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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 3
where he wants us to conceive of him as the Ocean of Bliss so that we get purified thoroughly to the core of our being merged as we are in His Blissful Ocean. If we remain in joy/happiness - I do not mean outer joy, that is, going here and there, mixing with people, buying material things - but if we can have real joy/happiness, if we can feel the source of it, then we will automatically start developing faith in God/Master.
On the contrary when someone is worried, or is afraid of something, a tendency develops to create a kind of self-imposed faith in God. That is not true faith. In danger, we say, "God, save me, save me!" But we say this only to avert danger. This is an escape. This kind of faith does not last.
Spontaneous faith can come only when we have inner joy/happiness or balance and an inner fulfillment. Everything is inside the person - his happiness and his fulfillment. In reality it is the Master who is the possessor of this inner fulfillment. We are just His devoted instruments. So when we feel spontaneous inner happiness/ joy as part and
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