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I am the Soul
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Lord had to devote twelve and a half long years to this tremendous effort. What endurance! What capacity! What forgiveness! Since he was endowed with all these, he could make the effort and reach omniscience. Just consider! How much effort, endurance and balance is essential?
So Brothers! There is nothing happening in our inside! Do you feel anything? How can you, when you cannot even feel your own heartbeat? You will need a stethoscope to ascertain that the heart is beating. When you cannot feel the pulsation of this body made of blood and bone, how will you feel the throbbing of the spirit? To be able to feel the throbbing of the spirit, an incessant effort is necessary. This effort alone will bring you self realisation and lead you to omniscience.
The devoted effort that is essential to reach this ultimate state begins with self realisation and is fulfilled in omniscience. Here in ‘Atmasiddhi Shastra' the path, that traverses the length from the effort that goes into achieving self realisation unto the penance that is required for attaining omniscience, has been illuminated.
What hence forth will be our duty, will be outlined next.
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