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certainly an extreme form of pessimism. The sense of doership and ownership are responsible for the formation and continuance of undue attachment. Actually both the spiritual world and the material world should go side by side glittering equally. We should soar with both wings. Though the Master has said thus and His sayings in this regard have been often misinterpreted, we should be on our guard here lest the material life and its advancement take precedence over our spiritual objectives. The person in whom Viveka or discriminating intelligence has developed through right practice and proper guidance would always maintain and observe the priorities so that he performs actions which are conducive to achieving the goal all the time no matter what may happen to the material side of his living. There are no worldly ambitions or great heights to be achieved for keeping the material life glittering. It is not to become the best scientist, the best businessman, the wealthiest person or a person with fame and name that we are pursuing a career in the world.
Due moderation is to be exercised in this respect so that we are not too much preoccupied with the pursuit of excellence in our chosen field of worldly activity with the result that the needed focus on the spiritual path may suffer. We need to remember that we take up an occupation so that we can earn through pious and honest means for providing for the various needs which a householder has to such as supporting the family, educating the children, looking to the wants and necessities of the family and protecting them from heat and cold. It is to be ensured that our being engaged in such activities for the due discharge of our worldly duties does not come in the way of our discharge of the primary duty each one of us has, namely Realization of our true nature. It has to be a balanced existence wherein due attention is paid towards both aspects of our living materialistic and the spiritual. Whether our worldly life is glittering or not, it is our paramount duty to ensure that our spiritual life is glittering.
Vairagya
People may think that it is difficult to live thus performing our worldly duties and adhering to sadhana for achieving oneness with the Absolute, both being regarded as mutually contradictory objectives. Actually it turns out that it is not so provided that we are guided and supported by a Master of caliber on the path. And especially when the individual mind is united with the First Mind or Stir as it happens in SRRY through the process of Pranahuti, the mind becomes in course of time capable of listening to the voice of God or conscience and has no difficulty in treading the arduous path towards perfection in the midst of the trials and tribulations of a worldly life. The Master says that the real state of Vairagya dawns only when one is wholly
 






























































































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