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Ramakrishna says, 'Don't bother, it will never happen'. She is surprised to hear this and says, 'No, no master. He is not joking. He is very serious about what he is saying.'

Ramakrishna then narrates an incident to her.

There was one man threatening his wife, 'I will go away and become a swami. I will renounce life and go away.' This is actually a technique used by frustrated men mostly in Bharat. They threaten their women because in Bharat women are not economically independent. If the wife nags the husband too much, this is the way he will respond.

This lady goes and complains to the man's elder brother, her brother-in-law, 'Your brother is threatening me that he will become a swami, please advise him.'

The elder brother says, 'Don't bother, it will never happen.'

The lady asks, 'How do you say it will never happen? My husband is very serious about what he is saying.'

He replies, 'I shall show you how a person becomes a swami, just watch.' So saying, he removes his clothes and throws them away. He picks up a towel and walks away. He left the house and became a swami!

The elder brother shows, 'This is the way to become a swami*,*' and really became one!

The person who talks will never do. The person who keeps thinking also will never do. The person who is thinking will never jump. Ramakrishna relates this story and consoles the lady, 'Don't bother, the person who threatens will never move.'