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He was a musician. He felt that his music would give him realisation. The Master said to him, “If you play soulful music, naturally it will help you in your self-realisation; but music as such will not be able to give you self-realisation. And your present vital music will never give you realisation.”

He was deeply hurt. He said to the Master, “If my music and I can’t go together to God, then I don’t want God-realisation. ”

The Master said, “Certainly, you and your music can go together, but you have to know what kind of music you are speaking of: vital music or soulful music?”

He said, “There is no such thing as vital or soulful music. Any music that gives us joy we must play.”

The Master said, “You have used the wrong word. The right word is pleasure.”

He said, “You are only juggling the words. Joy is pleasure, pleasure is joy. These are synonymous.”

The Master said, “My dictionary unfortunately has two different meanings for these two words.”

He said, “Master, let us not argue.”

The Master said, “Far from it! Let us not do it. Let us each follow our own path.”

So the disciple left the Master.