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PRACTICE OF KARMA YOGA
Self-realization is the greatest ideal in life It is the most difficult of all ideals to fulfil. One who attempts Self-realization does the best service to mankind.
One should not treat a man who has a low ideal, with contempt He may be a baby-soul who is just crawling on the moral and spiritual path. Your duty is to help him in all possible ways in the realization or accomplishment of his ideal You should give him all sorts of encouragement in his sincere endeavour to live up to his own highest ideal.
It is deplorable to note that the vast majority of persons have no ideal at all Even educated persons do not cherish any ideal. They lead an aimless life and therefore drift hither and thither like a piece of straw. They make no progress in life Is this not a very sad plight? Highly lamentable indeed! It is very difficult to get a human birth and yet people do not realize the importance of keeping up an ideal and living up to it The ideal of ‘eat, drink and be merry' is adopted by the Epicureans, the gluttons and rich people This school of thought has countless followers and the number is increasing by leaps and bounds daily This is the ideal of Virochana. This is the ideal of Asuras and Rakshasas. This ideal will lead a man to the darkest regions of misery and sorrow, the 'eternal lake of fire'Blessed is the man who keeps up an ideal and struggles hard to live up to his own ideal, for he will soon attain God-consciousness Glory unto sincere struggling souls!
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