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Perceive Yourself and Decide
What life is ? What it ought to be ? As much deeper we make efforts to fathorn and understand the difference between these two conditions, that much awakened will be our decisive faculty. There the car is standing, and where has it to be driven thence-when a driver gathers this information, he will be able to take a decision regarding the way with more caution. It is possible, a mistake may occur in his primary decision, but after stumble, he will be able to search out a correct way by conviction of his movement and progress.
By such introspection, one will be able to gauze the difference between the foul and ideal pure nature and then shall the determinative intellect be cautious. It may be possible that he may ramble first in false-but if his consciousness and conviction keep disentangled, it shall decidedly become right. This right turn of his will deflect his life towards equanimity, then it will become his life-mission to observe equanimity in thought and practice.
Then the real definition of life shall be that which is right, determinative and equanimous in life. All other lives in absence of above awakening though sustaining breath, will be like dead. Equanimous (Nonpassionate) Life
The word Samta (alikeness) is interpreted in various forms. Etymologically this is a derivative of the principal word Sam'meaning 'equal',Now it can be analysed in which forms this equality exists in the various fields of life.
S, Vide Samta Jivan p. 1
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