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The reputed Oriental teachers advise--nay insist--that seekers must eliminate all desires. But is not the search itself not only an aspiration but also a desire? Can there be peace of mind while this one remains? So it is needful to put all the others in a worldly category. This is what the more semantic minded teachers do. But since the last act in this spiritual drama is played by the Higher Power, why not let it decide what to do concerning the matter?

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 4 : Purify Passions > # 56