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LECTURE TWENTYFOUR
*The basis of development-the investigation and practice of truth.
SYNOPSIS
* Let that which can change and let that which can not change remain as it is.
* Cleaning the dirt which has accumulated in the mind.
* Transformation of nature.
*Transformation of human relations.
* Search for an uninhabited island where there is less expenditure and increased accumulation of energy.
* Causes of the expenditure of energy:
* Continuous activity.
* Excessive activity.
* Evil actions and evil thoughts.
* Lack of restraint of thoughts and feeling.
*Let us utilize our energy-dormant energies are useless.
*Correct direction of the use of energy:
* Self-knowledge and self-realization.
* Three strata of Siddhi (accomplishment) : * Mastering situations.
* Arousing of consciousness.
*The end of torpor (ignorance).
* The purpose of sädhanā :
* Subduing passions.
* Purity of consciousness.
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