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GOAL OF LIFE AND THE MEANS
the Goal and what is it that is standing between us and that. It is our wishes. Our wishes which want us to distinguish amongst us. I have been given a name, and I have a form. This 'Naama' and ‘Roopa’ are not allowing us to be one with each other Your ‘naama’ and ‘roopa' are different from my ‘naama' and 'roopa' and, therefore we are two different and not one. When I close my eyes and think philosophically, I find no difference, everything is same but the moment I open my eyes, I see this difference. This wish for existence which has given me a name and form is the barrier. It is the fundamental barrier that stands between us and others. In reality we feel that we really want to see God in all. But still we feel what other persons have, should be ours, and we may not be in a position to give what we have to others. When it comes to the question of sharing, real problem is, we are not in a position to give and still feel that it is something that we should give. This wish to hold on, the possessiveness is what is exactly standing between us. So long as we do not get out of this barrier, we are not going to see Him.
How is it possible to go beyond this? Is it possible at all? Is it possible humanly for anybody, for any existence to say that 'I am not going to have any
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