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 Monday 31 August 2026

GRACE AND EFFORT

Swami Sivananda

Human reason is God-consciousness passing through the stained glass of the human mind. Effort is the name given to the working of the individual will, though the truth is that the individual will also is a part of the cosmic will. It may be asked, "What is it that brings about punishment and suffering to the individual, if the individual will and the cosmic will are ultimately one and the same? Is not the cosmic will responsible for all actions? " True; the cosmic power or the Will of God is the one thing which works everything in this universe. But when this universal power is cast in the mould of the intellect or the principle of individuality, it goes by the name of effort. Contd…


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Luxury should be isolated from needs. Often, luxuries are regarded as needs, necessities. That is a very complacent attitude that the mind puts on because it cannot distinguish between a need and a luxury. A need is that without which you cannot exist, but a luxury is that which only pampers the demands of the senses and the ego, and is not essentially necessary for the existence and the normal function of the physiological and psychological system.

- Swami Krishnananda
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