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KNOWLEDGE IS THE KEY
Pure' meditation signifies self-contemplation in the highest sense and this kind of meditation occurs only in the saints of very high order, who are on the path to liberation.
Knowledge, that is, wisdom, necessitates meditation and concentration and cannot be had without them. Conversely, meditation and concentration lead to wisdom, without anything further being necessary. Wherever there develops the habit of deep concentration and meditation, or thoughtfulness, there wisdom must, sooner or later, come into manifestation.
When meditation has led to the knowledge of identity between the Self and God, it becomes incumbent on the soul to rise itself to the point of belief. Right belief being acquired, speedy realization is possible by combining the path of knowledge with that of proper conduct.
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