For one, who is seeing this life as a stepping stone, for a large possibility, but him that

is no failure. For one, who is looking at the simple events of this life itself as the goal

of life, for him there is failure and success. If you're just seeing this life as a stepping

stone for a larger possibility, if you have a good deal, you use that for your well-being.

If you have a bad deal, you use that for your well-being. The economy was on the boom. When

every fool could be successful, it didn't take much. When the economy is on the boom, everybody

gets carried, isn't it? Now there has been a meltdown. Now it takes something else to be

successful. So when the economy was on the boom, you could have brought a certain dispassion

towards the money that's flowing in. Now the economy is down, the taps are all closed up. It's

time to come meditate, walk in the mountains. There's a lot of time. There's a lot of time on

your hands, isn't it? When there was money, it took away your time and life. Now the taps are

closed, lots of time. It is the time. So it doesn't matter what the hell happens. It doesn't

matter what the hell happens with your life. If you are seeing this life only as a stepping stone

for a larger possibility, then whatever the situation, it is beautiful and very useful, very, very useful.

Once there was a farmer like you, who was tired of various natural factors, ruling his quality

of his crop. So one day he called Shiva. It was a wild card entry. So he found excess and Shiva said,

what? He said, I'm tired of all the natural nonsense happening. Obviously you're not a farmer. I know

from history that you were a hunter. You were not a farmer. You don't know what it means to farm. Why

don't you leave the nature in my hands? I'm a farmer. I know when it should rain. I know when

there should be sunlight. I know when there should be wind. I know what everything. You don't know

because you are just a hunter. And you are a crazy ascetic. You definitely not a good farmer. The

wrong times, it's raining. At wrong times, things are happening. You leave it to me. Shiva was one of

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