As we have been looking at Gurudev's pointers to saadhana, the first and the fifth bring us full circle... to the essential point that nothing can happen for the spiritual seeker unless efforts are made at understanding oneself.
If we think that knowledge can land on rocky ground without kicking up a few stones or crashing into a few boulders, we'd be mistaken!
That is why purification is also considered part of the process - not merely bathing (external cleanliness is practical and necessary not just for spiritual life), but cleansing our thoughts and habits and motives. We have to take that 'long hard look' at ourselves...
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