Yes, it is difficult for man to cross beyond the idea of duty.
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
In order to explain why the ordinary Sadhus and Yogis take to tobacco and gฤnja [an intoxicant], I said that these cause stimulation of the physical brain. But these have reactions. And to stimulate the brain thus is not the proper process.
Do not allow things to intrude from outside.
The mind has these four levels: physical, vital, buddhi, higher mind. The Supermind is far above these.