Bondage and Freedom

Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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his life. To lose money is not a misfortune, it is not important. But once you lose the element of happiness from life, you will find it very difficult to regain it. Perhaps you may lose it forever in this life. Without it, life will lose its savour. And for that reason it is necessary that you must utilise your speech, your thoughts, all your senses to create happiness. It is our duty to channel all our resources to creating happiness all around us. It would be sinful, even criminal, to put them to a wrong use, as some have done. Take for instance Hitler. Hitler had power; he was not an ordinary man, he had knowledge, intelligence, and all the resources at his command. But he misused his power; he 'used his power to destroy humanity and to conquer other nations. Hitler had developed great power but to what use did he put it? What was the result: Destruction! His power destroyed other human beings and in the end it destroyed him, too! :
We have to be careful that we do not use our power to harm anyone or to lead ourselves towards destruction.
Only he who has refined himself through high thinking, only he who can analyse the minutest of thought that has a bearing on his life, can be called a truly enlightened man. We must endeavour to attain this enlightenment which will open the door to Blissful Living, to living successfully, in the true sense of the word.
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