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the Divine Light will easily descend and transform him intodivinity.Sit on a comfortable Asana. Close your eyes and introspectin the early morning at Brahmamuhurta. You can find out yourdefects. Your lower nature must be quite willing to undergotheir regeneration and transformation. You must adopt the bestsuitable methods for their eradication. You must be patient andvigilant. You must have perseverance and tenacity. Then onlyyou can remove your defects.You cannot find out your own subtle defects unless youpossess a very sharp intellect and purity of heart. You shouldobtain the grace of the Lord. Through the grace of the Lordyou will be able to detect your mistakes quite easily.The evil traits can be eradicated by cultivating the willthrough meditation, Atma-vichara, devotion, Satsanga,self-restraint, personal contact with your Guru and bydeveloping the opposite virtues. The combined method ismore potent. It is like attacking the enemy from within, fromwithout, from above and from below. If you have no strongwill, pray to the Lord with sincerity, faith and humility.It is imperatively necessary for you to remain for someyears under the strict guidance of your Guru. He will point outyour defects and suggest to you suitable methods to eradicatethe defects. The happy-go-lucky aspirants, who act accordingto their own sweet will, fancies and imagination, who wanderfrom Badri to Cape Comorin, from Brindavan to Nasikaimlessly, do not make any spiritual progress.That man who has totally eradiated the negative evilqualities is a dynamic Yogi. Samadhi will come by itself. Thedivine light will descend spontaneously. Just as water flowsfreely when the planks of the sluice are removed in a reservoirof water, so also when the evil traits---obstructions to gnosisor Brahma-Jnana-are removed, knowledge dawns by itself.30 LECTUBES ON YOGA AND VEDANTA