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Abandoning things is not the Solution

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Published by The Mother on 08/19/2025
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The Mother

Sweet Mother,

There are times when I feel like abandoning all my activities—the Playground, band, studies, etc.—and devoting all my time to work. But my logic does not accept this. Where does this idea come from and why?

In this case your logic is right. In the outer nature there is often a tamasic tendency to simplify the conditions of life in order to avoid the effort of organising more complicated circumstances. But when one wants to progress in the integrality of the being, this simplification is hardly advisable.

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