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will seem irrelevant. Your inner self should tell you that all
this is not suitable for your present level.

Similarly,
2) You can increase seriousness in
your life by thinking about

i) The burden of infinite vices and sins on your head,

ii) Valuable life and the fast flow of time,

iii) Some great sin or misdeed that you have done in the
past,

iv) Life overflowing with outright demerits and
wrongdoings,

v) Dependence of our thoughts, speech and behaviour

on our social circle and worldly affairs,

vi) Being extremely inclined towards sensual pleasures, and
thus the involvement in anger, greed, etc. Ignorance,
being stagnant,

vii) The extravagant waste of time inspite of numerous
splendid scriptures lying unread,

viii) Inspite of penance and fasts, compassion and donation,
forgiveness, tolerance and selflessness, devotion towards
the God and Guru being just a stone’s-throw away,
stuffing your mind with the garbage of anxieties related
to food and sleep and these vicious senses, anger, greed,
ego and cruelty.

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