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30. Numbness is not tranquility nor tamas the tam.
31. To demand a condition to be felt consciously all the time is not correct because we are attending to many other aspects of life.
32. Irrespective of the part of the globe to which we belong the truth is as the Katha Upanishad puts it
“It is but few who hear about the Self
Fewer still dedicate their lives to its Realization.
Wonderful is the one Who speaks about the Self;
Rare are they Who make it the supreme goal of their lives.”
33. In the higher realms the progress is never spectacular but by small increments which go in most of the cases unnoticed. Shades of calmness and nothingness of self that is imperienced require constant attention to the condition which may not be possible many times due to very many other matters that take away our time. Nonetheless the progress is there.
34. The conditions in the higher reaches are too vast and unnecessary eagerness to cover the distance at a go will do no good.
35. Ways of God are mysterious and we do not know the meaning of many incidents in life however much we strain our mental faculties. Prayer is what we can do and should do.
36. Learning is a continuous process -keep learning and that is the way to realise oneself.
37. It is necessary to learn to depend on Master in all aspects of life and this is where the problem of competant self arises.
38. Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish in sadhana.
39. When a person wants to do something that person should be confident and not the spectator. If a person wants to jump a river he should say whether he can