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SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF LIFE
How simple it looks when we say that we have restored our BALANCE! It is of course a very simple thing, but it becomes very difficult to follow, because with our unbalanced state we have created intricacies. We always like to seek our way or to solve our problem of life through the difficult methods so commonly prevalent in our country. That is why disappointment and frustration result. We want to extract essence from fatty substances; in other words, from things which are puffed up with material knowledge, and not from bones where Phosphorus is abundant to illumine the particles however soiled they may be. Our difficulty thus becomes greater in the struggle.
Adopt easy means for gaining the easy thing. Dogmas can do you no good. It is only the practical thing that can weave your Destiny, under the guidance of one who has measured the Distance, and has discovered the original source.
There are such men in India who can very easily guide you to the Destination, so near and dear to you. But the selection you have to make yourself. For Him to guide you in your search, I may say that where you find the idea of service with no selfish
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