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[ Upasargas by God Sangama
to put an end to your Karmas without the help of some extraordinary righteous deed. Thus you will make your future dark. Calamities follow in the wake of cowardice and cruelty, and it is impossible to overcome them without patience. The impatient get stuck in the mud of miseries and in a minute wash their hands of life, the life which even the gods are eager to have. But the patient and the self-controlled people fix their eye on the goal and do not care for the intervening obstacles. They keep this ideal, "Either I reach my goal or I die," before their minds eye, and proceed on their way most resolutely and fearlessly. It is very amazing to note that this very feeling of resoluteness enables them to overcome all the difficulties and to reach their goal in no time. The very calamities tremble before their courage, spiritual power, and selfishness; miseries and troubles are frightened, and the Upasargas try to strangle themselves in order to escape from their fiery power; while the troubles lose their life for ever.
Hence, if we want to cross the Ocean of troubles we must embark overselves in the strong ship of patience and courage. No one has as yet been able to go across this ocean without this ship. It must also be remembered that willingly we shall have to taste the fruit of our Karmas done in our previous lives. We cannot get rid of them without paying for them with interest. We may give alms, we may give things in charity, we may practise panances, or we may observe fasts and vows; but in spite of all this, we must bear in mind that we must never be sorry of impatient if these righteous deeds do not help us at the time of Upasargas, for they are instruments in putting an end to our Karmas.
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