use everything in a way that it does not impede our progress in the spiritual path. 

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