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THE WAY OF LIFE
restless and agitated, think of the quality of neutrality. Take the prop of this attitude. Your mind will experience peace, and your agitation will disappear.
THE FUTURE OF EVERY JIVATMA IS PREDESTINED
If you feel that your relatives, or the members of your family etc. are doing some harmful actions; if they do not give up their ignoble ways inspite of your repeated persuasions and advice, and if they continue to act in the same harmful or ignoble manner, then you stop giving them advice, stop exhorting them to refrain from those actions. Let them do what they like. You do not try to stop them from doing those things. Do not be frightened about such things thinking thus, "He is doing such ignoble things. What will happen to him?" Do not think thus. What is to happen in this life, will happen. The future is already settled. Only what is to take place, will take place. You cannot prevent its occurrence. You have made a proper effort towards that end. Do not venture to do what is improper. Neither you nor they will benefit from your improper efforts. "Let things happen as they have to". Have this idea in your
mind.
You understand one true doctrine :
66 येन जिनेन यथा भवितव्यं
तद् भवता दुर्वारं रे........."
What a man has to become, he will become. You cannot stop it. You can never prevent men from becoming what they have to become. Even Lord Ishwar, the Omniscient and the Omnipotent cannot stop it from occurring. The future of every Jivatma is predestined. He who has Kevaljnan or omniscience can know and see the future of every jivatma. The future can be seen and known because it is pre-determined. You keep always worrying about your future because you do not possess Kevaljnan.
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CONTEMPLATE ON THE UNDISTORTED FORM OF THE SOUL
You should not think of others so much that you forget the duty of contemplating on your own soul. You have forgotten
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