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What kind of aura a person has, is not dependent upon his outward appearance. There are some people whose clothes are dirty, whose complexion is dark, whose features are not at all attractive, yet their aura may be very bright. On the contrary, those who wear clean clothes, are fair-complexioned, have a high standard of living, and have daily correspondence with the great, may have an extremely filthy aura.
The above facts are indicative of the mystery that no man can be truly known on the basis of his outward appearance. Some white-collared people have no hesitation in committing terrible crimes. Their appearance and conversation gives no hint whatever that these people are capable of perpetrating such heinous acts. But the filthiness or darkness of their aura clearly reveals their inward nature.
Q. You have said that a true assessment of personality
can only be made on the basis of an individual's aura. If someone's aura is dirty and he comes to know it, he would want to make it bright. What is the simple process of making one's aura bright?
Ans. The process may be simple or complex, but he
who wants to become or achieve something, will have to pass through it. The moment á keen urge is aroused in the mind, an individual is ready to traverse even the most difficult path. Possessed by an indomitable desire to reach Ratnawali, Saint Tulsi Das crossed the raging stream with the support of a swollen corpse. Otherwise, one dare not stir abroad on an awful night like that.
Similarly, in the field of sadhana, too, there is need for awakening such an indomitable desire. The man who
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