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A Man Develops A Subtle Power As A Result Of The Strict Observance Of Celibacy For Twelve Years. Then He Can Understand And Grasp Very Subtle Things Which Otherwise Elude His Intellect. Through That Understanding The Aspirant Can Have Direct Vision Of God. That Pure Understanding Alone Enables Him To Realize Truth.

Bhakti Is The One Essential Thing. To Be Sure, God Exists In All Beings. Who, Then Is A Devotee? He Whose Mind Dwells On God. But This Is Not Possible As Long As One Has Egotism And Vanity. The Water Of God's Grace Cannot Collect On The High Mound Of Egotism. It Runs Down.

Live Like A Mud-fish: Its Skin Is Bright And Shiny Even Though It Lives In Mud.

To Work Without Attachment Is To Work Without The Expectation Of Reward Or Fear Of Any Punishment In This World Or The Next. Work So Done Is A Means To The End, And God Is The End.

If You Desire To Be Pure, Have Firm Faith, And Slowly Go On With Your Devotional Practices Without Wasting Your Energy In Useless Scriptural Discussions And Arguments. Your Little Brain Will Otherwise Be Muddled.