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Use of Material Things

Not to take care of the material objects one uses is a sign of
unconsciousness and ignorance. One has no right to use any
material object unless one takes care of it.
CWM 17: 87

... we must take care of them, not because we are attached
to them, but because they too manifest something of the
Divine Consciousness.
CWM 17: 88

The Lord is everywhere, in everything, in what we throw away
as in what we keep preciously, in what we trample on as in what
we adore. We must learn to live with respect and never forget
His constant and immutable Presence.
CWM 16: 254

The Mother on the Right Use of Objects

How should we use things?

Ah, this is... First, to use things with an understanding of their
true utility, the knowledge of their real use, with the utmost
care so that they do not get spoilt and with the least confusion.
I am going to give you an example: you have a pair of scis-
sors. There are scissors of all kinds, there are scissors for cut-
ting paper, and there are scissors for cutting thread... Now if
you have the pair of scissors which you need, use it for the
thing it is made for. But I know people who, when they have a
pair of scissors, use it without any discernment to cut anything
at all, to cut small silk threads, and they try to cut a wire also

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