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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM
that one is an insignificant being in the context of the Creation and in the kingdom of God. Once this awareness of being the smallest of the small dawns, the capacity to distinguish between things that are immortal and the transient develops. This leads to Viveka which really means the capacity for analysis. This has to be renounced to move on to the higher state of consciousness. We shall see that unless we renounce what we have we do not move on to other higher states. Renunciation is the logic of spirituality.
The real Vairagya starts only when this state is stabilized in the sadhaka. He sees the Divine every where and gets attached to it and is unmindful of other things for which he gives neither a positive nor a negative value. They are as they are. Reality will be what it is. So also the relationships that are familial, social or religious. It is we who grant them certain values – values of Good and Bad. For social purposes it is necessary in order to maintain certain decency in living standards that we all adopt certain values mutually agreed to. This is a matter of convenience or agreement. Such an agreement should conform to the order that exists in Life and the World of Gods creation. The movement of the Planets, the cycles of seasons,
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