Lord Krishna did not order his children and the other members of his family to deny themselves the pleasures that nature provided. As a matter of fact they pursued the activities which their impulses were prone to, and in due course they attained salvation. For this reason—they had shed selfness by virtue of their knowledge of Krishna, the Lord of all activities. This is the means to the desired end. Though of impure conduct, a man is sure to have eternal salvation if he knows the God in him to be the doer, and all his corporeal movements to be the fruits of Destiny. If, on the other hand, he assumes self-will and acts, right or wrong, for self-aggrandisement, he enmeshes himself in selfness beyond all hopes of release. So you court failure when you go about your work with preferences and aversions. Let the pre-destined forces (of which you are only the watcher) run out through the senses ; swerve not from patience, submit yourself to the Guide ; and live always in the presence of the Unmoved Mover. There are however hungers that overpower: there is no harm in satisfying such.

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