81. Swami Chinmayananda

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The human "mind" must have one field or another to engage itself in. Unless it is given some inner field to "meditate" upon, it will not be in a position to retire from its extrovert preoccupations. This is the "secret" behind all "success" in ‘total celibacy’.

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