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"Oh! how hard it is to be free from the ego and then
act. I feel I am simply caught up. I cannot imagine that I
could perform action bereft of the ego-sense. It is so hard,"
he said.
" Nothing is hard provided you strive whole-heartedly
to attain the end in view. It is quite possible to live and
act as a free instrument in the hands of the Almighty,"
Ramdas rejoined.
" You may be right-nay, you are right, but for myself
such a state is not within the realm of possibility. How-
ever, I shall not forget you. Some day I shall make you
come to me again ; if not I shall go to you. Now a link is
formed between us which nothing can snap," he spoke with
vehemence.
" The link is there always. We are eternally united. We
are eternally one. Realize this." Saying thus Ramdas took
leave of him after partaking of some refreshments.
In Wadhwan Ramdasanuclas came all the way from
Northern India to meet Ramdas. On account of some malady
his sight was very weak. However, he stuck on to Eamdas
for over a month during his tour in Kathiawar.
From Wadhwan Ramdas proceeded to Linibdi, In
Limbdi he met the old friends Raja Ram and mother
Elizabeth and a host of others. The same programme as
on the last occasion was gone through.
At the instance of mother Elizabeth, Ramdas was called
upon to deliver a discourse in the State High School on
universal love. In the hall, besides a large gathering of stu-
dents, were also seated near Ramdas, mother Elizabeth, a
European missionary and Pratap Singh. He spoke for
about three quarters of an hour on the universal nature of
love, a subject which was so dear to him. He said in the
course of the speech that human life attains its highest
perfection only when it is gifted with the vision that sees
the one eternal Life principle, pervading throughout the
universe and dwelling in the hearts of all creatures and
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