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LECTURE TWENTYSIX i
SYNOPSIS
* The basis of development - search for truth and also its
practice. * Change the changeable; let the eternal remain as it is.
Clearing away the impurities polluting the mind. * Change in attitude. * Change in human relations. * Search for such lone island where the wastage of energy
is minimum and the scope of development of new energy is maximum.
Causes of the loss of energy* Constant muscular exertion. * Additional indulgence. * Bad deeds and bad ideas.
* Uncontrolled thoughts and sensations. * Put your energy to proper use. It is meaningless without
use. * Right direction of the use of energy* One should know oneself : one should realize one's own
self.
* Three stages of achievement
* Natural, like mastering the circumstances. * Awakening of consciousness.
* End of delusion. * The aim of practice for self-realization --
* Passifying the passions. * Purity of consciousness.
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