Editor's preface to the first edition

> What is enforced? Falsehood.

> What is accepted? Ignorance.

> What is artificial? Ego.

> What is natural? Realisation. With short stories, informal talks and questions and answers, Sri Chinmoy explains the various ways in which undivine forces control us, and how we can overcome them.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Opportunity and self-transcendence, Agni Press, 1977
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