The troubles and tribulations that come in the wake of an attempt to destroy the undesirable activities of the mind will disappear through the strict course and rules described already. What remains is only putting them into actual practice by the Sadhaka. Even the most powerful drug cannot effect a cure when it is brought to the bed-side of the patient. The sufferer has to take it in, little by little, as per schedule with all the attendant care and try to assimilate it in the system. The healing principle of the drug must pervade the entire body; the body must be suffused with the drug. Similarly, the Siddhanthas and the Vedantha have no power to destroy individual faults and weakness. If full results are wanted, then man must give up all false and low feelings and act according to the true teachings of the Vedantha and the Siddhanthas. If he does, he will attain the fruit. The secret of success in Dhyana lies in the purity of the inner life of the Sadhaka. The success is proportionate to the importance the Sadhaka gives to Right Conduct or Sanmarga. Every one has the right to achieve this high degree of success. I do not say this in just a quiet tone; I declare this loud enough for all the quarters to hear. Knowing this, Meditate and Advance! Do Dhyana and progress! Realise the Atma!

For man, living is either pleasant or unpleasant, depending upon his basic attitude towards life. See how the same object becomes pleasant once and unpleasant on another occasion! The thing welcomed with great fondness at one time becomes hateful at another time, and there is not the desire even to see it. For this state, the condition of the mind at those times is the cause. It is, therefore, necessary to train the mind and be always pleasant. The waters of a river leap from mountains, fall into valleys and rush through gorges; besides, tributaries join at various stages and the water becomes turbid and unclean. So too, in the flood of human life, speed and power increase and decrease. These ups and downs might happen any moment during life. No one can escape these; they may come at the beginning of life or at the end, or perhaps in the middle. So, what man has to firmly convince himself is that life is necessarily full of ups and downs; and that far from being afraid and worried over these, he should welcome them as adding to his experience. He should not only feel like this, but he should be happy and glad whatever happens to him. Then, all troubles, whatever their nature, will pass away lightly and quickly. For this, the temper of the mind is essential.

Every minute, from inside and outside, promptings and temptations arise and accumulate in man. He cannot attend to all these at the same time. So he fixes his attention on the most important among them only. This is called concentration, avadhana. Concentration is needed to grasp any subject well. Purposefully directing the attention on a subject and fixing it there is ekaagratha or one-pointedness. This is also a condition of the mind. Concentration and one-pointedness help to focus effort on any selected task.