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love in desire is that love in aspiration gives itself entirely and
asks nothing in return — it does not claim anything; whereas
love in desire gives itself as little as possible, asks as much as
possible, it pulls things to itself and always makes demands.

Aspiration always gives joy, doesn't it?

Rather a feeling of plenitude—"joy" is a misleading word; a feel-
ing of plenitude, of force, of an inner flame which fills you. As-
piration can give you joy, but a very special joy, which has no
excitement in it.

Are the soul and the psychic being one and the same thing?

That depends on the definition you give to the words. In most
religions, and perhaps in most philosophies also, it is the vital
being which is called "soul", for it is said that "the soul leaves
the body", while it is the vital being which leaves the body. One
speaks of "saving the soul", "wicked souls", "redeeming the
soul"... but all that applies to the vital being, for the psychic be-
ing has no need to be saved! It does not share the faults of the
external person, it is free from all reaction.
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Intensify the concentration
When one works and wants to do one's best, one needs
much time. But generally we don't have much time, we are
in a hurry. How to do one's best when one is in a hurry?

It is a very interesting subject and I wanted to speak to you
about it in detail, one day. Generally when men are in a hurry,
they do not do completely what they have to do or they do
badly what they do. Well, there is a third way, it is to intensify
one's concentration. If you do that you can gain half the time,

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