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Sacred Alms O Lord of my being! On this consecrated morn I beg this sacred boon of Thee: Let me turn blind the moment I throw a sinful glance on beauty; let me turn deaf the moment I rush to listen to the blasphemy of others; let me turn dumb the moment I pronounce the blemishes of people; and let my arms be struck off, if ever I get involved in the misappropriation of property alien!
Twofold Distinction There is hardly any essential difference between the soul of man and the super-soul of God inasmuch as the elemental attributes are concerned, just as the gold that sells in the market and the gold that one finds in a mine are one and the same, as such. The difference lies only here: the market gold is refined, whereas the gold in the mine is crude. Even so, the celestial super-soul is free from the impress of action, whereas we, human beings, are infested by action and are hence polluted. Now we can be purified this very instant, provided we can proffer ourselves as oblations on the altar of the sacred fire aflame with the mighty spark of the transcendent being!
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