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VAGARIES OF THE MIND
sadhana and many leave the sadhana when faced with trying circumstances.
While the importance of setting up a goal with clarity is essential and that it by itself can be called an aspect of Viveka, it is twice as important to have a proper structure that excites us and gives images of success. The goal should be
a) Specific and precise and we should have a detailed idea of the goal and the various stages before attaining the same. Many aspirants confuse the goal as given by the Master because they accept consciously or unconsciously the goal to mean something which the Master never meant. They try to somehow fit Nothingness or Void into some tangible and manipulative concept for the mind to play with. This is one area where I have found many aspirants accepting the wrong suggestions regarding the goal. Goal clarity that is spoken of many times does not carry any clarity but aids the impure
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