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A conditioned soul is accustomed to working for sense gratification\xa0\u2013 for his own selfish interest, immediate or extended. An ordinary man works for his own sense enjoyment, and when this principle of sense enjoyment is extended to include his society, nation or humanity in general, it assumes various attractive names such as altruism, socialism, communism, nationalism and humanitarianism. These \u201cisms\u201d are certainly very attractive forms of karma-bandhana (karmic bondage), but the Vedic instruction of \u015ar\u012b \u012a\u015bopani\u1e63ad is that if one actually wants to live for any of the above \u201cisms,\u201d he should make them God-centered. There is no harm in becoming a family man, or an altruist, a socialist, a communist, a nationalist or a humanitarian, provided that one executes his activities in relation with \u012b\u015b\u0101v\u0101sya, the God-centered conception. [...] If, with all these facilities, a human being does not fully utilize his life for self-realization, he must be considered \u0101tma-h\u0101, a killer of the soul. | Link to get \xa0your own copy or read online: biglink.to/isopanisad | Find \xa0\xa0us on social \xa0media: \xa0Facebook \xa0"Sravanam Diaries" | Instagram & \xa0\xa0Tumblr \xa0@sravanamdiaries | Email: \xa0\xa0sravanamteam@gmail.com