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So don't be attached to this illusion. Tamasi ma. Tamasi means ignorance. In ignorance, if we accept somebody as son or wife or friend, that is darkness. It is not actual fact. It is ignorance. Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya: "Go to the light." Have real friendship, real fatherhood, real lover, real beloved, real son. So if... And another point is that a devotee, real devotee, he doesn't want to be the son of Godhead. He wants to be the father of Godhead. Why? The father means he will simply give to the son. And son means he will simply take. So just like in the Christian philosophy it is said, "O God, give us our daily bread." This is one philosophy. That's a fact. God is giving. Eko yo bahūnam vidadhati kaman [Katha Upanisad 2.2.13]. God is feeding everyone. That's a fact. But a devotee does not want to take anything from God. He does not worship God for his daily bread. One who asks daily bread from God, they are pious, but they are not devotees.    (More...)