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Basic Writings of Sri Ramchandra
activities. If this thing gets rooted deep in your heart, every action of yours will then seem to be a duty merely for duty’s sake, in accordance with the divine dictate without any selfish interest or personal attachment. Universal love then becomes predominant and we begin to love every being of the God’s creation without any feeling of attachment with it. It leads us to devotion and sacrifice. Devotion makes our passage smooth and creates a channel for the Godly current to flow into our heart. It removes dirt and refuse from our way and facilitates our march along the path. The refuse is really the effect of the conflicting ideas, which create disturbances and worries in our minds. By meditation we create a temporary lull in our mind and calmness prevails for the time during which we are in touch with the divine force. But meditation only at a certain fixed hour is not enough, for we are thus in touch with the sacred thought only for a while after which we have no idea of God whatsoever and are for most part of the day away from the path of service and devotion. This is the reason why often after years of practice we still find ourselves at the lowest level of spiritual attainment. What, in fact, we feel during meditation is only simplicity and calmness, if we are rightly guided by a capable master. But an aspirant is generally unable to understand it, for it is beyond his conception at the early stages. The effect thus being imperceptible he often complains that he feels nothing during mediation. This is chiefly due to the fact that he remains in touch with the
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