you would find - if you would seek

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D.:

In this life beset with limitations can I ever

realize the Bliss of the Self?

 

M.:

That Bliss of the Self is always with you,

and you will find it for yourself, if you would

seek it earnestly.

 

The cause of your misery is not the life without;

it is in you as the ego. You impose limitations on

yourself and then make a vain struggle to transcent

them. All unhappiness is due to the ego;

with it comes all your trouble.

What does it avail you to attribute to the happenings

in life the cause of misery which is really within you?

What happiness can you get from things extraneous

to yourself? When you get it, how long will it last?

 

If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it,

you would be free. If you accept it, it will impose limitations

on you and throw you into a vain struggle to transcend them.

That was how the thief sought to 'ruin' King Janaka

 

To BE the Self that you really are is the only means

to realize the Bliss that is ever yours.

 

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Maharshi's Gospel

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