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Chapter Integrated Life
We have noted that a religious man talks truly and appropriately. What comes out of his mouth would be inspiring. His talk, whether it is in public or private, would always be harmless. The life of an average person on the other hand is compartmentalized; what he talks in public is different from what he would say in privacy. He maintains two faces. Due to that compartmentalization, the life remains afflicted.
Life needs to be uniform and straightforward; there should be nothing like public or private. One should learn to speak and act as he thinks or feels. So long as one cannot do it, his consciousness should not stay at rest. When the mind stays agitated, even the ambrosial precepts of religion would pass by like the drops of water falling on a heated pan; they evaporate and disappear immediately.
Before trying to improve the society one should therefore make his life wholesome. Hypocrisy is wrong and is bound to hurt. Compartments of public and private are the obstructing walls. The enlightened people have therefore urged to adopt straightforwardness in life. Their precepts could be short but they are highly meaningful. We need to deeply ponder over their underlying significance.
If we are straightforward, it would not be necessary to change the topic when someone drops in. On the contrary, we would welcome him to listen to the same. If there is a lamp and another lamp is brought
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