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getting along with gigantic strides. It is like that, isn’t it? One must
do things with all the ardour of one’s soul, with all the strength of
one’s will; do at every moment the best possible, the best thing
possible. What others do is not your concern — this is something
I shall never be able to repeat to you often enough.
Never say, “So-and-so does not do this”, “So-and-so does
something else”, “That one does what he should not do”— all this
is not your concern. You have been put upon earth, in a physi-
cal body, with a definite aim, which is to make this body as con-
scious as possible, make it the most perfect and most conscious
instrument of the Divine. He has given you a certain amount of
substance and of matter in all the domains — mental, vital and
physical — in proportion to what He expects from you, and all the
circumstances around you are also in proportion to what He ex-
pects of you, and those who tell you, “My life is terrible, I lead the
most miserable life in the world”, are donkeys! Everyone has a life
appropriate to his total development, everyone has experiences
which help him in his total development, and everyone has dif-
ficulties which help him in his total realisation.
CWM 4:117-18 The Mother
Whatever work you do, do it as perfectly as you can.
That is the best service to the Divine in man.
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Let nothing short of perfection be your ideal in work
and you are sure to become a true instrument
of the Divine.
CWM 14: 306, 304 The Mother
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