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motive. It is easier to manifest a desire to do good to others than a desire to harm others, because in harming others we create an injurious atmosphere round ourselves, and thus harm ourselves. We might find ten or twenty motives for changing our activities.
After that you must think “This is the truth. There are so many motives why I ought to do it. Then, why don't I do it ?” What are the obstacles ? No time. That can be removed at once because in our daily affairs the under-current can be changed. My mere wish is not of practical value, it must be willed. Even words of consolation or instruction can be given to others when needed, thus the obstacle of poverty can be removed. Then, I do not know how to do good. This will come later, which removes that obstacle. And so remove the obstacles. So we have the motive force there, with the obstacles removed. Then make the resolution in a particular way just at that time when the motives are there and the obstacles removed. A particular
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