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Once upon a time, there was a boy named Sabal who lived in a city. He was very disappointed with his life. The reason for his disappointment was that he was

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not doing anything in his life. His parents used to taunt him that all Your friends

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are doing something, but you are still sitting at home. He was often mocked by his friends.

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When he went out, people would ask him, What are you doing? He was ashamed to tell them.

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He was not doing anything. Gradually, he stopped meeting his relatives and stopped meeting people. He would

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spend most of his time at home.

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He would be

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alone and would keep cursing God and would blame his fate. Now he was feeling the burden of his life.

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Sometimes he would think when he would be able to do something. And then he would think that it is better to die than to live. 1 day He was passing through a street in his town.

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He saw a Guru giving a sermon on sorrow and suffering. He too sat in the back of the crowd

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and began to listen to

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the Guru's sermon. The Guru said, Sorrow is like a

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teacher who teaches us the

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truth of life and teaches us the

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right way of living. If you want, you can learn

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to live life. If you want,

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you can achieve anything. And if you want, you can sit in 1 corner and cry. Sabal was listening to all these things carefully, but he did not like the teachings.

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He stood up and said, Teaching anything does not remove the pain, it only

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causes pain. The pain is infinite. It seems that nothing is going to happen after this.

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It does not make a difference. Death seems

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small in front to this."

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Then the Guru said, Sabal told him about his grief

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and asked the Guru, Do you have a solution to my sorrows?" Hearing this, the Guru smiled and said, Come to me that day. When you have a real sorrow in your life, I will definitely solve your problem. Saying this,

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the Guru left. Sabal thought, Is this not my sorrow? What is it?

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Is the pain I am

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going through not real grief? No 1 can understand my grief.

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If parents do not understand, then what will Guru understand?

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Baffled by the grief, Sabal made

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a decision that he would do something. Sabal started a small business, but he was not getting success. But his family was happy.

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He was trying something.

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He was

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investing in his business, and slowly he started getting success. Then he caught up with the pace, and within just 3 years, he became a big businessman. Now, there were many

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people around Sabal who cared for him, who loved him. Now, his

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family members were not tired of praising him. Day by day, his friends were growing. Now he was very happy with his life.

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Some of his friends advised him, when you are very happy being a big businessman, imagine how happy you would be. If you had become the biggest businessman in this city and this state, how many people would have wanted to join you? How rich would you have been? And the king himself would have wanted to befriend you.

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And if necessary, he would have borrowed money from you. Sabal was convinced

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of this.

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Now he started trying to earn more money. But he wanted all this very quickly. He did not want to waste time.

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He spent most of his time

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making money. So he started

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doing things that were wrong. He started borrowing money. He was greedy for money and to make more money, he started mixing it

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with his own money.

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He began borrowing money from

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his friends, out of greed for

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money and profit. He conspired against other

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traders, and threatened them. He

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did as his friends told him. He was making more money than before. But now he was not at

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peace as before. His peace of mind

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was gone. He could not sleep at night. He was in thoughts.

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He was not happy in anything. 1 day, Sabal was going somewhere by car.

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He saw Guru's ashram on the way. He stopped and went to Guru and said, Guruji, you had told me that when I face

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a real sorrow in life, I should come to you. Now I

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am in a state

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of great sorrow. I am

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unable to sleep. I am not able to find peace anywhere. In this way, Sabal told Guruji all his problems.

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Guruji said, when you came to meet me for

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the first time, you were in a state of sorrow. What did you learn from that sorrow? Sabal said, that nothing is

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achieved by thinking and worrying. To make your vision come true, hard work is necessary. And nothing is achieved by hard work alone.

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You should also get results when you feel that your goal is not going to be achieved. Then no matter how many difficulties come in the way, no matter how disappointed the mind is, nothing is going

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to happen now. Then believe

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in yourself. Whatever I am doing, I will definitely be successful in it. People only respect successful people.

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No matter how good someone is, he is always a burden in people's eyes. Hearing all this, Guru smiled and said, This is not real sorrow. When you have real sorrow in your life,

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then come to me. I will make it right." As Sabal left,

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he gave Guru a pot

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full of gold coins. Looking at the pot, Guru said,

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This is of no use to me.

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Dig a pit under that tree and bury it. Sabal buried the pot under the tree.

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As the Guru had told him, he did as he was told, and left. The business was going well for a few days, but due to the wrong way of doing business, he began to lose money. All his wealth

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began to disappear. And 1

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day, when he had nothing left, and he was burdened with debt. But he was not worried, for he had borrowed all his money from his friends. He thought his friends would stand by him in bad times, but nothing of the sort.

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As soon as the bad times came, his friends began to ask him for a loan. If he did not return the loan, they threatened to kill him. All his good-hearted friends and loved ones were gone. His friends who used to play with him were now running away from him.

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His family began to count his mistakes and shortcomings. All his property was auctioned off and he had nothing left. When he

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asked his father for help, he said, I have

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a little wealth. If I give it to you, what will I tell your mother? This wealth is our last hope.

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Sabal was deeply saddened.

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There was no 1 around him to understand his pain. He was broken inside because of the people's mistrust. He started thinking that there is no point in living anymore.

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Death is my only support now. He was going to

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the mountain to commit suicide. Then he remembered what

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the Guru had told him.

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Come to me when you are in real sorrow. Sabal went to the Guru and told him his whole story. He cried in his eyes and said, O Guru, please remove

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my sorrow.

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Then the

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Guru said, Come to me when you are in real sorrow. I will surely cure it. Sabal said, What is this?

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I am not in pain. So what is the real pain? The Guru said to Sabal, First tell me what you

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have learned from your suffering. Sabal replied, I have learned that those who come into our lives will deceive us because of our success and progress. Because they will not

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stand with us in bad times.

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They will take advantage of us in good times

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and leave us in bad times. Have faith in

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those who stand with us in bad times.

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But there

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are very few such people. But those who have them should be praised. They should

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not be

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humiliated. They should never conspire against anyone. They should do their work with honesty and patience, and never become greedy. After sharing all his pain and suffering, he sat in front of Sabal Guruji with tears in his eyes.

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After a while, Guru got up and dug a hole

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under the tree and took out a pot, which

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was filled with gold coins. He gave it to Sabal and said, I will get it only when you are

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really sad in your life. Sabal thanked his Guru and left

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with his

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bow. With that money, he started a small business. Now he was happy to be a small trader. He did business with full dedication and honesty, and soon he became a great businessman in his city.

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His life was full of happiness and comfort. But no matter how good someone is, he has to face sorrow in life. So, Sabal also had to face sorrow in life. His parents died.

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They died on the same day. Sabal loved his parents very much. That's why he was deeply shocked by his death. The last rites were performed.

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He saw his parents' body burning. He was restless. He had many questions in his mind. He came back home.

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He saw his parents' house and property, for which his father always fought. Today, it is empty. Those who took care of it, those who fought for him left this world. All that his father had earned, he left behind.

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Until a day before, his

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father would beat people up for their wealth. Today, he himself has

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left this world. His mind was wandering in such thoughts. He was feeling

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alone and frightened from within. He was feeling empty. He felt that there was something, but he could

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not understand. So he went to the Guru. Seeing him, The Guru said, Is there any sorrow in life?

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Sabal said, There is no sorrow in life. Everything is going well. But today my parents have died. I am very sad and worried about this incident.

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The Guru said, What is there

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to be sad about? Everyone has to die 1 day. I have to die, you

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have to die. Maybe you will die tomorrow or you can die today. Sabal said, What are you

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saying Guruji? I will die too, but I am still young. Guru said, Everyone is living in this delusion that only the old die.

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But that's not true. The young die, the children die. Death has nothing to do with age. It affects everyone.

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Sabal was convinced by Guru's words and he left quietly. But his mind was still restless.

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He was feeling empty. He kept thinking about himself all day, who he was, why he

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came into this world, what the purpose of this life was. Many such questions were constantly arising

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in his mind, but he

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was not getting an answer to any of his questions. And his sorrow was increasing day by day. So, a few days later, he again went to the Guru and said, O Swami, I am very sad because I do not know who I am and why I have come into this

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world." Hearing this, Guru smiled and said, Today, for the first time in your life, true sorrow has arisen. This is actually worth calling sorrow.

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We don't know who we are and why we have come. Sabal told his Guru

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to remove his distress. Guru said, We are

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all humans, we keep on fighting

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all our lives. Sabal said, No human can take anything with him. He goes alone.

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My parents also left nothing with them. They left everything, money, property, wealth, everything. Guru said, Now listen to me carefully. We do

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not do the things that we are supposed to do in this world. In fact, the things are in front of us. But we do not try to see them.

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Whatever we have to gather in this world, we are that.

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We have to unite ourselves,

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so that when we die, we can be united. And to be

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able to recognize ourselves, we are divided inside. We are

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divided in love, hatred, anger, jealousy, cruelty, wealth, prestige, respect, identity, religion, caste, hundreds, thousands of such things and desires. And we are living in pieces. Because of this division, our consciousness can never be 1.

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Our consciousness and power are scattered. That is why we do not

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have so much time, so much energy that we can

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turn and see within ourselves. In reality, people consider the lack of wealth, honor and facilities to be sorrow. And for a lifetime, they keep crying

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and saying it is sorrow. And they keep trying to find a solution. They will never find their solution.

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Because what people call sorrow is not

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the real sorrow. It is just a man's wish. His wish never comes true.

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That is why a person never gets the answer to his questions. That is why beyond all this, if you want the ultimate solution to your sorrows, then first of all

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you have to gather yourself. Take your energy back from this world and gather it.

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Focus on yourself. Focus on yourself. Try to know yourself before your death.

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Do not fall apart, Sabal said. Guruji, should we leave this world? Should we kill all our desires? Should we not love anyone?

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Should we not accumulate wealth? Should we not hope for respect? Guru ji said, Get out of such scattered human beings with emotions and desires

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as if you

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are falling from a stone mountain. So, the 1 who has

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no control over the

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mountain, except seeing or being upset

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and losing something, and the man who is scattered, as if he were a stone falling from a mountain, on whom the mountain has no control except to

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see or to be troubled and to lose something. Just as the scattered man's desires

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are uncontrollable and painful, his uncontrolled mind desires and imagines

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and causes pain. But when a person unites his

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mind, whatever he does is

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under his control. Then his desires are generated. Then Sabal said, You have solved my real problem.

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Thank you very much. From now on, I will try to gather myself and find myself. Guru said, The human body has a lot of energy and power,

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but it is busy with useless things.

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It is busy with useless talks. It is like

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a very powerful machine, and he was wasting his energy without thinking. And without any control, he was concentrating on this energy, his consciousness, and collecting it. Sabal got the answer to his questions.

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He thanked his Guru and left quietly.