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Do not name the state of life...
The devoted pursuit of three gems rectifies the error of infinite times and makes one understand the truth. Those who are able to come out of the illusion of the atma, get on to the path of a tremendous effort-purushartha. There is no attainment without purushartha.
Awakening the jiva, and inspiring it to perform purushartha, Srimadji says
जो इच्छो परमार्थ तो, करो सत्य पुरुषार्थ,
भव स्थिति आदि नामलई, छेदो नहीं आत्मार्थ
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If there is true desire to attain the supreme, then there has to be a proper effort for it. Foremost should the consideration whether there is a desire or not. If one is tired of the wandering through bhavas and strongly wishes that one does not want the material world anymore, then the enthusiasm to make the effort for atma arises. It is also said
ज्यां चाहत्यां राह
Where there is a will, there is a way!
If there is a desire, the path can certainly be found. What can happen if the desire is for the material world and words merely express the topic of moksa? Only material world will be found, not the path of moksa. Most people do not have a strong inner desire at all. What is more, they say, 'What do we do? We do want moksa, and nothing but moksa. But in the present era there is no moksa, therefore we cannot even make the effort'.
'How can the search for atma arise in such adverse times? How much these mohaniya and other karmas bother? The period itself is such that the reasons for increasing mohaniya will be available but not to reduce it. Indeed, where is the true Sadguru today? These are all adverse situations. We are born in such
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