TABLE OF CONTENTS
Fineprint:
Voice recordings by PhilPhilms
with his permission via Facebook from April 13, 2019.
Original text from Philip Evan Cowlishaw:
“I do not own the rights to this book.
This is for educational purposes only.
Thanks for this beautiful music.”
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pain is physical suffering is mental
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beyond the mind there is no suffering
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pain is merely a signal that the body is
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in danger and requires attention
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similarly suffering warns us that the
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structure of memories and habits which
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we call the person is threatened by loss
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or change
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pain is essential for the survival of
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the body but none compels you to suffer
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suffering is due entirely to clinging or
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resisting it is a sign of our
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unwillingness to move on to flow with
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life as a sane life is free of pain so
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is a saintly life free from suffering
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the urge to find oneself is a sign that
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you are getting ready the impulse always
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comes from within unless your time has
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come you will have neither the desire
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nor the strength to go for self inquiry
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wholeheartedly
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how do I find a guru whom I can trust
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your own heart will tell you there is no
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difficulty in finding a guru because the
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Guru is in search of you the Guru is
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always ready you are not ready you have
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to be ready to learn
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or you may meet your guru and waste your
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chance
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by sheer inattentiveness and obstinacy
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take my example there was nothing in me
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of much promise but when I met my guru I
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listened trusted and obeyed
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the only way you can judge is by the
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change in yourself when you were in his
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company if you feel more at peace and
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happy if you understand yourself with
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more than usual clarity and depth it
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means you have met the right person take
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your time but once you have made up your
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mind to trust him trust him
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absolutely and follow every instruction
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fully and faithfully it does not matter
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much if you do not accept him as your
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guru and are satisfied with his company
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only satsang alone can also take you to
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your goal provided it is unmixed and
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undisturbed but once you accept somebody
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as your guru listen remember obey
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what is the motive why does the Guru
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take so much trouble sorrow and the
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ending of sorrow he sees people
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suffering in their dreams and he wants
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them to wake up love is intolerant of
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pain and suffering the patience of a
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guru has no limits and therefore it
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cannot be defeated the Guru never fails
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the entire universe is your guru you
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learn from everything if you are alert
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and intelligent where your mind clear
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and your heart clean you would learn
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from every passerby it is because you
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are indolent or Restless that your inner
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self manifests as the outer guru and
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makes you trust him and obey is a guru
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inevitable it is like asking is a mother
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inevitable to rise in consciousness from
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one dimension to another you need help
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the help may not always be in the shape
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of a human person it may be a subtle
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presence or a spark of intuition but
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help must come the inner self is
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watching and waiting for the Sun to
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return to his father at the right time
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he arranges everything affectionately
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and effectively where a messenger is
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needed or a guide he sends the guru to
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do the needful
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you have brought in duality where there
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is none there is the body and there is
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the self between them is the mind in
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which the self is reflected as I am
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because of the imperfections of the mind
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its crudité and restlessness lack of
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discernment and insight it takes itself
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to be the body not the self all that is
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needed is to purify the mind so that it
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can realize its identity with the self
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when the mind merges in the self the
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body presents no problems it remains
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what it is an instrument of cognition
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and action the tool and the expression
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of the creative fire within the ultimate
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value of the body is that it serves to
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discover the cosmic body which is the
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universe in its entirety as you realize
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yourself and manifestation you keep on
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discovering that you are ever more than
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what you have imagined
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is there no end to self-discovery as
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there is no beginning there is no end
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but what I have discovered by the grace
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of my guru is I am nothing that can be
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pointed at I am neither of this nor of
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that this holds absolutely
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what is lower and what is higher look at
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it in terms of awareness wider and
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deeper consciousness is higher all that
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lives works for protecting perpetuating
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and expanding consciousness this is the
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world’s sole meaning and purpose it is
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the very essence of yoga ever raising
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the level of consciousness discovery of
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new dimensions with their properties
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qualities and powers in that sense the
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entire universe becomes a school of yoga
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his perfection the destiny of all human
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beings of all living beings ultimately
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once a living being has heard and
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understood that deliverance is within
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his reach he will never forget for it is
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the first message from within it will
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take root and grow and in due course
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take the blessed shape of the Guru the
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mind goes astray the mind returns home
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even the word astray is not proper the
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mind must know itself in every mood
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nothing is a mistake unless repeated
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keep the I am in the focus of awareness
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remember that you are watch yourself
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ceaselessly and the unconscious will
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flow into the conscious without any
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special effort on your part there are no
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steps to self-realization
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pain is not acceptable why not did you
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ever try do try and you will find in
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pain a joy which pleasure cannot yield
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for the simple reason that acceptance of
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pain takes you much deeper than pleasure
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does the personal self by its very
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nature is constantly pursuing pleasure
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and avoiding pain the ending of this
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pattern is the ending of the self the
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ending of the self with its desires and
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fears enables you to return to your real
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nature the source of all happiness and
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peace
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the perennial desire for pleasure is the
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reflection of the timeless harmony
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within it is an observable fact that one
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becomes self-conscious only when caught
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in the conflict between pleasure and
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pain which demands choice and decision
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it is this clash between desire and fear
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that causes anger which is the great
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destroyer of sanity in life when pain is
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accepted for what it is
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a lesson and a warning and deeply looked
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into and heeded the separation between
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pain and pleasure breaks down both
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become experience painful when resisted
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joyful when accepted
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except both as they come enjoy both
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while they last let them go as they must
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the Bliss is in the awareness of it in
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not shrinking or in any way turning away
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from it all happiness comes from
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awareness the more we are conscious the
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deeper the joy acceptance of pain
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non-resistance courage and endurance
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these open deep and perennial sources of
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real happiness true bliss
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this is the great work of awareness it
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removes obstacles and releases energies
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by understanding the nature of life and
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mind intelligence is the door to freedom
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and alert attention is the mother of
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intelligence
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everything has a beginning and an end
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and so does pleasure don’t anticipate
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and don’t regret and there will be no
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pain it is memory and imagination that
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cause suffering of course pain after
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pleasure may be due to the misuse of the
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body or the mind the body knows its
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measure but the mind does not its
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appetites are numberless and limitless
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watch your mind with great diligence for
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there lies your bondage and also the key
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to freedom
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when the mind takes over remembers and
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anticipates it exaggerated s’ it
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distorts it overlooks the past is
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projected into the future and the future
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betrays the expectations the organs of
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sensation and action are stimulated
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beyond capacity and they inevitably
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break down the objects of pleasure
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cannot yield what is expected of them
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and get worn out or destroyed by misuse
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it results in excess of pain where
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pleasure was looked for naturally
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selfishness is always destructive desire
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and fear both are self-centered states
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between desire and fear anger arises
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with anger hatred with hatred passion
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for destruction war is hatred and action
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organized and equipped with all the
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instruments of death is there a way to
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end these horrors
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when more people come to know their real
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nature their influence however subtle
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will prevail and the world’s emotional
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atmosphere will sweeten up people follow
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their leaders and when among the leaders
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appears some great in heart and mind and
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absolutely free from self seeking their
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impact will be enough to make the
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crudities and crimes of the present age
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impossible a new golden age may come and
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last for a time and succumb to its own
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perfection for ev begins when the tide
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is at its highest
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which world do you have in mind our
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common world in which we live are you
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sure we live in the same world I do not
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mean nature the sea and the land plants
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and animals they are not the problem nor
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the endless space the infinite time the
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inexhaustible power do not be misled by
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my eating and smoking reading and
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talking my mind is not here my life is
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not here your world of desires and their
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fulfillment of fears and their escapes
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is definitely not my world
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I do not even perceive it except through
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what you tell me about it
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it is your private dream world and my
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only reaction to it is to ask you to
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stop dreaming
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of course facts are real I live among
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them but you live with fancies not with
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facts facts never clash while your life
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and world are full of contradictions
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contradiction is the mark of the false
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the real never contradicts itself for
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instance you complain that people are
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objective or yet you do not share your
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riches with them you mind the war next
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door but you hardly give it a thought
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when it is in some far-off country the
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shifting fortunes of your ego determine
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your values I think I want
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I must are made into absolutes
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insanity is universal sanity is rare yet
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there is hope because the moment we
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perceive our insanity we are on the way
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to sanity this is the function of the
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Guru to make us see the madness of our
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daily living life makes you conscious
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but the teacher makes you aware
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man is stupid selfish and cruel man is
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also wise affectionate and kind why does
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not goodness prevail it does in my real
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world in my world even what you call
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evil is the servant of the good and
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therefore necessary it is like boils and
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fevers that clear the body of impurities
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disease is painful even dangerous but if
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dealt with rightly it heals or kills in
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some cases death is the best cure a life
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may be worse than death which is but
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rarely an unpleasant experience whatever
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the appearances
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therefore pity the living never the dead
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this problem of things good and evil in
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themselves does not exist in my world
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the needful is good and the needless is
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evil in your world the pleasant is good
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and the painful is evil
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what is necessary to grow is necessary
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to outgrow is necessary to leave behind
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the good for the sake of the better is
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necessary to what end
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the end is in the beginning you end
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where you start in the absolute why all
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this trouble then to come back to where
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I started
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whose trouble which trouble do you pity
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the seed that is to grow and multiply
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till it becomes a mighty forest do you
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kill an infant to save him from the
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bother of living what is wrong with life
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evermore life remove the obstacles to
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growing and all your personal social
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economic and political problems will
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just dissolve
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the universe is perfect as a whole and
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the parts striving for perfection is a
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way of joy willingly sacrifice the
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imperfect to the perfect and there will
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be no more talk about good and evil yet
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we are afraid of the better and cling to
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the worse this is our stupidity verging
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on insanity
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a Yanni may meet with difficulties but
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they do not make him suffer bringing up
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a child from birth to maturity may seem
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a hard task but to a mother the memories
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of hardships are a joy there is nothing
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wrong with the world what is wrong is
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the way you look at it it is your own
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imagination that misleads you without
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imagination there is no world
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you are the space Akash
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in which it moves the time in which it
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lasts the love that gives it life cutoff
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imagination and attachment and what
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remains
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in my world love is the only law I do
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not ask for love I give it such is my
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nature
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some repetitive routine is inevitable
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even animals and plants have their
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timetables
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everything moves according to its nature
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where is the need of a policeman every
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action creates a reaction which balances
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and neutralizes the action everything
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happens but there is a continuous
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canceling out and in the end it is as if
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nothing happened
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explanations are meant to please the
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mind they need not be true reality is
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indefinable and indescribable the
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objective universe has structure is
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orderly and beautiful nobody can deny it
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but structure and pattern imply
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constraint and compulsion my world is
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absolutely free everything in it is self
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determined therefore I keep on saying
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that all happens by itself there is
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order in my world too but it is not
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imposed from outside it comes
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spontaneously and immediately because of
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its timelessness perfection is not in
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the future it is now
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you
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