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Discourse XVIII
POWER OF KARMA
Gentlemen!
The topic of Karma is intimately connected with the topic of soul as the science of chemistry is connected with the science of medicines. This subject is very subtle and very fine like the point of a needle, but with efforts you will be able to penetrate through, with your mental-thread.
When you started to study alphabets it was a difficult job for you. The curves of B and C tried your patience, you persevered and at last mastered all the letters with the consequence that today you can fluently write all the alphabets in few seconds.
Efforts are affirmed by faith and so you must entertain full faith also. The dunce and the stupid, with efforts infused with staunch faith would turn out top-ranking men of erudition. People like you with education and popularity can certainly do lot of things with efforts based on faith.
In the beginning, milk is adulterated with water to make it easily digestible by the child. Then in course of time the child can digest pure milk. We also know that pure knowledge shall prove tough for your understanding and conviction, that is why we shall have to blend it with arguments, personal experience and illustrations to make pure knowledge easily digestible by you.
Listen with concentration whatever you hear, at this place. Thereafter find time to ponder over the matter you heard. Cowsbuffaloes find typical pleasure in ruminating the food they consume and you will also enjoy by pondering over properly the matter vou listened to. Your soul will experience great ecstasy. Knowledge is characterised by joy and this is the reason why man of knowledge without means can enjoy bliss unprecedented.
Karma' is matter. It is insentient. Do not think therefore that it has no power. Lifeless threads entwined make a rope capable to fasten the intoxicated elephants. The gunpowder; mixtures of non-sentient matter take life instantaneously. A
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