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may cause miseries and tensions here and also consequent
births of hell whereas, O Almighty! Seeing you and your
detachment, this external wealth seems meaningless and who
will worry on not obtaining such waste?

If worldly wealth seems like waste, then the mind will surely
experience peace. If worldly wealth seems precious mental
peace is beyond your reach.

You worship God every day, right? While doing so, do you
realize that He possessed abundant wealth and then just
discarded it as if it was absolutely unimportant and a waste?
This is the actual importance of the ritual of worshipping

God – realization that external wealth and luxuries are
insignificant. This realization is sure to gift you mental peace.

Not only this ritual, but each and every religious activity has
the power to give you peace and solitude, mental composure
and calmness. The significance of religion is not measured on
the basis of the magic and miracle that it exhibits. If you do
so then when miracles are apparent, the significance will
increase and when they are not, the significance of religion
will decrease. But this is not the truth.

Religion is glorious and marvellous at all times. But its real
significance is that only Religion has the power to gift you

mental peace. No worldly wealth, family or fame has this
power. A true religious outlook strengthens this belief.

What does a religious outlook enable you to do?

During adverse times, a person possessing a religious outlook

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