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The problem of living
asked my master, ―Is this the state of Bliss so highly talked about, and for which you have graciously exerted yourself so long?‖ He smilingly replied, ―What if the state you are in at present though tasteless, is withdrawn from you?‖ Quick was my reply, that I would prefer death if that state were to be taken away. Before acquiring this present state I sometimes returned, whenever I liked, to the state of Bliss I had crossed over, but now from this state of  ̳Not-Bliss' — the tasteless — I do not even, for a moment, like to get down to that of Bliss.
My version will be accepted by only those who are well-versed in dharmic literature, or by those who are already in that state of  ̳Not-Bliss'. But if one likes to reason it out, he will come to the conclusion that this is the higher state of manas which always likes to have its own course in a refined way. In Atman there is no question of like or dislike. It is just as it is. In the highest state of advancement the individual mind becomes an instrument for higher work.
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