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abhyasi. The Shastras too give out a similar view — ―Know thy guru as Brahm‖. Swami Vivekananda also puts it thus, ―When we speak of God as He is in His absolute perfection, we meet with miserable failure, as we are limited and bound by our present constitution to think God as man‖. It is indeed a childish view to say that it is blasphemy to regard man as God. Really we start from dualism and automatically reach advaita. When we are lost in it, Reality dawns. This is however my anubhava or experience.
Therefore, dear brother, it is only the practical life that is worth having. Reading or writing is of no avail. Faith, devotion and confidence alone can win the race. If you are really in quest of God, seek for an adept then, to free yourself from bondages.
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PRACTICE OF REMEMBRANCE
We proceed on from quality to substance, and thence to its ultimate. For the practice of remembrance we therefore take up the quality and rest our thought upon it, meaning thereby to proceed
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