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One Question
Alas! Ye beleaguered mind! I shall put only one question to you: From abstinence crossing over to dissipation, you will be free from the grip of abstinence no doubt, but will it be ever possible for you that way to deliver yourself from the dire and devastating fangs of Death awaiting only one step ahead?
Heaven and Hell
We believe heaven and hell to be above the firmament and below the bottom of this earth respectively. What is wrong, if for some time we fancy these as abiding within our own conscience, within the cabinet of our mind, instead: Consider that when our conscience is entertaining some good thought, we are pacing in heaven. Similarly observe that when some evil thought is gripping our mind, we are ranging in a veritable hell. For, is it not after all the screen of good or evil thoughts overspreading our conscience that transports us to either heaven or hell:
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