Inner Attitude
Between escapism and renunciation there is this vital difference - the inner attitude.
Truth
God is the bed of the river, and all experiences are its waters which flow on and on from immemorial past to unforeseeable future.
In the light of this truth, the shadow called the ego vanishes.
Uplift or Downfall
God has bestowed upon man intelligence.
This intelligence is but a spark of God's Consciousness.
God has bestowed upon man free will.
This free will is the particularisation of God's Omnipotence.
Man can use them for his own uplift or downfall.
He is free within wide boundaries.
A Wise Man
It is the mark of a wise man that he does not wound anyone's feelings and sentiments under any circumstance.
He does not take undue advantage of even an opponents faults.
Real renunciation
Real renunciation is renunciation of the only thing that 'belongs to me' viz., ignorance, the foolish ideas of 'I' - in relation to the body - and 'mine' - in relation to the objects of the world.