30. No sin can stand near Ramanaama. Do not children say that ghosts vanish when you say 'Rama'? When I was young, we used to challenge each other to go to the burning ground at dead of night and drive in a peg there. There would be snakes and thorns on the way, and darkness all round, but nothing daunted me. No ghost ever appeared. Ghosts are creations of the mind, why then would we see them? Where did the boy of ten gain the courage to visit the cremation ground? From Ramanaama. This is the glory of the Lord who is the image of truth. If you have the bhavana that the Lord is always by your side, then you, His servant, will know no fear even if the whole world turns upside down. 

Which demon can eat you up? The demon may eat and digest your body, but not the truth. There is no power on earth that can destroy truth. Not for a moment can sin stand before the name of the Lord. Therefore turn your heart towards God. Attain His grace. Dedicate all actions to Him. Become altogether His. If you strengthen the bhavana that all actions should be offered up to the Lord, this sordid life will become divine, the commonplace will become beautiful.

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