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PATH OF GRACE
Pleasure 2. Impulsive tendency 3. Immediacy of gratification irrespective of the consequences 4. If the pleasure sought for is not forthcoming, resorting to fair or foul means to satisfy its demands. 5. If the demand is denied gratification, seek to satisfy it through vicarious means. With these characteristics it is clear for us to observe that the lower mind will stoop to any means to gratify itself and is the cause of
1. Irregularity in sadhana
2. Unpunctual sadhana
3. Avoidance of sadhana on flimsy grounds
4. Changing goals to suit ones’ convenience
5. Non acceptance of the guides’ instructions in sadhana
6. Unwillingness to part with comforts and demand conveniences
7. Reveling in excesses of impropriety in eating, drinking, sleeping
8. Determined with single pointed orientation to gain its objective
9. Possessiveness in every field of life thereby depriving others
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