This is an excerpt from a letter I sent to a friend of mine recently. He was asking me to give him some strength because people are taking advantage of him, and he feels obligated to provide what they are asking. Thus, interfering with his spiritual advancement, since their requests are for material things. He's also suffered a lot because of devotees making demands for money, time, etc.. that he is not able to give.
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"It's a dog eat dog world. People will in fact take whatever you give and then when they are done with you, and can find no more use for you, they throw you away. You are only as valuable as what you "provide, or will provide in the future" as far as their vision of you.
There are those devotees who are exceptions to this of course, but like you have seen, even that, we are all still conditioned souls, so not all devotees are free of such conditioning to take and not give.
What I think of is how in Kali Yuga, people are very much interested to take the milk of the cow, but they have no interest in giving the cow kindness, love, shelter, protection, or any of the things the cow needs. Then, if she fails to produce milk in sufficient quantities, they kill her, or allow her to die."
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It's true. In Kali Yuga, people only want what the cow produces, and care nothing at all for the cow itself.
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What I think of is how in Kali Yuga, people are very much interested to take the milk of the cow, but they have no interest in giving the cow kindness, love, shelter, protection, or any of the things the cow needs. Then, if she fails to produce milk in sufficient quantities, they kill her, or allow her to die."
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What I think of is how in Kali Yuga, people are very much interested to take the milk of the cow, but they have no interest in giving the cow kindness, love, shelter, protection, or any of the things the cow needs. Then, if she fails to produce milk in sufficient quantities, they kill her, or allow her to die."
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Can't be said enough times, it's one of the most violent things done in Kali Yuga.
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