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"May I be permitted to sit by your side for a few
minntes?" lie asked Kamdas*
"By all means," answered Ramdas, and made room for
him. He wedged himself between Ramdas and Earn-
charandas.
**Do advise me," he urged, "as to how I can remove
the illusions of the mind and free it from the turmoil to
which it is always subjected, and realize God. I am simply
caught up in the attachment to wife, house, money and
property.
"You have diagnosed," Ramdas replied, "the disease
aright and also have a clear understanding of the remedy
for it. Know in the first place that the God you seek is with-
in, yourself. He is the life and soul of the universe and to
attain Him is the supreme purpose of life. Evil and sorrow
are due to your belief that yon are separate from this
universal Truth. The ego has set up this wall of separation-
Have a strong and intense longing to realize Him, that is, to
know that yonr life is one with the life of the universe-
Then surrender up the ego by constant identification with
Him through prayer, meditation and performance of all
actions without desiring for their fruit. As you progress on
this path, which is the path of devotion, knowledge and
self-surrender, your attachment to the unrealities of life
will slacken, and the illusions of the mind will be dispelled.
Now yonr heart will be filled with divine love, and your
vision purified and equalised, and your actions will become
the spontaneous outflow of your immortal being, yielding
you the experience of true joy and peace. This is the cul-
mination of human endeavour and fulfilment of the pur-
pose of life."
"Oh, how clearly and impressively you present the
Troth," exclaimed the Irani. "I wish I could have more of
your society. Pray come to Secunderabad which is my place
and stay with me at least for a day. My wife and relations
will be so happy to see yon."
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