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342. Goodness

Goodness is one of the three aspects of Sat - Sat Purusha. Each aspect of Sachchidananda splits itself into some aspects. Sat becomes Unity, Truth and goodness. Chit becomes knowledge and will. Ananda resolves itself into Beauty, joy and Love. When Truth acquires knowledge, Goodness is born.  Some people are naturally good. Mother easily comes to them. They are pleasant, expansive, and ready to oblige, anticipating another person's needs. Generally good people are more interested in being good than in Mother, even when they are devotees. To them, goodness is a way of life, an instinct, an article of faith. They cannot refrain from being good.

Such goodness is found in people irrespective of education, status or other positive endowments. It exists by itself. Good people are in their elements when they express their innate GOODNESS. Ancient Tamil culture was an ethical culture. Thirukural is an ethical treatise, not a spiritual one. The purity of that ancient tradition remains unsullied in Jaffna. People there are frank, open, self-giving in the extreme. The normal human consideration of self-interest we call selfishness is not part of their schemes. To outsiders, they may appear credulous and gullible. Really, they are innocent of guile. Love thy neighbour is a live unspoken maxim in their lives.

There was a good girl born in a family not so good as she. They were NOT trying to marry her even at an advanced age. The members of the family conceived of a plan to dump her into a disadvantage in marriage. The girl preferred to remain unwed. Though she was working in Mother's atmosphere, she had no particular faith in Mother. She married into great advantage a citizen of Canada who was from Sri Lanka. It was a family that lived in affection, showering attention on all members. She was smothered in affectionate attention. It is a family where excess savings are used to buy properties for those who have none. To them, it is an affectionate custom, a long ingrained usage in the family. The girl is unable to juxtapose her own family with her in-laws even in her imagination. They are poles apart. Mother has taken her to a family where every member exceeds her in native goodness. This is Mother's transformation of her atmosphere.

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  • Acknowledgement by the Author
  • Introduction
  • 301. One Week's Work in One Day
  • 302. The Solution Lies in the Problem
  • 303. Oblivious Selfishness
  • 304. A More than Human Effort
  • 305. The Successive Coils of Personality
  • 306. The Twelve Crores
  • 307. The Act Repeats
  • 308. The Native Generosity of the Human Heart
  • 309. The Honesty of Servants
  • 310. Receptivity - Initial and Long Lasting
  • 311. Spiritual Experience
  • 312. A Movement for Indian Prosperity
  • 313. Self-Respect
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  • 315. Stiff Thumb
  • 316. Affluent House; Affectionate Home
  • 317. The Legend of Brahman
  • 318. Complete Folly
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  • 320. I Can Accept what I Understand
  • 321. Success is Determined, Organised Effort
  • 322. Half an Hour with The Mother
  • 323. Self-Awareness is Soul-Awareness
  • 324. Significance of a Word
  • 325. The Aristocracy of India
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  • 327. Maximum Effort
  • 328. Human Helplessness
  • 329. How Men Sometimes Receive Grace
  • 330. Business Week on India
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  • 332. The Handicapped Wife
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  • 334. Generosity and Vanity
  • 335. Feb. 29th, 1956 – The Day of the Lord
  • 336. Loss of Speech
  • 337. The Smile on the Face
  • 338. Consciousness Responsibility
  • 339. Unself-consciousness
  • 340. Hasten Slowly
  • 341. Observer, Thinker, Censor
  • 342. Goodness
  • 343. Ardent Devotees
  • 344. Kalyana Sraddha
  • 345. Brahma Jananam
  • 346. Sri Ramalinga Swamigal
  • 347. Ego, Purusha, Psychic Being
  • 348. Comprehensiveness of Accomplishment
  • 349. Linguistic Capacity of Memory
  • 350. Levels of Reading
  • 351. Body is a Rock of Offence
  • 352. How Man Adores the Woman
  • 353. Understanding Our Own Personality
  • 354. Acquiring Humility
  • 355. Life of Organised Luck
  • 356. Mental Nature
  • 357. The French Revolution
  • 358. Concentration and Distraction
  • 359. Mathematical Precision in Life
  • 360. Egoistic Assertion
  • 361. Every Truth has its Opposite Truth
  • 362. Obesity is Poverty Consciousness
  • 363. Integrity
  • 364. Lawrence of Arabia
  • 365. Minor Injustices of Life
  • 366. 'I Cannot Accept What I Have Not Earned'
  • 367. "I am Lost in the Work"
  • 368. What is Life?
  • 369. Undeserved Luck
  • 370. Attention Matures into Affection
  • 371. Spirituality is Equality
  • 372. The Rewards of Life
  • 373. Best School
  • 374. Water Supply
  • 375. Yoga of Self-Giving
  • 376. What is Education?
  • 377. Levels of Faith
  • 378. Sarva arambha Parithyagi
  • 379. Revolution of Rising Expectations
  • 380. Consecration in the Subtle Plane
  • 381. The Westernised Indian
  • 382. The GOOD Man
  • 383. The Words that Ring True
  • 384. Moral Attitude to Work
  • 385. The Power of Co-ordination
  • 386. How Consecration Accomplishes Itself
  • 387. Flourishing Evil in the Country
  • 388. Insight and Intuition
  • 389. The Wisdom of Superstition
  • 390. Flawless Perfection - 1
  • 391. Flawless Perfection - 2
  • 392. Good Will vs. Ill Will
  • 393. Innate Goodness and its Limits
  • 394. Duty is More Powerful than Grace
  • 395. Youth versus Age
  • 396. The Power of Will
  • 397. Simplicity, Austerity and Luxury
  • 398. "Count Your Chickens Before They are Hatched"
  • 399. 800 Years of Slavery
  • 400. Who is the Creator?
  • Appendix 1: How to Invoke the Spirit
  • Appendix 2: Invocation of the Spirit
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