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The problem of living
first understand the thoughts of Milton or Shakespeare and afterwards I shall try to learn the alphabet‖, or for an abhyasi to say, ―Let me first realise God then I shall start worshipping Him‖. When the very thing you seek comes to you, why should you then worship at all? He alone can climb up a height who has created in himself recognition of his lowliness. In accordance with your own way of thinking you may be right in saying, ―Unless I have the real experience I cannot be said to have full conviction‖. For this, please create in yourself the things required for the actual experience of that which you mean to seek. No doubt you believe in Divine grace, but that kind of shallow belief cannot serve the purpose, nor can it even be called grace at all. I consider it as Divine grace if one gets under the charge of a perfect master. However it depends upon your grace to set him into action for your own self. I shall however request you to watch and see whether His grace has already come into action or not. If without sufficient abhyas you try to draw His will towards yourself, it shall then be your own will that shall begin working in you, and thereby you will
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