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Reality at Dawn - The Goal of Life
without our eyes being fixed upon any worldly object or without caring for the satisfaction of our desires. It does not stop us from fixing our mind upon the goal of life, which is absolutely essential for those on the march. The goal of life means nothing but the point we have finally to arrive at. It is in other words, the reminiscence of our homeland or the primeval state of our present solid existence, which we have finally to return to. It is only the idea of destination, which we keep alive in our minds and for that we practise devotion only as duty. Duty for duty’s sake is without doubt ‘Nishkam Karma’ (selfless action) and to realize our goal of life is our bounden duty.
Now I come to the point what the real goal of life should be. It is generally admitted that the goal must be the highest; otherwise progress up to the final limit is doubtful. For this, it is necessary to have a clear idea of the highest possible limit of human approach. We have before us examples of Rama and Krishna, the two incarnations of the Divinity. We worship them with faith and devotion and want to secure union with them. Automatically that becomes our goal of life and we can at the utmost secure approach up to their level. Now Rama and Krishna, as incarnations, were special personalities vested with supernatural powers to work as medium for the accomplishment of the work, which nature demanded and for which they had come. They had full command over various powers of nature and could utilize them at
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