Vivekananda Mailing List-9/7/03

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To pant for religion truly is a very difficult thing, not at all so

easy as we generally imagine. Hearing religious talks or reading

religious books is no proof yet of a real want felt in the heart; there

must be a continuous struggle, a constant fight, an unremitting

grappling with our lower nature, till the higher want is actually felt

and the victory is achieved. It is not a question of one or two days,

of years, or of lives; the struggle may have to go on for hundreds of

lifetimes. The success sometimes may come immediately, but we must be

ready to wait patiently even for what may look like an infinite length

of time. The student who sets out with such a spirit of perseverance

will surely find success and realisation at last.