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Web of Illusion Man! O man! Remember that attachment is like an illusory web. It looks so lovely, but perilous is it in reality! How easy to weave it, but how difficult to unravel it! The spider weaves a web around him, but he cannot afterwards disentangle himself therefrom. The more he strives to step out of his self-woven web, the more he gets entangled in its meshes. Beware, therefore, thou, too, art not caught as well in thine self-engendered web of illusion born of attachment.
Pinch of Calamity When you are overwhelmed by distress, just ponder over this: ‘May it not be perchance this calamity has descended upon me to set me along the right path of progress :' For, as the great seers aver, stumblings, too, are often conducive to a-fresh awakening in life. In such a predicament, calamity might render this humble service to you by casting a hint: ‘Brother mine! This calamity is nothing but the echo of one's selfperpetrated acts!
