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or a grasshopper which are bereft of ears. If a soul acquires a beautiful body but if it is wasted in sexual enjoyments, he would be dragged to the birth of an ugly camel, whose all the eighteen limbs are deformed and bended. If a soul acquires power, but becomes conceited of it and remains unbending before one and all, he would get the life of a palm tree, which is always stiff and erect and cannot even bend if it so wishes.
Friends, we are the architects of our own destiny. Our own mistakes are the root cause in the adherence of molecules of Karma and according to the intensity of mental feelings behind these mistakes, the duration of Karma and their strength are determined. Do not blame others for adversity however dreadful or boast of prosperity however great.
Always be unbending and erect under adversity and detached under happiness. These virtues alone will help you to keep composure and compassion in life towards unhappy beings of the world.
Let us now come to the main point, Just as very wicked thoughts create strength of the fourth class in the molecules of Karma, similarly highly beneficial thoughts also impart similar strength of the fourth class to them. When afterwards the time-boms of these good Karmas explode, the soul gets the fortune to acquire mountains of material prosperity, showers of honours and receptions from all around and besides sound and robust health.
According to the diminution in the intensity of these highly beneficial or extremely evil feelings, there will be corresponding high or low vigour in the molecules of Karmas and the resultant strength might be of the third or even of the second category.
Often the good intellect and conscience of a man powerfully prompt him to desist from a wicked deed but he does it under compulsion of circumstances and that too with a torn heart. As at such a time he does a wrong deed, he would gaiher molecules of Karma of a nature that would cause
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