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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 3
states of mind: desperation and despondency. We become trapped, in habit patterns of negative thinking, blind to opportunities, victimized by an exaggerated perception of powerlessness. Setting goals helps reverse these conditions. By defining targets and taking small, and yet consistent steps towards them, we clear a path strewn with thorough complexity. Thus we instead of being stuck, we become empowered.
Of course there is much more to life than setting and achieving goals which mark us as successful in life. But Life can be shallow and self- centered if it lacks an expansive connection to the infinite creative presence known as God (Goddess, Brahman, Buddha, Christ, Allah, Life, Being, Spirit).
When we unite ourselves with a loving, all- inclusive God, we are lit from within. However God is not all that easy a form to conceive and abide in. This is sought to be resolved by us in this system (PAM) by taking Master in the place of God for our purposes. We no longer feel driven to define ourselves by approval or results. We build a
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