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THE WAY OF LIFE
You must bring about a change in your mental propensities. If there is a change in your mental propensities, circumstances automatically change. Sometimes difficulties arise on account of sinful karmas but that is so only sometimes, not always. If you look at it from the common sense point of view, you will realise that the ignorance that lies hidden in your nature, your attitude, your point of view and your actions is really responsible for the difficulties of various levels in your life.
You must acquire the strength that is necessary to eradicate the aberrations of your mind and to compel it to engage itself in sublime contemplations. This cannot be achieved by ordinary means. Great strength and great courage are necessary to transform hellish agonies into heavenly felicities. From where do you get such courage and strength? I can see no other way except an absolute surrender to the Paramatma but you need not give way to despair. Whatever may be the denseness of the darkness, light is stronger than the densest kind of darkness. When the sun rises, there will not be any delay in the disappearance of the darkness, however dreadful it may be and however dense it may be. No night is so long that it never finds the day.
You must make this determination, “I must carry out endeavours to achieve the objectives of Dharma, Artha and Kama, and keep them developing and progressing”.
IS PROGRESS IN ARTHA AND KAMA PROPER?
From the Audience : Of course, it is good to keep our Dharmapurushartha progressing. The determination to achieve greater and greater levels of spiritual excellence is good. But is it good to desire to achieve more and more in the spheres of Artha and Kama?
Maharajashri: You are householders. Do not forget that vital point. It is, of course, essential that you should not be deeply attached to Artha and Kama but it is your duty to carry out endeavours, to keep your Arthapurushartha and Kamapurushartha progressing because you are not alone. You have your
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