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with vital energy. Through vital energy, it becomes the sentient. The one who is not able to grasp the sentience of the breath, how will he reach the soul? The one who is not alert to his own breath, how will he be alert to his soul? The breath is a part of sentience. The one who awakens to it will progress ahead till he reaches the soul. The one who does not awaken to his breath does not gain the right to go inwards.
We have raised many walls. They should all break. If our vision could change then anything is possible.
There were two brothers. The house was big. There was a lot of love between the brothers, but with time, the love waned. It is the nature of love that in the beginning it is very much and with time it grows less.
A couple fought everyday. One day the neighbours gathered around. One wise man asked, “Why do you fight so much? What is the reason? It is not good to fight everyday.” The husband replied, “We did not always fight like this. This is our third year of marriage. In the first year, if the wife said anything I would listen quietly. In the second year if I said anything she would listen to it patiently. This
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