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INTRODUCTION
miserable man in this world."
You cannot remove completely all the evils from this world. Just as in gout and rheumatism the pain and swelling shift from one joint to another, just as in pyaemia and diabetes or carbuncle if one boil is cured another crops up in another place, so also if one evil is eradicated in one place, another evil manifests in another place. Social workers pity the lot of young widows and try to do widow-marriages. They think that they are doing good to the country. But another evil crops up-difficulty comes in for the marrying of other girls. They remain unmarried. This is another evil. Social workers try to end prostitution. This is laudable work. But as passion is very powerful and uncontrollable, those who cannot afford to marry, begin to molest and outrage family women secretly. Even legislation cannot stop this evil. Clandestine prostitution takes place vigorously. This world is very crooked. It is like the tail of a dog. Try to straighten the tail of a dog. As soon as you take away your hands, it will again become crooked. So is this world. So many Avatars, so many Yogis, Acharyas, saints and prophets have come into this world and preached. Still it is crooked, it is in the same state. Therefore, do not bother yourself much in reforming this crooked world. This can never be done. Reform yourself first. Then the whole world can be reformed. How can you help the world when you are yourself weak and ignorant? It will be like
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