Moderation in Principle is a Vice

My dear Hislop! I received your letter. I am very happy. How is your health and practice?

Hislop! The secret of perfect health lies in keeping the mind always cheerful; never worried, never hurried, never borne down by any fear, thought or anxiety.

Have your attachments severed from every object and concentrate on one thing, the one fact, one truth, your divinity. Immediately, on the spot, you gain realization. Nothing is done in a day. Religion cannot be swallowed in the form of a pill. It requires hard and constant practice. The mind can be conquered only by slow and steady practice.

Hislop! Moderation in temper is a virtue. Moderation in principle is a vice. Impurity is a mere superimposition under which the real nature of man has been hidden.

My dear! You are the embodiment of God. Fill yourselves with the thought of your almightiness, your majesty and your glory. Open the gates of wisdom. Enter the abode of bliss. Rest in peace forever.

Hislop! How is your Mrs. Give my Blessings to her and all family. I am always in you, with you.

With Love,

Baba

24.7.1971