Swamiji, in an earlier post, you said `A person needs to the attitude that if you don’t get what you wish for, then you don’t need it.’ But if one had this attitude, then one would already be wise. Isn’t it too much to expect of ordinary mortals like us?—Mahesh R

I had said this in the context of a wise person. More than a wise person, I had said it in the context of a sanyasi. This is how a sanyasi functions. It is true that most mortals are not ready for sanyasa, the vast majority is not ready for sanyasa. You are not expected to have this attitude when you come as a student to study Vedanta, at least not in the beginning. This attitude requires a lot of growth. A wise person can have it naturally, a sanyasi who is not yet a wise person but is committed to it will develop this. A karma yogi will also get it in time. In fact, that’s where it starts, because you are willing to accept. You may still say `I need it’, but you are willing to accept `I have not got it, I am ok if I don’t get it, I’ll try again’. That’s how karma yoga culminates in a sanyasi’s mind who can say, `If I don’t get it, I don’t need it.’