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Is there a path to calmness absolute? Conditioned response gives no lasting joy. Until one knows how the mind operates, All efforts for peace are bound to fail!
IS THE MIND FICKLE?
Q. You said in your last talk that intoxicating drinks can give no peace. Instead, these weaken the sinews, cause increased excitation of the nerves, and destroy one's memory and powers. Does that mean there is no way to attain peace of mind?
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Ans. There is a remedy for every affliction. Although there are many obstacles in the path of mental peace, yet there is a way of achieving it. All the people who have hitherto experienced peace wholly or in part, must have had some technique. A condition which is attainable with the help of a technique, which has, indeed, been attained in the past, should also be undoubtedly attainable now. In my opinion, there is certainly a method of acquiring mental peace, and any man, if he works systematically, can achieve it.
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