________________ What does the soul attain by performing Samayik? By performing Samayik, the soul attains an aversion for sinful activities. One becomes alert and cautious of his ultimate goal - cessation of worldly pleasures. Samayik is fusion with one's true self. It involves selfcontemplation and purifying one's ideas and emotions. Forgiveness, simplicity, politeness and contentment are virtues of the soul. The virtue of a rose is beauty. The virtue of sugar is sweetness. Likewise, the virtues of our soul are forgiveness, simplicity, politeness and contentment. Those which kill these great qualities of the soul are anger, ego, deceit and greediness. What does anger do? It crushes the rose of forgiveness of the soul. What does ego do? It destroys the sublime emotions of humility and gentleness lying in the soul. What is the role of deceit? It destroys the straightforwardness of the soul. What does greed do? -- 130 =
