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                                            Viveka chudamani 
Without killing of one’s enemies , and possessing oneself of the splendor  of the entire surrounding region , one cannot claim to be an emperor by merely saying ‘ I am an emperor’. 
The enemies are greed , jealousy , anger , non acceptance, pride , possessiveness , worry , fear, frustration, , miserliness , laziness. 
These are the enemies to be conquered. Once the enemies are conquered , you can enjoy the bliss of your surroundings and develop calmness. 
Without this , you cannot claim to be a spiritual person. 
As a treasure hidden  underground requires  (for its extraction) competent
instruction, excavation, the removal of
stones and such other things lying above
it and (finally) grasping, but never comes
out by being (merely) called out by name,
so the transparent Truth of the Self, which
is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be
attained through the instructions of a
knower of Brahman, followed by reflexion,
meditation and so forth, but not through
perverted argumentations Therefore the wise should, as in
the case of disease and the like, personally
strive by all the means in their power to 
be free from the bo***ge of repeated births and deaths 
One must undergo the necessary practice