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which has been so much stressed upon by sages. In short, all that is required for sure success is intense longing, together with proper means and earnest endeavours.
How may it be possible for an abhyasi to advance up to negation and even beyond that? It may be, in the first place, by the kind grace of the master who might himself have attained that state. But, for that the abhyasi must develop in himself intense love and devotion which might induce the master to bestow his Grace.
One of the essential things necessary for the achievement of negation is the growth of intense craving amounting to restless impatience, combined with sincere love and devotion. When the feeling of love is there in the heart, restlessness must come in by itself. The difference in degree may not be of much account in this respect since it may grow more and more in course of time. But what can be said of those who even get annoyed and irritated whenever a harsh or reprimanding word is used for them? That may be a clear indication of the fact that they do not
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