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LEAP TO THE GOAL
Role of Abhyasi
you can light up such a fire within yourself, progress shall be by leaps and bounds. But you have to free yourself from wetness and solidity. What may that be due to? It is the result of the actions of Nature which brought us down into our present material form. If you think I can be helpful to you in that respect, I am at your service. But if any of you do not like to undergo a little inconvenience for mending his habits, let him not. But then he must at least exercise himself to develop within himself an intense craving, and to hit upon the proper means for the achievement of the object.
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You say that you want to cover the entire distance in one leap. That is highly encouraging, but for that you have to adopt proper means which might be helpful to you to the maximum limit. In this connection please recall to your mind the example of Hanuman who is said to have jumped across the sea between India and Ceylon in one leap. How could it have been possible for him? The fact is that usually he remained in a state of forgetfulness all the
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