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your heart, she will herself become a dirty and foul witch. And you all know what happens when a witch enters your house and dwells there.
Conquest of the Self
If you seek to conquer your-Self, you must so discipline yourself as to keep yourself away and above the fray of joy and sorrow, loss and gain, honour and dishonour. You must first conquer your passions and desire for pleasures.
Sool
Soul is the Conscious Power that governs and guides your body, your speech, your mind and your heart. You may call it JEEVA or BRAHMA. The soul is the centre of all knowledge and bliss. If the soul is healthy and pure, and if there are no temptations in it, there can be no sorrow for man. Then man would feel the freshness of a cool bath even while burning in the flames of fire. Even while treading upon thorns, he will feel the soft touch of flowers.
Break the Outer Crust
Self-relisation does not come from without, it comes from within. Break the hard crust of the physical and sensuous temptations and weaknesses that have deposited within you, and you will see the radiance of self-realisation, the radiance: of your soul.
The Highest Ideal
What is the highest ideal before man? The highest. ideal before man is to keep himself pure and clean, to make
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