One Mahatma is busy struggling with himself and struggling with conditions before him and around him. One may ask, "Why this struggle?" The answer is that there is always a conflict between the person who wishes to go upwards and the wind that blows him downwards. The wind that blows a person downwards is continually felt. It is felt at every moment by the person who takes a step on the path of progress. It is a conflict with the self, it is a conflict with others, it is a conflict with conditions -- conflicts that come from all around, till every bit of that Mahatma is tested and tried, 'till every bit of his patience is exhausted and his ego is ground. A hard rock is turned into a soft paste -- then appears the personality of a Mahatma.