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PRACTICE OF KARMA YOGA
Tapas and changed his destiny. You can also do so, if you have strong will and iron determination Vasishthaji preaches Purushartha to Sri Rama in Yoga Vasishtha. Savitri changed the destiny of her husband Satyavan through the power of her Patiyrata Dharma. Just as you can change your way of writing from a slant style to a vertical style, so also you can change your destiny by changing your mode of thinking. Now you are thinking: "I am Mr. So and So," by identifying yourself with the body and other Upadhis or limiting adjuncts. Now start the anticurrent. Think: "I am Brahman. I am the immortal Self in all. I am all-pervading light, intelligence or pure consciousness ” Your destiny will be changed. Just as you think, so you will become This is the Sadhana. This is the Ahamgraha-Upasana. Practise it steadily Feel and realize
An advocate of Lahore once asked me “Swamiji, you say that the law of Karma operates with unerring precision in all men A man desires, thinks and acts. If the actions that I perform now are the outcome of my past thoughts, and if my past thoughts are the resultant of my desires of the still distant past, am I not helplessly bound? I am like a piece of straw tossed about hither and thither. I must act in accordance with my thought. I must think in accordance with my desire. There is no hope for my freedom of action and thinking This does not appeal to my reason at all. Kindly throw light on this important
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