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The Awakening of Purpose &nbsp;Two Questions On the first evening of my arrival at the Shahjahanpur Ashram, a young lady approached me, along with twelve abhyasis. She began almost urgently, “I want to become deeply spiritual, so, so badly, but every time I decide, I fall apart." &nbsp;She continued, “I know exactly what I should do with my life. I have the skills. I have the opportunity. I even have a plan. But when morning comes, I can’t get up. Something inside me simply won’t let me.” Around her, others nodded in quiet recognition, including her father, who has been a trainer for nearly two decades. With visible frustration and a trace of pain, he added, “What can I do, Daaji? I find myself in a similar situation.” After listening carefully, I proposed two questions to her to seriously ponder over: 1. Do you love where you are going? 2. Are you dissatisfied with where you are? The young lady didn’t know what to say. And the whole diagnosis was hidden in that silence. Love Versus Pain&nbsp; Are these two questions asking about the same thing? No, they are referring to two entirely different&nbsp;engines. The first is pulled by&nbsp;love.&nbsp;It has a destination. The energy flows toward something luminous, and the body follows because the heart has already arrived there. The second is pushed by&nbsp;pain.&nbsp;It has no destination, only an escape. The energy moves away from discomfort, and the moment the discomfort eases even slightly, the engine dies. This is why so many of us fall apart every time we decide. When our fuel is dissatisfaction, not love, we give up too easily. This dissatisfaction burns hot for a moment, then grows cold, because the mind adjusts to discomfort and stops running. Purpose Versus Laziness We don’t understand laziness very well. We see it as a flaw in character, a lack of discipline, and a weakness that can be overcome with force. But laziness is not the same as a lack of energy; it is energy without a goal. When something really interests a so-called lazy person, watch them; they never tire, they don’t eat, and they work all night without complaint. Energy was always there, but the flame was missing. In a well-known animated film, a seemingly lazy panda discovers that the power he seeks is already within him. The protagonist, an overweight panda, appears to be the laziest creature in the peaceful valley. He can barely climb the palace steps. He falls asleep during training. The Kung Fu Master and other students consider the panda hopeless. By every visible measure, he is the embodiment of&nbsp;tamas. But then comes the pivotal moment. The Master discovers that when the lazy panda is motivated by something that genuinely ignites him, he becomes a different being entirely. In the famous kitchen training scene, the panda performs acrobatic feats, splits, leaps, and moves with breathtaking speed, all for a dumpling. The same body that could not do a single sit-up in the training hall is suddenly capable of extraordinary agility. This shows that the energy was always there, but the&nbsp;flame&nbsp;was missing. When something really interests a so-called lazy person, watch them. They never get tired. And the Kung Fu Master’s deeper insight brings the lesson full circle: the mysterious Scroll, when finally opened, is blank; it is in fact a mirror. It proved that there is no secret ingredient; the power has always been within. The fire was never extinguished; it was only sleeping. The Will to Eat an Icecream! Ask a young boy, “Would you like some ice cream?” What do you think his reply would be? Would he need to summon willpower or struggle to persuade himself? Of course not. When there is genuine interest, energy flows naturally toward it. &nbsp;<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:100%;"><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/The_Fire_That_is_Sleeping_32cc994203.jpg" alt="The Fire That is Sleeping.jpg"></figure> The Weight Of Unlived PurposeSpiritual traditions do not regard laziness as a disease in itself; instead, they see it as a sign. In the yogic framework,&nbsp;tamas&nbsp;is the quality of inertia and heaviness. How does it arise? It arises and settles gradually into a life that has lost its reason to move. For example, when a river loses its slope, it does not cease to be water; it just turns into a swamp. The life force remains the same, but its direction changes. What has shifted is the pull, the downward gradient, the quiet call that once said, “Come this way.” What about ambition? Ambition is not the same as greed, as some people assume. The soul does not easily accept a life that is smaller than what it knows is possible. When true ambition fades, it does not disappear without consequence. It leaves behind a heaviness that may feel like tiredness, boredom, or even depression. But often it is something else. It is the weight of purpose left unfulfilled in a life that has stopped stretching toward its own potential. Babuji said that the soul wants to be free from its chains. That desire is a form of ambition, the highest kind. We&nbsp;want&nbsp;to become what we already are but have forgotten. His third maxim makes this unmistakable: “Fix up your goal, which should be complete oneness with God. Rest not till the ideal is achieved.” Notice the verb: Rest not. Not “try not to rest.” Not “hope you don’t rest.”&nbsp;Rest not.&nbsp;When this goal is alive, laziness can’t get a grip. When it sleeps, there is no way to replace what is missing with alarm clocks, motivational speeches, or productivity systems. Finding Your Purpose If being lazy is a sign, the cure must get to the root of the problem. And the reason is always the same: not being connected to a purpose. The Japanese have a word for this connection:&nbsp;ikigai, which means a reason for being, a reason to wake up in the morning. In Okinawa, where some of the longest-lived people on earth reside, researchers found that elders who could name their ikigai lived longer and more vital lives than those who could not. The body that has a reason to rise does not need an alarm clock. The soul that knows why it is here does not negotiate with the morning. Purpose is not an idea; it is something you&nbsp;feel. When you meditate and feel something in your chest, like warmth, a pull, or a quiet insistence that there is more to you than what you have been living, that feeling is purpose announcing itself. It doesn’t have to be dramatic, and it need not come as a voice or a vision. It might come as a whisper that says, “You weren’t made for this smallness.” At its core, the Heartfulness practice of morning meditation is a daily meeting with purpose.&nbsp;Pranahuti, the yogic transmission, does more than calm the mind when it enters the heart; it changes the direction of the inner compass. It reminds the system, on a deeper level than thought, where it is going and why the trip is important. This is why practising regularly makes both the meditation and the day that follows better. Someone who is truly open doesn’t need to make up reasons to be motivated. Motivation arises from a brief encounter with the rationale for existence. It means that we feel motivated when, even for a moment, we remember&nbsp;why&nbsp;we exist. There is also the issue of companionship. Satsangh, the company of truth, works on laziness like sunlight works on ice. When we are with someone who is on fire with purpose, we remember our own flame. The fire spreads, and it moves from one heart to another without words or instructions, just by being close to each other. This is why the traditions stress the importance of getting together, being part of a community, and being with people who are awake. It is not because we can’t walk alone, but because walking together reminds us&nbsp;why&nbsp;we do. Take The First Step The wise people have always known something that the productivity experts often overlook: you can’t think your way out of stagnation. You have to move to get out of it. The movement doesn’t need to be dramatic; it simply needs to be real. Babuji once made a distinction that cuts to the bone:&nbsp;“People try but do not attempt.” Trying carries within it the permission to fail. It keeps one foot on safe ground. Attempting is something else entirely. It gathers the whole being into one direction. But what do you do when the whole distance feels impossible? Sometimes, when I have to walk on the treadmill for thirty minutes, my mind resists. Everything in me says, not today. In that situation, I say to myself, let me not bother about thirty minutes. Let me do it for just two or three minutes. And then the magic happens. Two minutes become five, and five become fifteen. Before I know it, the thirty minutes are done. The body that refused to begin now refuses to stop. This is the secret: you do not need to conquer the whole distance. You need only to take the first step. Once the action begins, a force larger than willpower takes over. The unfinished walk becomes harder to abandon than it was to start. One action done with full attention breaks the spell of&nbsp;tamas&nbsp;more quickly than a hundred plans made while lying in bed. The Bhagavad Gita does not say, “Think great thoughts.” It says, “Do something.” It also does not imply “do the right thing” or “do very impressive actions,” but simply “Do something.” The body is moving, the hands are busy, and the will is focused on something, anything, that matters. This is the hole that lets light into the dark room. You never have to ask yourself if you have the energy. You do. The question is whether you remember what the energy is for. And remembering is not a mental exercise. It’s a habit. It’s meditation. It’s transmission. It is the daily, patient, and unglamorous act of sitting with your heart until it tells you what it has always known:&nbsp;tadap, a deep longing, an inner ache, a yearning. Your laziness didn’t kill your drive; it just buried it. And what is buried can be found again. The fire is still there. It is only asleep. One breath of purpose can awaken it, not for those who merely try, but for those who truly attempt. Rest not. With prayers. Kamlesh 12 February 2026&nbsp; Message on the occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Yogashram Shahjahanpur, 12 February 2026

Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Yogashram Shahjahanpur Daaji Special Message Series – Available for Download, Reading, and Contemplation“Batch-I: The Awakening of Purpose”“Batch-II: Building a Strong Foundation - Commitment, Purpose and Trust”“Batch-III: Reaching for the Sky - How Humility Breaks the Ceiling Ego Builds”

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The Divided Heart

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 Keep the Heart of a Child

On the occasion of the 70th birthday of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Pujya Daaji&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; September 28, 2025, Kanha Shanti Vanam&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dear Ones,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The spiritual journey presents a fundamental paradox: What we see as the ultimate goal is actually just the beginning of true growth. This insight, which is central to the message shared during the September Bhandara 2025, prompts us to re-examine our most basic ideas about progress, success, and the nature of spiritual realization.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; People in our world are obsessed with endings. We act like graduation, retirement, and enlightenment are final points. But nature shows us something else. Has a seed finished its journey when it finally breaks through the soil after struggling in the dark? No, it’s just the beginning. The breaking through isn’t the goal; it’s the first step toward everything that matters—photosynthesis, growth, bearing fruit, providing shade, and eventually becoming soil for new seeds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “Has a seed finished its journey when it finally breaks through the soil after struggling in the dark? No, it’s just the beginning. The breaking through isn’t the goal; it’s the first step toward everything that matters—photosynthesis, growth, bearing fruit, providing shade, and eventually becoming soil for new seeds.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When Babuji said that merger makes you a beginner, this is what he meant. The drop that celebrates joining the ocean while still being a drop hasn’t really merged. There is no one left to celebrate a real merger. It’s the biggest contradiction.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Science and Philosophy Behind Change&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consider the profound lesson that basic chemistry teaches us: Hydrogen is volatile, dangerous, and elusive; oxygen ignites every fire and causing everything to burn. Yet, when they combine, do they symbolize destruction? They merge to form water, which supports all life. But here’s the deeper truth: Water doesn’t remember being hydrogen. It no longer has an explosive nature, even as a suppressed tendency. The transformation is so complete that its original nature no longer exists as a possibility.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This relates to how we grow spiritually. We often think of spiritual growth as adding something to who we are, like learning new things or improving at something. But real change is like alchemy. You don’t just boost your ego; you become something completely different that serves a totally different purpose.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;“We often think of spiritual growth as adding something to who we are, like learning new things or improving at something. But real change is like alchemy. You don’t just boost your ego; you become something completely different that serves a totally different purpose.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Bhagavad Gita discusses svadharma, your personal duty or purpose. But what happens when change is so profound that your svabhava, your essential nature, transforms? The dharma of water isn’t the same as that of hydrogen and oxygen. The new dharma is to flow, nourish, purify, and sustain life.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Message: We are not becoming better drops. We are learning that our true nature was never “drop-ness.” And even this discovery, which is very important, only prepares us to start the real work. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What implications does this have for daily life? First, it alters how we perceive problems and challenges. An aware being doesn’t see traffic jams as issues on their own journey. They view themselves as part of the flow, and this influences their reactions. They might choose a different route, not because “I need to get there faster,” but because it benefits the overall flow.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This understanding changes everything in relationships. Most fights occur when two drops try to stay apart while claiming they want to be together. When both people realize they were never separate drops but always expressions of the same water, they are no longer separate.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Vedic tradition talks about prayatna (effort) and prasada (grace). Before the merger, we try to become the ocean. After the merger, we realize that we always were the ocean pretending to be a drop. But then comes the most challenging part: Choosing to be a drop while knowing we’re the ocean, a paradox full of riddles.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Babuji calls it the beginning for this reason. An actor can get lost in a role, but can you play the part perfectly while knowing that you’re playing? Is it possible to be fully human and still know you’re divine? Can you feel how limited the body is while being in the limitless?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Wisdom of Limiting&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is where philosophy starts to apply in real life. Water takes the shape of its container not because it can’t be shaped, but because being shapeless isn’t helpful. Water becomes drinkable in a cup. It turns into rain in the clouds. It becomes life itself in blood vessels. Similarly, the ability to change is what empowers us.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “The ability to change is what empowers us.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "After the merger, the journey is about learning to see limitations as creative choices rather than rules that have to be followed. You picked the shape of your current life not because you had to, but because it fits into the bigger picture."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the merger, the journey is about learning to see limitations as creative choices rather than rules that have to be followed. You picked the shape of your current life not because you had to, but because it fits into the bigger picture.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The spiritual ego that claims, “I have merged,” is the most dangerous trap. This is hydrogen pretending to be water but remaining hydrogen. Genuine water doesn’t have to say what it is. It just flows, nourishes, and cleanses. Its existence is its declaration.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This understanding frees us from the exhausting work of being overly spiritual. You don’t need to appear all-knowing. You don’t have to speak in unusual ways. You just need to be like water—always present, helpful, and adaptable to meet the needs of the moment.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Endless Service&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When mathematicians discovered multiple infinities, each containing all the others but being different, they touched on a spiritual truth. After the merger, the journey isn’t about becoming bigger. It’s about finding endless ways to serve within limits.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is perfectly shown by a mother feeding her child. She doesn’t need to be aware of the universe to take care of life. Her change from being a person to being a mother is complete and perfect for what it needs to do. But even with this “limitation,” she touches upon the endlessness of love itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “After the merger, the journey isn’t about becoming bigger. It’s about finding endless ways to serve within limits.”&nbsp;&nbsp; This teaching changes how we approach spiritual practice. We learn to recognize the profound in the everyday instead of seeking extraordinary experiences. Washing dishes becomes a lesson in how things evolve. Breathing shows us how to exchange what is important. Every time we talk with someone, we have a chance to practice conscious limitation in the name of love.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Being limitless doesn’t give us the most freedom. It’s like how water chooses to become ice to stay solid, steam to rise, or remain as liquid to flow. Each state works perfectly, and the changes between them happen naturally when they are needed, not because people are unhappy with the current state. Perhaps this is true freedom.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Living Message: As you go about your day, remember that you’re not trying to become the ocean. You’re learning to be water in every way that water works for this moment. When you drink water, think about the hydrogen and oxygen that gave up their own lives to help life. When you have problems, be like water and find the path that meets not only your own needs but also the needs of the whole.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “Being limitless doesn’t give us the most freedom. It’s like how water chooses to become ice to stay solid, steam to rise, or remain as liquid to flow. Each state works perfectly, and the changes between them happen naturally when they are needed, not because people are unhappy with the current state.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After merger, the journey isn’t about gaining more. It’s about discovering what you can become by intentionally letting go, how you can serve by choosing to limit yourself, and how you can love by accepting your limited form while knowing that you are formless.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is the pathless path that goes beyond all paths. Creating a path only means imposing freedom upon yourself. When people ask the Masters what comes after enlightenment, they smile. They give you a glass of water and wait for you to find the infinite in the ordinary, the deep in the simple, and the everything in the enough, the essence of finding totality within sufficiency.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And in that realization, the most amazing change happens: It is not that the ordinary becomes holy, but you finally see that it always was. The water was always sacred. We just needed to learn how to see.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With prayers to the Great Master, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kamlesh&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “It is not that the ordinary becomes holy, but you finally see that it always was. The water was always sacred. We just needed to learn how to see.”

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Postscript to the Message - The Journey After the Merger: When Water Forgets It Was Hydrogen

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Guardians of the Sacred - A Heartful Guide to Conduct in the Master’s Presence and Holy Places

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The Journey After the Merger: When Water Forgets It Was Hydrogen

To achieve the correction of gross tendencies, Point A of the Heart Region is used for meditation and Point B is used for cleaning. It is highly effective in correcting self-indulging tendencies.&nbsp;<h2>Locating Points A and B</h2>Points A and B can be located by actual measurement. The heart lies in the left part of the body, near the lower part of the left lung. If we measure two fingers width straight to the right of the left nipple, and then proceed straight down, up to three fingers width, this is the position of Point A. Now proceed two fingers width straight down from Point A to find Point B – the measurement to be taken with your own fingers.<figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Finger_3564363631.webp"></figure><h2>Meditation on Point A</h2>To achieve the correction of gross tendencies, Point A of the Heart Region is used for meditation. It is highly effective for correcting self-indulging tendencies as well as promoting a feeling of universal brotherhood and, in turn, creating unity amongst all. Fix your attention on Point A, with the thought that all the women and men of the world are your sisters and brothers. Hold your thought on this while you meditate on Point A, believing this to be the reality. This is a really short but extremely effective practice. If practised wholeheartedly you can see its effect immediately, and this effect will be permanent. This meditation is to be done before going to bed for not more than ten minutes.Sisters are advised to follow the process with a slight modification. Instead, think that all divine gifts are available to you, and that all men and women of the world think they are brothers and sisters and your thought is one with theirs.<h2>Cleaning on Point B</h2>Fix your attention on Point B and imagine that all impurities and grossness are going out from Point B from the front of the body. Imagine that as this process is going on, the glow of the atman, the soul, begins to appear from behind. This process is to be done before beginning your morning meditation, but never for more than ten minutes.<blockquote>BibliographyEfficacy of Raja Yoga in the Light of Sahaj Marg Complete Works of Ram Chandra, Volume IV A Preceptor’s Guide, Volume II</blockquote>&nbsp;<h2 style="text-align:center;">CHARACTER FORMATION SOME JEWELS FROM REVERED MASTER’S TALKS</h2>Spiritual practice must lead to character building and development but, as my Master has emphasised again and again, while he gives spiritual wealth to us, we have to use our willpower and our intelligence to mould our character to conform to our spiritual level. The conscience is only like a thermometer to judge how good or how bad one is. In spirituality we do not think of good and bad but of samskaras, and they are to be avoided. Sahaj Marg will surely work for social transformation too, but the effects will not be visible so soon.If people are coming to the spiritual life only to change the world (please listen to this carefully) – if people come to the spiritual life only to change the world, they will not achieve anything. I assure you. If you come to change yourself, there is a guarantee of success provided you apply yourself to changing yourself.…Therefore, brothers and sisters, here in this Mission, in our practice of spiritual life, the total responsibility for your welfare, for your happiness, for your growth is, bluntly, entirely on you – on nothing else, nobody else. It is not with the Mission, it is not with the prefects, it is not with what we teach – it is with each one of you, for yourself. You live by yourself; you work on yourself; you grow. You are the experiment; you are the object of the experiment; you are the experimenter. And when this combination is successful, you will be the result of that experiment.Meditation is the only way of building your character, which is only trying to make goodness in yourself, restore human values of friendship, brotherhood, companionship, love, compassion, forgivingness. And the first need is to forget everything that can make you different from others. Everything that points to you as something different in society must be dropped.But I tell you one of the most important things which Babuji Maharaj used to emphasise: the most important point of character is not to hurt anybody else’s feelings, and the most important is, never to hurt your mother’s feelings.The problem with human development is always the gap between aspirations and character building of the person concerned. Application of one’s will to character building is all that is necessary, remembering that the Master’s help is always present. I am happy to see your progress and pray for faster progress with time.Personal discipline goes a long way in spiritual progress. Personal discipline shows an inner discipline – that you are balanced, that you don’t put your needs before that of others. It shows itself in courtesy – you give way to others, let them sit first. You will let others eat first, don’t rush. If there is no sitting space, you allow older people to sit and you go and sit outside. All these must come from inside you. We cannot say, ‘Place reserved for old men’, ‘Place reserved for handicapped people’, and things like that. Inner discipline must show first of all: concern for others, willingness to help others before you help yourself and, in general, courtesy prevailing under all circumstances.

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