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will then begin to flow in, making afflictions totally ineffective. By and by the man begins to acquire the state, so highly spoken of in the Gita, at which he ceases to feel himself as the doer. Further advancement in that state means the stopping of the formation of samskaras which leads him to the state of jivan moksha. A simple thing can be achieved by simple means only. In fact afflictions, which are commonly taken as the reverse side of bliss, form the only thing that revives in our heart a Consciousness of the Real, and helps us to march along the path of peace and progress. Every one has his own afflictions. I too had mine, about which I had once written to my master. His reply quoted below is worth writing in gold:
―It is good to be put to worries. The home is the training centre for submission and endurance. To put up patiently with the day-to-day events of life is the highest form of penance and sacrifice. So, instead of anger and resentment, one must cultivate in himself a meek temperament. Meekness refers to that feeling of mind in which, on being rebuked by
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