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INTROSPECTION
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Self-meditation
Man, just think, who you are. Where have you come from? What for have you come? What are you doing in this life? Why are you doing what you are doing? Where have you to go and when ? What have you gained or lost ? How far have you advanced or gone backwards ? How much of animalism do you carry with you or how much of godhood do you have within you ? These are the questions whịch need to be carefully considered by you. Meditate upon them. with all your power of concentration.
Feeling
You are Soul whom no eye can see, no ear can hear, no nose can smell or tongue taste or fingers touch. Nay, even the mind that claims to comprehend and know everything, fails to understand you. You have to comprehend and understand yourself. When will you set out to do so ?
Know Yourself
Know that you have infinite knowledge, infinite power and infinite wisdom. You are not meant to remain immersed within the mire of mundane pleasures and indulgences. You are Garuda, the mighty bird. Therfore fly up, soar to the: highest point of infinite spiritual powers.
Soul is Omnipotent
A shepherd found the cub of a lion and brought him home and placed him in the herd of his goats and sheep. The cub of lion began to believe that he was one of the goats and sheep. But once he heard a lion roaring at the
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