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under such conditions; they continue to live because they
have faith and they do it purposely, because it is a thing they
have imposed on themselves.
Therefore, the moral condition is much more impor-
tant than the physical. If you were in surroundings where
everyone was tidy and then you remained three days with-
out taking a bath, you would fall ill. This is not to say that
you should not take a bath! Because we do not want to be
sadhus, we want to be yogis. It is not the same thing. And
we want the body to take part in the yoga. So we must do
whatever is necessary to keep it fit. However, this is only to
tell you that the moral condition is much more important
than the physical.
CWM 5: 170

The contagion of vibrations
If you were in a perfectly harmonious environment
where everything was full of a total and perfect goodwill,
then evidently you could lay the blame only on yourself.
But the difficulties that are within are also without. You
can, to a certain extent, establish an inner equilibrium,
but you live in surroundings full of imbalance. Unless you
shut yourself up in an ivory tower (which is not only dif-
ficult but not always recommendable), you are obliged to
receive what comes from outside. You give and you receive;
you breathe in and absorb. So there is a mixture and that is
why one can say that all is contagious, for you live in a state
of ceaseless vibrations. You give out your vibrations and
receive also the vibrations of others, and these vibrations
are of a very complex kind. There are still (we shall say for
simplifying the language) mental vibrations, vital vibrations,
physical vibrations and many others. You give, you receive;

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