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Vol. 6, The Alchemy of Happiness
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The Struggle of Life (1)
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Innocence
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Vol. 6, The Alchemy of Happiness
The Struggle of Life (1)
Innocence
No one can deny the fact that life in the world is one continual struggle. The one who does not know the struggle of life is either an immature soul, or a soul who has risen above the life of this world. The object of a human being in this world is to attain to the perfection of humanity, and therefore it is necessary that man should go through what we call the struggle of life.
As long as an infant is innocent he is happy; he knows nothing of the struggle of life.
The late Nizam of Hyderabad, who was also a great mystic, wrote, "What were those days, when my eyes had not seen sorrow! My heart had no desire and life had no misery."
This is the first stage.
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