Falling off the Path

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MEDITATION<br><br>Questioner: When we fall from

the path what should we do?<br><br>Bhagavan Ramana:

All will be well in the end. There is a

steady<br>determination that gets you on your feet again after a fall or

break.<br>Gradually all the obstacles get weaker and your current

gets stronger. <br>Everything comes right in the end.

Steady determination is what

is<br>required.<br><br><br>From the section: "MEDITATION" (page 9) in the book,

"MORE DOUBTS AND 100<br>MORE ANSWERS ," compiled and

edited by A.R. Natarajan. Published by

Ramana<br>Maharshi Centre for Learning, Bangalore, India.<br><br>

<br>Love baba

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Dear Baba,<br><br>Thank you very much for sharing

this valuable answer. This reminds us the importance

of perseverance.<br><br>Perseverance goes against

the natural tendency of the human mind, which is ‘to

resolve and doubt’, i.e. to resolve and then have second

thought. Hence, in spirituality there are many ‘beginners’

but only a few ‘finalists’. <br><br>This quality can

be incorporated only with regular spiritual

practice.<br><br>With love<br>Sanatan <br>Glenn-Sampada

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Baba,<br><br>This was a very valuable message for

me. I am a recovering addict, applying a Hindu

perspective to a 12 Step Programme. Like all addicts in

recovery, I constantly strive for improvement and freedom

from the disease of addiction through increasing my

spiritual well-being. What we all fear, however, is a slip,

a fall, a relapse, a return to our addictive

behaviours. These things happen, some would say they are an

essential part of recovery, because after the fall, one is

stronger than before, farther along the road we are

travelling ... You post reiterates the central message of

the 12 Steps.<br><br>Thank you for sharing

that.<br><br>Padma x