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though you do not gamble; though you do not seek the company of other women; though you do not eat meat and though you do not drink liquors; if in spite of all this, you fall into unexpected adversities and calamities, you must realize that it is due to the sinful Karmas of your previous lives. If you are not legally and morally upright in your actions; if you gamble; if you develop illicit intimacy with other women; if you eat meat; if you drink liquors, and if you fall into agitations and adversities, then you must realize that they are due to your ignoble and immoral actions.
LIVING FOR WHOM ?
The hearts and minds of those who want to carry out spiritual austerities and to endeavour to attain spiritual purification should be kept free from worries and agitations. Those who act illegally and immorally can never be free from fears and anxieties. On account of fears and worries, their minds become unstable, wavering, deeply agitated and sickly. Such people cannot carry out spiritual austerities. Therefore, I exhort you, to decide on the witness of your soul, to carry out spiritual austerities in this life; and to make the fullest possible efforts to purify and chasten your impure souls. Only if you make this determination, can you realize the importance of the freedom from fears and anxieties.
BLUNDERS CAUSE TENSIONS
You must believe firmly that those who act in a wicked manner and commit blunders, will be tortured by fears and tormented by agitations, yes; those people may wear splendid and expensive and sparkling jewels; they may have lakhs of rupees; they may also occupy positions of power in the city, or in society or in the country; they may even speak cheerfully and deliver resounding and verbose lectures; but inwardly they are tormented by fears; and are consumed with the unconsuming flames of worry and agitation. One day, when their merit or punya is exhausted; and when their sinful Karmas begin to produce their effect, they become ensnared in agitations and adversities. How can such people carry out spiritual austerities
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