Passage 16

In English

The pains and sorrows that come during one’s daily life must be forgotten, and you must leave them behind. Only when you make an attempt to lead such a life will it become fruitful. Our excitement and agitations should be suppressed in the very first instance. When your heart is free from such agitations and excitement, the ideals that have been given to you can enter your heart. I have already mentioned to you that if your heart is full of various things, it will not be possible to put anything more into it. If the head is empty, then some good things can be put into that head. Similarly, if your heart is already full of ideas, how can any one provide you with ideals when there is no room in your heart? If bad ideas are in you and if your ears are constantly listening to bad things and if your mind is already full of bad thoughts, then cannot come anywhere near such people. If you really want and God to enter your heart, you must take care to see that your heart is not already filled with bad ideas. Where there is , God will be present. Where there is no , the devil will be present. We should not give room to the devil. We should become deserving of the grace of God. What we have learnt from the and the ideal characters that we come across in the should enable us to take to a dharmic path and to a life as an example to others. For all these things, devotion is essential. If you have no devotion, it will not be possible for you to achieve anything, nor will you have the right to achieve anything.