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convey such an impulse to any soul, in the first place, the soul from which it proceeds must possess the power of transmitting it, and in the second place, the soul to which it is transmitted must be fit to receive it. The seed must be a living seed, and the field must be ready ploughed ; and when both these conditions are fulfilled, a wonderful growth of genuine religion takes place. "The true preacher of religion has to be of wonderful capabilities, and clever must his hearer be ;"* and when both of these are really wonderful and extraordinary, then will a splendid spiritual awakening result and not otherwise. Such alone are the real teachers, and such alone are also the real students or aspirants to spirituality. All others are only playing with spirituality. They have just a little curiosity awakened, just a little intellectua aspiration kindled in them, but are merely
• पाचौँ वक्ता कुभलीऽस्य बच्चा
( Katha, 11-7)
