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thoughts and speech will have a calm, serene, beautiful, charming face, a sweet voice and their eyes will turn brilliant and lustrous.
Man sows a thought and reaps an action. He sows an action and reaps a habit. He sows a habit and reaps a character. He sows a character and reaps a destiny.
Man has made his own destiny by his own thinking and acting. He can change his destiny. He is the master of his own destiny. By right thinking and strong exertion, he can become the master of his destiny.
Some say "Karma does everything it is all destiny. If I am destined by my Karmą to be like this or that why them should I exert. This belief will create inertia, stagnation and misery.
This is perfect misunderstanding of the laws of Karma. This is a fallacious argument.
By right thinking of desiring and acting, you can become a Sage, a millionaire. You can attain the position of Indra or Brahma by good thought & action with good Karma. Man is not a helpless being. He has a free will of his own.
It is offen said that man is the result of his environmental forces. This is not true, because many
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